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Help Feed A Dream On World Food Day
Decades before I broke the world record in the marathon, I would run to school each morning—three miles through my homeland, the Rift Valley of Kenya. Why? Because at school, I had a nutritious meal...
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A Goal To End Hunger
We are at a point in history where we can end hunger in our time. We have the ability to carry out Christ’s mission of feeding all of our brothers and sisters. Eliminating hunger by 2030 will require...
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Developing the Microfinance Movement for Smallholder Farmers
Last week marked World Food Day, an annual celebration of the strides we have made toward hunger eradication, and a reminder of the lengths we still have to go to achieve global food security. For many...
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How Crowdfunding is Putting the Social back into Social Entrepreneurship
The team at ieCrowd, which transforms innovations into high-growth ventures with global impact potential, wants to make you invisible to mosquitos. They are following up on work initially developed by...
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GameChangers: The World’s Top Purpose-Driven Organizations
Social enterprises, benefit corporations, blended value organizations, conscious capitalism; there are no shortage of buzzwords describing this monumental movement to create a new model of business....
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An Important New Task for the U.S. Government
In a bygone era government was solely responsible for addressing the Nation’s biggest problems, from building the interstate highway system to the New Deal social programs. However, today’s challenges...
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Giving credit where credit is due: Using REDD+ finance to enhance Sustainable...
A Forest Reborn The lowland Mayan forests of northern Guatemala teem with wildlife — toucans, macaws, howler monkeys, and even the fabled jaguar. This is a forest reborn, as nearly 2,000 years ago it...
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Recap: Conversation with Amazonian Indigenous Chiefs
Wednesday’s Conversation with Amazonian Indigenous Chiefs highlighted the roles technology and collaborative strategies play in helping remote indigenous communities generate income; map, demarcate and...
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Recap: Building Movement Through Digital Storytelling
“Boring is a sin,” said Ben Keesey of Invisible Children, thereby kicking off a lively panel entitled “Campaign Models: Driving Your Audience to Engage.” Moderated by Elizabeth Gore of the United...
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Recap, Day Three: Vulnerability, Creativity and Collaboration
The final day of the Skoll World Forum came up on us quickly! Friday morning’s mood at Said Business School captured the levels of emotion that many of us felt: exhilarated, exhausted, never wanting to...
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