November 2011
28 posts
This Phone App Will Help You Change Your Light... →
This Phone App Will Help You Change Your Light Bulbs
Jaymi Heimbuch Technology / Gadgets November 18, 2011
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/this-phone-app-will-help-you-change-your-lightbulbs.html
LighbulbFinder /Video screen capture
Okay so this app doesn’t help you physically change your lightbulbs, though that would be really cool, but it does help you figure out to which...
Welcome to Gawad Kalinga
Skoll Foundation: 2012... →
Skoll Foundation: 2012 Skoll Award Goes to Gawad Kalinga
November 29, 2011, Palo Alto, CA – The Skoll Foundation today announced a 2012 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship for Gawad Kalinga (www.gk1world.com). “Gawad Kalinga brings new perspective to our growing portfolio of social entrepreneurs tackling poverty,” said Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation. “With their...
SKOLL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2012 AWARD WINNERS AND... →
http://www.skollfoundation.org/skoll-foundation-announces-2012-award-winners-and-their-%E2%80%9Ccitizen-driven-change%E2%80%9D/
SKOLL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2012 AWARD WINNERS AND THEIR “CITIZEN-DRIVEN CHANGE”
For further information, please see www.skollfoundation.org or contact Holly Finn, Director of Communications, at hfinn@skollfoundation.org
GAWAD KALINGA (www.gk1world.com)
Gawad Kalinga...
ecofilms_all_videos_playlist - YouTube →
All our videos on one playlist
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73:40Pond...
UPS loves logistics; UNICEF loves UPS! |... →
http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/2011/09/ups_loves_logistics_unicef.html
UPS loves logistics; UNICEF loves UPS!
Posted by UNICEF USA
Josh Harvey is on the Private Sector Partnerships team at the U.S. Fund.
Sometimes, we at the U.S. Fund find ourselves in awe of our partners. With UPS, this is an everyday occurrence.
A friend of the U.S. Fund for over a decade, UPS has provided generous...
How Social Enterprises Can Pick Up Where the... →
How Social Enterprises Can Pick Up Where the System Leaves Off
By 3p Guest Author | November 23rd, 2011
By Eduardo Balarezo
Capitalism has its shortcomings and in recent times, we’ve felt them dearly. And as clearly demonstrated byOccupy Wall Street, people are not happy. According to a recent survey Young America: Economic Barriers to the American Dream, the vision of prosperity for all –...
About CSI : Center for Social Innovation (CSI) →
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About CSI
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Join us and learn what you can do to build a more just, sustainable, and prosperous world.
Our mission
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Break down boundaries and promote the mutual exchange of ideas and values across sectors and disciplines and between theory and practice.
Our Purpose
Build and...
Lucky Citrine: Human Nature Wants You to Read the... →
this is just an excerpt from a great article with great photos. the URL is above:
Human Nature’s “Read the Label” campaign aims to educate consumers about which beauty product ingredients are safe and risky for their health. This event talked about the different ingredients that are common to the beauty products we could be using now. One perfect example is baby oil. It’s...
2nd Summit - Humanity Fair: Hearts of Change ... &... →
Rick Passo shared Rachel Grant’s photo.
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Enjoyed today’s one hour radio interview with DJ Ingrid on Mellow 94.7. Reby Bal…See More
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thx Rachel Grant for noticing my post!! I am sure...
The Element of Happiness — Delivering Happiness →
I think that happiness should be an official element, and here are the reasons why: it works well with others. It causes great reactions. It is light and odorless and if you mind your laboratory of likes and needs, there is always some of it around. Happiness, I think, is no different from oyxgen. It is essential.
http://www.deliveringhappiness.com/the-element-of-happiness/
Happiness: a...
Delivering Happiness to Downtown Las Vegas |... →
http://startupweekend.org/2011/11/15/delivering-happiness-to-downtown-las-vegas/
Thursday morning after arriving in Vegas, I walked over to The Beat at about 9am. Inside I saw Tony sitting with several other people: a VC from San Francisco, Jessica Mah of inDinero (Startup Weekend company!), Travis Reeder of Iron.io, a couple of guys working on a product called Rumgr (Another Startup Weekend...
Startup Weekend Expands With New Google... →
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=77bee8d6876e3fd1aa815badb&id=e080f75eb7&e=fd37146420
http://startupweekend.org/2011/11/10/google-and-startup-weekend-partner-to-deliver-pre-event-developer-workshops/
The initial partnership roll-out will begin in cities with active Google developer communities in the form of GoogleTechnologyUserGroups (GTUGs) and existing Startup Weekend communities....
Shareable: Crowdfunding Social Change →
A key feature of the reorganizing of our institutions will be the way that resources are allocated to change agents, visionaries, revolutionaries and the like. The emerging Internet and network infrastructure makes it possible both to coordinate activity as well as to source and access financial capital in new and innovative ways; ways which circumvent the current institutional framework against...
A Little Money Goes a Long Way: A Record 137... →
A Little Money Goes A Long Way: A Record 137 Million Microloans Issued To The World’s Poorest In 2010
“If you are talking about the…poorest segment, the question is, do they really see themselves in the long run? Do they have dreams? My experience [is that] most of them don’t. The only thing that concerns them is the day to day, how they will survive today and...
Startup Funding by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] →
The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus’ Social Media Strategy Tool, a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. In many cases, money is a key fertilizer for startup growth. Many startups, and many…
Jay Talks: IMMAP's Pecha Kucha and the Liberal... →
for the complete story go to
http://jayjaboneta.tumblr.com/post/12682747248/immaps-pecha-kucha-and-the-liberal-project
jayjaboneta:
There are two exciting things that happened this week.
(picture courtesy of Tonyo Cruz that he shared on Twitter)
I had the honor of representing the Yellow Boat Project as one of the speakers during the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the...
Read The Label TUTORIALS - by Human Nature →
http://humanheartnature.com/readthelabel/tutorials.php#top
Read The Label TUTORIALS - by Human Nature
Tutorial for Joining the Read The Label Challenge.
humanheartnature.com/readthelabel/tutorials.php
Visit www.readthelabel.ph and click “READ THE LABEL CHALLENGE” on the menu, or “JOIN NOW”. You will be directed to the Read the Label Challenge Page. There are 3 simple...
InVenture: InVenture Announces Release New Mobile... →
inventurefund:
InVenture is proud to announce a new mobile technology tool called “InSight” — leveraging the power of SMS texting in the developing world. We have partnered with Intuit’s Txtweb platform to bring this technology to life for small businesses worldwide! Read our official Press…
Startup Weekend Hits 65 Cities in November for GEW... →
STARTUP WEEKEND HITS 65 CITIES IN NOVEMBER FOR GEW
http://gewusa.org/blog/startup-weekend-hits-65-cities-november-gew
GEW/USA staff
Washington
Oct 20, 2011
When we last checked in with Startup Weekend in August, the team had announced 30 cities that are hosting their patented 54-hour events during GEW. Apparently, they haven’t stopped drumming up interest in other cities. As of today,...
BiD Network Newsletter →
Thank you! To all participants, entrepreneurs, investors, coaches, and partners for making the Growing SMEs event in Colombia, a great success. Latest editions of Ondernemen Zonder Grenzen and Farmers in Business also shed light on promising businesses and showed again the solid outreach of BiD Network’s connections and services around the world. We already launched more inspiring and...
Katerva Announces Category Winners For Its Annual... →
Katerva Announces Category Winners For Its Annual Awards for Sustainability Excellence
Submitted by:Katerva
Categories:Sustainability, Ratings & Awards
Posted:Oct 28, 2011 – 11:08 AM EST
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /CSRwire/ - Katerva – a sustainability recognition and intelligence organization – has announced the winners in each of its categories of sustainability. These winners represent the most...
Project on Social Innovation | Lessons from Two... →
this is the introduction of this great post only:
Lessons from Two Decades of Urban Social Change
Tim Glynn-Burke • October 31st, 2011 • Business, General, Landscape, Philanthropy
For 20 years, Living Cities has been a platform for 22 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to collaborate on urban social change. What have they learned that is useful to local innovators?
On...
