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Social Innovations

Fast Food and the Family Farm

It’s time to reform how we grow food and what we have for dinner, says Bruce Boyd, principal and managing director at Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors.

By Bruce Boyd | 7 | Summer 2008
 
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Government

A Lot of Hot Air

A popular Mexico City program for cutting air pollution from vehicles doesn’t work; in fact sales of new cars, used cars, and gasoline have climbed since the program's launch in 1989.

By Alana Conner | Summer 2008
 
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Nonprofits

From the Ground Up

Part academic institution, part activist group, part think tank, ATREE crosses sectors to breed a new species of conservation agency in India.

By Brandon Keim | Summer 2008
 
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Nonprofits

Praise the Lord, but Dim the Lights

The Regeneration Project helps the environmental movement get religion.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Spring 2008
 
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Government

The Greening of Wal-Mart

For much of its history, Wal-Mart’s corporate management team toiled inside its “Bentonville Bubble,” narrowly focused on operational efficiency, growth, and profits. But now the world's largest retailer has widened its sights, building networks of employees, nonprofits, government agencies, and suppliers to “green” its supply chains. Here's how and why the world’s largest retailer is using a network approach to decrease its environmental footprint – and to increase its profitability.

By Erica L. Plambeck & Lyn Denend | 5 | Spring 2008
 
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Nonprofits

Garden-Variety Revolution

TerraCycle turns what others leave behind into fertilizers and fashion.

By Leslie Berger | 7 | Spring 2008
 
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Nonprofits

Give Away the Store

Why Portland’s ReBuilding Center refuses to franchise, but is happy to share.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Winter 2008
 
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Business

Equal Partners

How an ecotourism company and a native community share power in Peru.

By Erin Palm | Winter 2008
 
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Social Innovations

Competing for a Change

How Changemakers’ “collaborative competitions” harness the wisdom of crowds.

By Leslie Berger | 5 | Winter 2008
 

Social Innovations

Review: Break Through

Small-scale efforts won't solve the global warming crisis.

By Sacha Zimmerman | Winter 2008