Browsing All posts tagged under »Collaboration«

Turning trash into music

July 23, 2013

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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 […]

The world’s largest movement

July 6, 2012

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Something powerful is taking place across the planet. “It is my belief that we are a part of a movement, that is greater, and deeper, and broader than we ourselves know, or can know. It flies under the radar of the media by and large….” the author of Blessed Unrest and founder of Wiser.org Paul […]

Connecting the world through music – playing for change

January 27, 2012

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Let’s get together.. When ever I see people singing together, joining forces in music, it always inspires me greatly and reminds me of how much we, the human beings on planet earth, can do when we get together and team up. It highlights the potential and innate power to create positively within each one of […]

The thorn in the eye of the movement for social change in India – and elsewhere

December 8, 2011

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Esha Chhabra points out some very essential issues in her excellent article for GOOD called “How to Upgrade India’s Social Enterprise Ecosystem,” where she is taking the temperature on contemporary work for social change in India. She writes: “India has become a hotbed of social enterprise, home to impact technology like D.Light Design‘s low-cost LED […]

Video: How the global food market starves the poor

April 17, 2011

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How to feed the world? This is the main question raised in this short and entertaining video, which despite its apparent simplicity, gives food for thought. Why is it for example that in some parts of the world we have an oversupply of food (and vast problems with obesity), while in other more southern parts […]

Upcoming social entrepreneurship conferences to keep an eye on

February 24, 2011

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Now and then, in all corners of the world, people gather to discuss, debate, celebrate, challenge, develop, strengthen, and constructively criticize social entrepreneurship as a phenomenon, social enterprises as an organizational form, social innovation as a means to find solutions to our societies most pressing problems, and the like. Below are listed some of those […]

Socent conference in India: a peak into a dynamic sector for change

January 27, 2011

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On this very interesting blog on Social Entrepreneurship, you can read in great details about an upcoming Socent conference in Jamshedpur. You might not be able to make it to India by tomorrow, in order to join this weekend of insight, discussion, and sharing in the name of change-making, but you can still find great […]

Co-Creation for social change: reflections from Stanford Social Innovation Review

January 18, 2011

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“You can’t create new game-changing start-ups for social change anymore. You have to co-create them.” Amy Sample Ward reflects around the above quote in her interesting blog post from Stanford Social Innovation Review. She lists three core elements of co-creation for social change; an inspiring read for anyone who is compelled to believe that together […]

Keys to a better tomorrow?

December 6, 2010

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1) When you are inspired to pursue an idea; do so 2) Believing in each others potential, and helping each other fulfill this potential is all that really matters – and that will make tomorrow better than today 3) The traditional dichotomous mindset of us and them, donor and beneficiary, rich and poor must be […]

The white page

November 23, 2010

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I imagine it similar to when a poet embark on a new piece, staring at the white page, before putting down that one first word. Letter even. The first letter one writes, which gives shape to the first word, which again feeds to the next, and from there the new poem will be born. Which […]

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