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Turning trash into music
One man’s trash, another man’s treasure. The Landfill Harmonic orchestra – the ‘recycled’ orchestra – writes the following about their project: The world sends us garbage. We send back music. Watch this short, inspiring video about turning trash into treasure – music to be precise – and so much more for those involved. That is […]
Posted in: Creativity, Social Change
India social entrepreneur of the year 2012: Anshu Gupta of Goonj
November 7, 2012
World Economic Forum announced in a press release yesterday that Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has selected Anshu Gupta as the India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2012, for the great work accomplished through his social entrepreneurial venture, Goonj. “The solution is lying in your cupboard” Best practice social enterprise: eye for scale & […]
PeaceTXT: using mobile technology to end violence
November 6, 2012
How can we create more peaceful communities and a world with less violence by using mobile technology? PopTech has gathered some leading tech’ies and clever minds to work on this very question. Very exiting!
September 12, 2012
Originally posted on Design thoughts:
Nov 2016. Here’s an update: Neelam Chhibber is now collaborating with IKEA, using her design and social entrepreneur skills to carve a new niche. Her story here: There is a buzz in the design community these days ever since Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime minister of India, announced thee…
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Top 15 quotes on purpose and leadership from The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
July 13, 2012
Go to the people: live with them, learn from them love them start with what they know build with what they have. But of the best leaders, when the job is done, the task accomplished, the people will say: “We have done it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu The book The Blue Sweater by the […]
Key quotes from Jacqueline Novogratz’s inspiring book on work for social change
July 3, 2012
“Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world” is the subtitle to Jacqueline Novogratz’s book The Blue Sweater, which I just finished reading. It was a great read for many reasons. Not only was it well-written and entertaining as if it was a good fiction; it was also deeply inspiring and full […]
May 2, 2012
Originally posted on whatworksblog:
The idea for Marianhill came about the mid-1990s before the Kyoto Protocol was even signed. Gunning for a conservancy status for the landfill from the start, e’Thekwini instituted a meaningful consultative process with residents and civil society. Large waste removal vehicles travel to the smallest landfill of the e’Thekwini Municipality, located…
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July 23, 2013
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