On the second panel at ASE, leaders from Ashoka and Guidestar are talking about a variety of issues. One of the issues that has come up is that people increasingly desire nonprofits to have more transparency. Groups like Guidestar and ...Read More
Be unreasonable and fix the world | The Jakarta Post. In times of financial crisis, many businesses do what is considered perfectly reasonable: Lay off workers, cut costs and wait until things get better. Setting up a new enterprise in the middle ...Read More
How To Save Money as an African Startup - Appfrica. Jason Calacanis recently wrote a blog post entitled “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)” that got me thinking. Does any of this apply to my business ...Read More
The clean-car promise of Better Place | Electric evangelist | The Economist. Image by jdlasica via Flickr Good article from the economist continuing to raise the profile of Better Place, Shai Agassi and their ambitious goals. ...Read More
FIJI Green. Well designed site illustrating their initiatives for reducing their carbon footprint. Not sure about the light metrics.. but.. It's a start. Read More
Cow dung isn't usually thought of as house-building material, but a team of students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia have managed to build high-quality, low-cost bricks from the stuff. The team's invention, dubbed "EcoFaeBrick", won the $25,000 top ...Read More
Would You Live in a House Made of Sh*t? | Sustainability | Fast Company. Cow dung isn't usually thought of as house-building material, but a team of students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia have managed to build high-quality, low-cost ...Read More