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Get Indian Farmers “Linked In”

Written by Louisa Wong, 07-05-2015

Just as LinkedIn connects all the players in the employment market so too does ConnectFarmer.com connect Indian farmers with potential customers. Read on

Development

Making a Living from Arsenic-free Water

Written by Anna Rees, 21-04-2015

In some parts of the world, getting access to arsenic-free safe drinking water is difficult. Drinkwell Systems looks to overcome this obstacle by offering systems that sanitise water supply and simultaneously create water entrepreneurs. Read on

Chances

European Youth Award 2015: Submit Your Project

Written by Anna Rees, 31-03-2015

Young people, entrepreneurs and startups that are using digital tools to address environmental challenges now have the chance to become the European Youth Award Champion 2015 and travel to the EYA Festival in Graz, Austria! Apply before 21 July. Read on

Green New Deal

Spotlight Brazil: When Ordering in Helps Feed the Poor

Written by Anna Rees, 22-05-2014

As part of our editorial series on Brazil, we chat with the team behind social enterprise Rangri about how they are using their business model (a web-based food order and delivery service) to help tackle hunger. Read on

Responsibility

Work With A Purpose: Would You Bet Your Life on It?

Written by The Alternative, 18-07-2013

“I have seen the Boston Red Sox win the World Cup. Twice. So don’t tell me this is impossible, it’s just hard” – Joe Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, at the 2013 Skoll World Forum for social enterprise. Read on

Is Social Enterprise Sustainable?

Recommended by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 17-06-2013

When Filipe Santos began teaching Social Enterprise at INSEAD in 2004 very few of his students had any interest in developing businesses which had a social impact. Now more than 30 percent of his students want to make a social difference. To source

Responsibility

The Best of Indian Social Enterprise at the Sankalp Forum

Written by The Alternative, 26-04-2013

Mumbai, April 17, 2013. Competing for the Sankalp-Artha Grand Prize Award are enterprises that together form a vibrant mix of companies looking to solve important grassroot problems, from ‘bio-breaks’ to ‘honey traps’ and more. Read on

Peace

One team’s key ingredient for peace: apples.

Written by Anna Rees, 22-01-2013

The project “Apples for Peace” aims to restore peace and drive out human trafficking in the Helambu region of Nepal. Read on

Green New Deal

Bright sparks

Written by Anna Rees, 18-09-2012

Spark the rise returns for a second year, providing much-needed support to the country's fledgling social entrepeneurs. Read on

Villgro Innovations Foundation invites applications for its 2011 Fellowship

Recommended by Jenny Louise Becker, 08-05-2011

The Villgro Fellowship is a one year program that builds social leaders. The program has been established by Villgro in lines with its mission of empowering rural development by identifying and incubating innovative social enterprises. In the last 3 years, 14 Villgro Fellows have brought sustainable change in the lives of the rural poor. To source