Browsing All posts tagged under »Social Movement«

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 […]

A social visionary ahead of his time: maybe we ought to catch up?

November 19, 2011

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“I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India and that almost destroyed me.” With these words social entrepreneur Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy opens his very inspiring TED talk, giving us a little peek into the remarkable work he has accomplished over the last decades for the poor in India and later also Africa. […]

Defining social entrepreneurship: an academic deciphering

February 20, 2011

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The purpose of this text is to provide anyone interested in social entrepreneurship as a concept academically, with a brief introduction to some of the essential aspects of the phenomenon, as well as the field of literature surrounding it. Be warned, there will be academic quotes and references, such that those intrigued, can study further. […]

Social entrepreneurs pioneering social change: Less maverick, more movement?

December 14, 2010

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“Most people have to see before they believe, but I think that social entrepreneurs believe, and then they see.” – Martin Burt, Fundación Paraguaya. Is social entrepreneurship a contemporary buzzword or a movement which is about to take off massively? Opinions differ as much as the definitions on social entrepreneurship do. Some find that social […]

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 […]

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