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Global Innovations Commons provided by M-CAM; Introducing the GLOBAL INNOVATION COMMONS, founded by Dr. David E. Martin, Executive Chairman, M-CAM; Fellow, The Batten Institute, University of Virginia.
Global Innovations Commons provided by M-CAM; Introducing the GLOBAL INNOVATION COMMONS, founded by Dr. David E. Martin, Executive Chairman, M-CAM; Fellow, The Batten Institute, University of Virginia.
One Degree Matters provided by the European Environment Agency; This video follows social and business leaders as they travel to Greenland and experience for themselves the dramatic effects of the melting of the ice cap and consider how to use business to grow a green economy. The film brings to the screen the latest science from the Arctic and shows why a further rise in global temperature of one degree matters for the future of humankind.
Harmonic Humanity provided by HarmonicHumanity.org; Real Change and Harmonic Humanity offer great examples of using the principles of ethical markets to address local community challenges such as homelessness.
Ben & Jerry’s provided by the Trusteeship Institute; Pierre Ferrari, chair of Ben & Jerry’s, bought by Unilever, talks about Selling Without Selling Out.
Dagoba Chocolate provided by the Trusteeship Institute; Frederick Schilling, founder of Dagoba Chocolate, bought by Hersheys, talks about Selling Without Selling Out.
Stoneyfield Farm provided by the Trusteeship Institute; Gary Hirshberg, founder of Stonyfield Farm, bought by Danone, talks about Selling Without Selling Out.
Honest Tea provided by the Trusteeship Institute; Seth Goldman, founder of Honest Tea, bought by Coca Cola, talks about Selling Without Selling Out.
The Opportunity Wthin the Economic Crisis provided by TheSoulofMoney.info; Lynne Twist, founder and president of the Soul of Money Institute, offers a positive view on the economic challenges ahead.
Wall Street Green Trading Summit 2009 provided by Ethical Markets; our reporter catches up with investment leaders and our own advisory board members attending this pivotal summit.
Joan Bavaria was a valued member of the Ethical Markets Media Research Advisory Board. We salute her and her pioneering role in developing social investing. The Joan Bavaria award will keep her memory alive and her influence growing.
Woody Tasch On Slow Money provided by Chelsea Green Publishing; Woody Tasch, author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money, discusses a new approach to money. Tasch is the chairman and CEO of Investors’ Circle–a network of angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations, family offices and others who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy.
Coming Home: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy” provided by Chris Bedford Films and the Schumacher Society; Sincere appreciation goes to Chris Bedford who made this film as a labor of love, telling the story of rebuilding a local economy using strategies from community land trusts to the nation’s most successful local currency – Berkshares. Copies of the film can be obtained at www.localharvest.org.
Investors Focusing on Social Enterprises, Oct. 29, 2008 - provided by KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA; socially responsible businesses are having success finding start up money. (3 min)
Laila Iskandar – Community & Institutional Development – Provided by the Skoll Foundation and Social Edge
Urmee Mehta Mankar – Swadhaar – Micro Finance – Provided by the Skoll Foundation and Social Edge
Caroline Nyami – Kisia – AfriAfya – Provides communication technology for rural and informal settlements in Kenya.
Bernice Celeyta – NOMADESC {Association for Social
Research and Action} works primarity with women, trade unionists,
campesinos, the Afro-Colombian and indigenous peoples.Kisia – AfriAfya
- Provides communication technology for rural and informal
Karen Zainah Anwar – Sisters in Islam, based in Malaysia, workers on the right of Muslim woman within the framework of Islam to end discrimination against woman in the name of religion while upholding the principles of justice, equality and freedom.
Ayeleen Ajanee – Pakistan – Acumen Fund Fellow – working with woman enterprenuers who make less than $4 per day.
Mathias Craig – blueEnergy – provides low-cost, sustainable energy to marginalized communities through the construction of wind turbines and installation (and maintenance!) of hybrid wind and solar electric systems.
Caroline Casey – Ireland – The Aisling Foundation – promotes positive image of disablity. “You don’t need eyes to have a vision!”
Mari Kuraishi – GlobalGiving Foundation – provides a platform for social entreprenuers to share resources.