via Kernot: Where is Australia’s social innovation? by Cheryl Kernot Contrary to the best instincts of many, our economic system has been dominated by a system which measures value creation in only one dimension — financial impact, profit and loss. We are surrounded by the ...Read More
Book Review: In the River They Swim Where does this title come from? Why rivers and swimming? I wondered about these questions as I opened a copy of "In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions ...Read More
EurActiv.com - Expert: Eastern Europe 'way ahead' in entrepreneurship education | EU - European Information on Enterprise & Jobs. As with everything, Europe is leading the way despite left leaning governments that don't necessarily spark the same entrepreneurial zeal as the ...Read More
First Lady Michelle Obama outlined education, health care and economic opportunity as three focus areas for the administration’s efforts to promote social innovation and entrepreneurship as a means to solve some of the nation’s problems. Those themes will key the $50 ...Read More
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
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