Every once in a while a book comes along that really gives me pause, causing me to question assumptions and giving my worldview a serious shake. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World is one of those books. The questions and issues raised in the...
By the early 2000s, the AIDS pandemic in Africa had taken its mortal toll, leaving millions of children orphaned and a continent on its knees. In the face of that overwhelming loss, families and communities were held together, in large part, due to the grandmothers of...
Documentary profiles the first all-girls’ school in an Afghan village and the challenge it poses to conservative social tradition. In rural Afghanistan, one woman decided it was time for change. Believing in the power of education in re-imagining the future of her...
As a systems thinker focused on sustainability, this is my favourite book right now. In order to democratize wealth and build community-sustaining economies, nothing short of system change is required. Alperovitz spends most of the book explaining why that’s so and...
The Book: Inner City Renovation: How a Social Enterprise Changes Lives and Communities, written by Marty Donkervoort, published by Fernwood Publishing. The Blurb: With the backdrop his work with Inner City Renovations, a social enterprise in the construction industry...
The Book: Creating Good Work; the world’s leading social entrepreneurs show how to build a healthy economy, edited by Ron Schultz, published by Palgrave Macmillan. The Blurb: In this ultimate guide to social entrepreneurship, author and founder of...
