It’s about time that the Father of the Green Revolution gets in the limelight. He only saved a few billion people. Thanks to Integral Practice for the heads up! Norman Borlaug: The unnassuming innovator "He’s the answer to Dallas’ best trivia question: What local resident has won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of […]
I’ve watched this TEDTalks video three times already and I’m still fascinated by it. In this video Hans Rosling debunked the notion of the "Third World" using a data visualization software called, Trendalyzer, which is now acquired and available at Google. This TEDTalks video is one of my favorites, not only because of the cool […]
Previously, I posted a dialogue between John Mackey and Michael Pollan about the Past, Present and Future of Food. The audio of the dialogue is now available as a Social Innovation Conversations podcast. Here’s the blurb:"Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, continue their year-long public conversation about […]
(Crossposted from zBlog: ~C4Chaos) dotherightthing.com and Zaadz are in the news. Nice. Responsibility is in their sitesWeb entrepreneurs have an eye on social need – not personal greed Jessica Guynn, Chronicle Staff WriterSunday, April 15, 2007 Ryan Mickle’s life was the stuff young bourgeois dreams are made of. He had a lucrative career as a […]
Brian is all over Kiva. He thinks Kiva is stunningly cool. I think so too. Another similar service is called Prosper. The focus is not micro-lending ala Grameen Bank. It’s more like eBay for loans. But the concept is empowering for borrowers and lenders. Here’s a comparison made by BusinessWeek, A Tale of Two Lenders.