Hot Docs: Social Change on Film
SEE Change was at Toronto’s Hot Docs film festival, showcasing acclaimed documentaries from around the world. Two films, in particular, caught our eye. Depicting very different stories of social change, they share a common narrative—entrepreneurs dedicated to...
Rebuilders unite to make good
Review: Making Good: Finding meaning, money and community in a changing world It feels like we live in a time of unprecedented celebration of youth. Not since the early 70s has the under-35 demographic been so prominent. From launching IPOs and becoming instant...
Impact Investing: Transforming how we make money while making a difference – An excerpt
Chapter 1: The Coming Disruption Impact investing has gained its foothold following an historic period of upheaval in the capital markets. In fact, the financial crisis of 2008 precipitated the largest impact investments of all time. Just like pioneering impact...
Bonsai People: How microcredit unleashes human potential
When I was approached by filmmaker Holly Mosher to consider reviewing her film about Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, it was a no-brainer. Not only is Yunus the founder of microlending pioneer, the Grameen Bank, he is also a great promoter of the "social...
Endless Appetites: How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest
Feeding the hungry, tacking the food crisis, is one of the world’s most glaring challenges. It seems everywhere you look food products are veering precariously off the affordability and availability scales, with malnutrition, instability, food riots and other...
The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done. Pretty much anyone who has even peripheral involvement with the business world has heard of Peter F. Drucker, the "father of modern management." In his lifetime (1909-2005) he published 39 books and...
Ten green reads for social entrepreneurs (and anyone else who gives a damn about this planet)
As social entrepreneurs, we all spend a fair bit of time explaining to the general public what it means to have a double bottom line ("What do you mean it isn’t just about profit?”). Throw into the mix an environmental component, thereby creating a triple bottom...
Movie Review: Greenwashers
We all want to "do good by doing right." We don't throw garbage on the ground. We recycle. We buy enviro-friendly cleaning products. We...wait, what's that you say? My bottle of dish soap with the cute little duck on the label isn't saving the world? Doesn't green...
Work on Purpose: A formula to finding fulfillment
Lara Galinsky is a senior vice president at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests in and mentors social entrepreneurs so they can create high-impact solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Her career path wasn’t easy and it certainly wasn’t direct. But...
In the Business of Change written by SEE Change publisher & editor Elisa Birnbaum highlights social entrepreneurs around the world. Get your print or audiobook where you normally buy or download books Learn More
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