Tag: social entrepreneurship
The Amazon through Google's 'Street View'
Google brings its Street View project to the Amazon forest -- images of the river and communities will be turned into 360-degree panoramas....
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....
Harnessing tides for electricity
Clean energy entrepreneurs are exploring how to turn tidal power into zero-emissions electricity with very little environmental impact....
A video game designed to heal
Playmancer is designed to help with physical rehabilitation as well as mental health issues, like bulimia and gambling addiction....
Turning toilets into profit
Business students are hoping to take advantage of the "sanitation value chain" to turn toilets into money making machines....
Kids vs. Global Warming: Suing the government for the environment
Alec Loorz, a 16-year-old, started the group Kids vs. Global Warming at 12. Now he's suing the federal government to try to help clean up the environment. ...
How manure can save humanity
High oil and gas prices are driving up the price of chemical fertilizer. One man believes manure management could save humanity from the crisis....
Viral human rights activism
Syrian protests continue in the face of gruesome images of torture by the Syrian government. Human rights groups are making sure the world can see those images....
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