Social Enterprise & Green Business Marketing
One of the biggest problems facing rural Africans is the lack of access to reliable health care. In many regions, a single health worker may be responsible for as many as 20,000 people, often spread out for miles along poorly maintained dirt roads that may be little more than cow paths. These conditions are hard…
The 2001 green business start-up Rubbersidewalks, Inc. started out as a dream, literally. After a long day of inspecting sidewalks buckled and cracked by the roots of ficus trees, Santa Monica city sidewalk inspector Richard Valeriano had a dream. In it, he saw concrete pavement that rippled and undulated in front of him. At first…
One of the biggest problems facing the developing world is how to connect educated people with good jobs. In many areas of the world, employment rates have remained stagnant or even decreased while literacy and graduation rates have soared. Over time, this contributes to the cycle of poverty in many developing countries and can lead…
, The green economy is growing, and along with it, green websites and communities are sprouting up all over the webosphere. Online communities, blogs and social networks aimed at connecting well meaning people with great causes (and each other) have exploded. Nowadays, it only takes an Internet connection to rally around issues like climate…
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating the capital city of Port-au-Prince, killing more than 200,000 people, and leaving an estimated 1,000,000 homeless. The catastrophic earthquake is only the latest in a long line of problems that have afflicted the impoverished island nation. In 2008, the island was hit by three…
The Maya Nut (Brosimum alicastrum), a long forgotten staple food of the ancient Mayan people, is now being tapped as a valuable resource for poor rural communities in Central America. The Maya Nut comes from one of the largest trees in the rainforests of Central America and was once found in abundance throughout the region….
Clean water is taken for granted in many parts of the world. For one-sixth of the world’s population though, obtaining clean water is a daily struggle. The 2006 United Nations Human Development report estimates that over a billion people don’t have immediate access to drinkable water. This means that diseases such as cholera, enteric fever,…
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