Stanford Social Innovation Review

MomsRising is tapping a vast resource to improve the lives of American families.

In their efforts to be socially responsible, most companies fail to wield their most powerful tool: lobbying. Yet corporations such as Mary Kay, Royal Dutch Shell, and General Motors are increasingly leveraging their deep pockets, government contacts, and persuasive powers for the cause of good. Not all kinds of socially responsible lobbying are created equal, however. The authors discuss which forms are best for companies and society.

Tweeters come together for spontaneous gatherings of like-minded philanthropists

Despite spending vast amounts of money and helping to create the world’s largest nonprofit sector, philanthropists have fallen far short of solving America’s most pressing problems. What the nation needs is “catalytic philanthropy”—a new approach that is already being practiced by some of the most innovative donors. —By Mark R. Kramer

How the Positive Deviance Initiative helps communities solve their own problems

WHOLE EARTH DISCIPLINE: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand

Build Change, a Mill Valley, Calif.-based nonprofit whose mission is “to greatly reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses caused by housing collapses due to earthquakes in developing countries,” is shaking up construction practices in earthquake-prone areas.

When companies and activists square off, sometimes no one wins.

How the North Texas Food Bank’s Community
Kitchen supplies healthy frozen dinners to the Dallas region’s hungry.

Kazakh biologist, activist, and environmental prize recipient.

Homeless protests in the ‘80s were born not just of grievances, but also of greenbacks.

Environmental lawyers around the world join forces via E-LAW.