Across rural India, millions of acres of commons lands have been classified as wasteland and neglected. FES works to restore infrastructure and works with communities to plan for land use together. Great feature on @pbsnewshour. #EarthDay
In India, this group helps turn wasteland into greener pastures
Most rural Indian parents dream of an education and job in the city for their children, rather than a life spent farming. But with a growing migration...
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Today, we're especially grateful for the people who make agriculture work for the world. Happy #EarthDay.
"The strength of our partnerships will define our success." @rickspence has a key takeaway about #proximity from this year's #SkollWF via @financialpost
Bright ideas don't always sell, and being headstrong won't help
Skoll World Forum entrepreneur says he erred by assuming his technology would sell itself. 'That's the Silicon Valley mindset' — but he was in Afric...
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Healthy communities require a healthy environment. When you choose #FairTrade this #EarthDay, you're voting for rigorous standards that empower producers to be good stewards of the Earth through safe waste management, minimal use of agrochemicals & more.
Over 1,200 social entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators joined us for #SkollWF in Oxford this year. If you missed anything from this year's event, check out the the video highlights! https://t.co/8DxGGBlOh4
Tech is inspiring and preparing Africa's next generation of entrepreneurs to bring life-improving innovations to sub-Saharan communities.💻
How Africa's Tech Generation Is Changing the Continent
Inspired by Silicon Valley, young entrepreneurs are bringing life-improving innovations to sub-Saharan communities.
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.@rickspence has some marching orders for #socent from #SkollWF about why #proximity matters: "You have to stay focused on relationships even when things are so hard and complex that you feel you’ll never get home for dinner again." via @financialpost
Bright ideas don't always sell, and being headstrong won't help
Skoll World Forum entrepreneur says he erred by assuming his technology would sell itself. 'That's the Silicon Valley mindset' — but he was in Afric...
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Consolata Agunga, a 55-year-old mother of three (and grandmother of three), is a community health worker in Kenya. She goes door-to-door in her village, keeping tabs on 673 people. Be inspired by her story from @NPRGoatsandSoda's @MarcSilver1 #SkollWF
Community Health Worker: 'It Is God Who Gives Me The Strength'
She goes door-to-door in her village in Kenya. She is paid next to nothing. It's a tough job. And she loves it.
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Do women bring special skills or sensibilities to the world of social entrepreneurship? Five of out six of this year's Skoll Awardees are women, and they all talked to @NPR about it at #SkollWF
Advice From 5 Women And A Guy Who Won $1.25 Million To Do Good
The winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship share surprising lessons on life, leadership and gender in the workplace.
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Jimmy Carter told the #SkollWF audience that having more women in positions of power would bring about a more politically stable world. "There's no doubt in my mind that a woman is more inclined to peace than a man is." @CarterCenter
A Peaceful World Requires More Women Politicians, Says Former US President
Jimmy Carter, who served as president between 1977 and 1981, made comments at annual Skoll World Forum, a gathering of 1,200 social entrepreneurs
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Community health work in a country like Kenya is hard work. Why does someone like Consolata Agunga do it? "I have the zeal and the desire to serve. I have my people at heart." Inspiring story from @MarcSilver1 of @NPRGoatsandSoda at #SkollWF
Community Health Worker: 'It Is God Who Gives Me The Strength'
She goes door-to-door in her village in Kenya. She is paid next to nothing. It's a tough job. And she loves it.
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If you're an entrepreneur, you need other people to aid your journey.
Such a great quote from Malawi's Alinafe Kasiya, at last week's Skoll World Forum: “The strength of our partnerships will define our success.”
My Financial Post column:
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Bright ideas don't always sell, and being headstrong won't help
Skoll World Forum entrepreneur says he erred by assuming his technology would sell itself. 'That's the Silicon Valley mindset' — but he was in Afric...
business.financialpost.com
How are solar powered canoes helping isolated indigenous communities in the Amazon? Full story: https://t.co/XJX1EMQ0bZ
#BBCTakingTheTemperature #ClimateChange #Solar #SocEnt #Ecuador
The newest #tech can help the world's poorest, but only if we start with the problem, and not the solution via @devex's @catherinecheney from #SkollWF
Tackling how new technologies can help the world's poorest
As emerging technologies from AI to blockchain to automation enter the world economy, experts at Skoll heard how development sector organizations can ...
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.@pahlkadot and @codeforamerica are playing the long game: "We don’t have one silver bullet that’s going to fix government...I’m okay developing capabilities and strengthening institutions over time.” via @brightthemag from #SkollWF
Why Do Social Entrepreneurs Skirt Around Fixing the Government? Because It’s Hard.
Unlike solutions that challenge problems from the outside, Code for America is getting inside “The System.”
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