Adapting Old Buildings to Climate Change Requires New Financial Tools
The startup BlocPower uses software to identify buildings that are prime candidates to receive more efficient energy systems. That might mean installing an electric heat pump or a microgrid to...more

Understanding the Role Social Entrepreneurship Plays in Building a Strong Economy
Agnelorajesh Athaide, a serial and social entrepreneur, cofounder and chief mentor of The Business opportunities club (BOC), tackles new-age entrepreneurs who are seeking to bring about change...more

Giving Away Silicon Valley’s Billions
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Stanford Magazine highlights Nicole Taylor, president and CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), who plans to put the 'community' back in 'community foundation.' As SVCF's new...more

Online Course -Voices of Social Change
Foundation: International Youth Foundation
Coursera announces its Voices of Social Change, a free online short course co-designed and delivered by eight young social entrepreneurs. Voices of Social Change, powered by Laureate...more

A Pioneering Mangrove Conservation Project in Madagascar
Madagascar communities launched the world's largest mangrove carbon conservation project, sequestering a huge amount of carbon and securing an ecosystem vital to fishery health. In partnership...more

Financing for Social Entrepreneurship in Peru
In a study conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, "Financing For Social Entrepreneurship in Peru," finds that social enterprises in Peru have to a large extent relied on their founders,...more

Tulane University Partners with Venture for America to Create Inner-City Jobs
Tulane University's Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will partner with Venture for America (VFA) to host 2020 VFA Fellows along with leaders from university entrepreneurship...more

Up-Skilling Young People with Skills in Auto Mechanics
Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) is one of Kenya's initiatives that provides alternative opportunities for skills and knowledge transfer where youth can become more competitive in the...more

Oberlin Should Consider Social Entrepreneurship Program
Bara Watts, Director of Entrepreneurship, writes about Oberlin entrepreneurs are tackling big social and community problems. According to Watts, their business models all offer innovative...more

Social Entrepreneurs Needed to Address Present-Day Inequities and Gaps in India
Ravi Sreedharan, Founder-Director, and Lopamudra Sanyal, Research Fellow at the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM), tackle the work and innovations by social entrepreneurs that continue...more