(Photo from MIT Sloan) Every few weeks or so I'll likely highlight recent books I've come across in my searches as well as links to forthcoming books from presses that specialize in...
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(Photo from the UK's Environment Agency) So far I haven't touched much on climate change and global warming, but this is an extremely important part of the future of international development....
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(Photo from ID21 Insights) A very good place for finding case studies, for those not aware of it, is Case Place. The only problem with the service is that quite a few cases are not available, meaning...
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(Photo from Heriot Watt University) I'll start off the week here with a round up of links to stories mainly on social enterprise, and move into a bit more focused posts over the next few days....
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(From National Curriculum) Just a round up of sustainable development news as I clean out my backlog of items here today. *PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified six trends that will drive sustainable...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on April 17, 2006
(Picture from Herra) Okay, so I only had two people vote in our first Robin Hood Awards, and they each voted for two different people. An appalling turnout, or simply a statistical dead tie, it's...
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(Photo from Totally Absurd) Large blue machines at the end of a 300-metre long tunnel in a hillside in central Oslo use fridge technology to suck heat from the sewer and transfer it to a network of...
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by on April 13, 2006
Over the next few weeks I'll share some profiles of social entrepreneurs I visited during my trip to India in March. For the first one, I had the opportunity to visit the campus at the THRIVE...
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by on April 12, 2006
View image (Cartoon from BVCA, though not sure if they have the copyright either) Seeing this cartoon above, I name this award half sarcastically. Robbing the rich to feed the poor? Fighting against...
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by mstandaert on April 11, 2006
Last month I was in Sri Lanka helping document a social entrepreneur project in the rural southeast of that country. While being driven around the rural roads at almost every village we saw signs of...
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(Photo from the World Bank) Starting off a bit slow here on the commentary front until I get my feet. In the meantime, here are a number of recent stories regarding international development. *From...
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(Photo from GreenWorks) My inbox is full of stories on social enterprise. This week I'd like to highlight some specific cases in social entrepreneurship, so in the meantime, here are a number of...
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by mstandaert on April 07, 2006
(Photo from Globe Shakers) The main mission of Audeamus is to follow innovations in social entrepreneurship worldwide. This blog will also focus on international development issues (IMF, World Bank),...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on April 07, 2006
(Photo - University of Guelph) In her essay on retirees taking up environmental advocacy at the Columbia Daily Tribune, Ann Gowans offers up good advice for those seeking further enrichment in their...
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by mstandaert on April 06, 2006
(Photo from Co-Op.co.uk) This from a couple of weeks back, from Amnesty International, criticizing the EU's communication on improving CSR issues in Europe. Safe to say they weren't very...
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