Social Entrepreneurship
Columbia University janitor graduates with degree in Classics
It's not every day that someone employed as a janitor can graduate with a degree from Columbia University. But Gac Filipaj, a refugee who fled war-torn Yugoslavia in the 1990s, became that guy this month. He earned a degree in Classics from Columbia after spending 12 years as both a college janitor and a college student.
'Cash Mobs' profit locally owned stores
A new phenomenon, called “Cash Mobs,” is spreading across the country, changing the way people view local businesses. Similar to flash mobs, Cash Mobs organize customers to spend money at struggling locally owned businesses to support their community. ...
Don't need your car today? How about renting it out?
In California, three companies have started up to allow car owners to connect with people are who are looking for cars to rent for a few hours. The pitch is that it's an environmentally friendly way to share your car, make a few bucks and not worry about liability....
How organic food saved a hard-luck, Vermont town
Journalist chronicles how the hard-luck town of Hardwick, Vt., prospered thanks to a local organic food movement, but ironically, residents can't afford organic food prices....
Skyscraper greenhouses could be farms of future
Vertical farms could help solve environmental problems associated with agriculture in order to make cities more sustainable....
Radio flourishing in post-Gadhafi Libya
New radio stations run by young volunteers broadcast everything from music and comedy shows, to how to treat captured Qaddafi soldiers....
Copenhagen power plant turned into ski resort
Intrepid architects from Copenhagen are turning a power plant into a man-made ski hill, and creating a new kind of 'hedonistic sustainability.'...
Lab in rural India solves community's unique problems
A clothes dryer that works in rainy season, a fruit dryer and other innovative, low-cost solutions developed by a lab in the rural Indian community of Ujire....
Making mobile phones conflict-free
A Dutch team is applying the principles of the fair trade to mobile phones to combat the 'conflict mineral trade.'...
'Green' grocery store lets you package your own food
A new supermarket lets shoppers bring in their own reusable containers for everything from butter to beer....
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Brad (18 May, 2012 12:56:00)What this bio-ethicist totally misses is that people can sit with anyone they trust now and do the test, rather than go to some complete ...
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Dave Francis (17 May, 2012 03:27:46)THE LIES KEEP COMING? SPEAK-UP! The mandated E-Verify law is being exposed to the public eye once again, with increased resistance from GOP House speaker, John ...