Social Entrepreneurship
Architecture for Humanity
Cameron Sinclair was 23 when he founded Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit charity that puts architects and designers to work on disaster relief.
Newspaper-insulated jackets for the homeless
A Toronto-based advertising agency is donating thousands of its sub-zero coats to the homeless. The jackets, when filled with newspaper, are as protective as a down-filled coat....
Ghana on the line
The West African country of Ghana is making moves to become the next big call service center....
Design for the developing world
Catapult Design, the design initiative of Engineers without Borders USA, works with non-profits to help improve products for markets in the developing world....
Sandbag housing in South Africa
A South African design team has come up with a plan for building affordable housing -- using sandbags....
Wind-up lights in Africa
More than a half a billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa don't have access to electricity, but a non-profit organization is offering its wind-up technology to turn on the lights....
Global Activism Movement
Author Paul Hawken talks about the quantity and variety of people and organizations involved in the global activism movement....
Bringing technology to the developing world
Inveneo, a San Francisco start-up, is taking an innovative approach to bringing computers and Internet access to the developing world....
Google tracking global health outbreaks
HealthMap -- a project funded by Google -- scours the web to gather data that could give advance warning of a health crisis....
Making medical records accessible
A global team of coders and doctors have created a free, downloadable, computer-based medical record system to help the developing world....
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Womfol (17 June, 2013 04:09:14)Sorry, but everyone knows that Steven Donziger and Amazon Defense Front faked the names of "Ecuadorians" and that Petroecuador has been responsible for over 200 ... -
Fina Robinson (15 June, 2013 08:05:11)Loved the fact of the biracial family on the cherrios commercial, it's 2013, & we definitely NEED to see more of this!!! Love, love, love!!
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becky (15 June, 2013 07:53:57)Whooping cough cases are majority reported in the vaccinated community.. So much for your effective vaccine.
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John-Michael (15 June, 2013 11:50:33)Ok one thing that just bugs me is you are miss representing the “Can’t innovate anymore? My ass!,” quote from Phil Schiller. He was in ...
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sinned34 (14 June, 2013 02:33:42)Hayden, And when a spill happens, the local and provincial governments will be the ones to suffer the consequences and foot the bill to clean it ...