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Environment

 

Innovations in environmental protection

 
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Environment

A Global, Crowd-sourced Film for Earth Day

An intrepid filmmaker has collected footage from every country in the world, filmed on the same day, to underscore our commonalities.

By Laura Starita | 1 | Apr. 20, 2012
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Leveling the Playing Field

US Federal subsidies encourage waste and incentivize unsustainable business practices.

By Jeffrey Hollender | 3 | Apr. 5, 2012
 

Philanthropy

Philanthropy’s New Bottom Line: A More Sustainable Capitalism

It’s time to look at investment and social-ecological resilience—not just as philanthropists and impact investors but as a species.

 
Eric Friedenwald-Fishman Metropolitan Group SSIR

Urban Development

Space: The Social Change Frontier

Exploring open spaces, parks, gardens, and trails as tools for social impact.

By Eric Friedenwald-Fishman | Jan. 30, 2012
 
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Global Issues

One Book to Save the Town: A Global Citizen Year Story

A social change leader's greatest challenge is disinterest.

By Winson Law | Jan. 19, 2012
 
SSIR blogger Regina Ridley joined the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2006 as publishing director.

Global Issues

Community Engagement Inside Kibera

Carolina for Kiberia's community focus promises to effect change that will stick.

By Regina Ridley | 4 | Sep. 1, 2011
 
Marc Henrich is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Ecodana.

Global Issues

From the Field: Vietnamese Anti-Poverty Model May Work Elsewhere

I set out to see if the organizational models of two successful Vietnamese nonprofits were location-specific.

By Marc Henrich | Aug. 26, 2011
 
Marc Henrich is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Ecodana.

Environment

From the Field: Indigenous Environmentalists Strive to Reforest Indonesia

In Indonesia, the issue of customary land rights is in debate.

By Marc Henrich | Aug. 15, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Kevin Starr directs the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program.

Socially Responsible Business

Thirty Million Dollars, a Little Bit of Carbon, and a Lot of Hot Air

Projects like Carbon for Water is a loopy funding scheme paired with a lousy public health solution.

By Kevin Starr | 27 | Jun. 16, 2011
 

Global Issues

Improving Sales Offers for Improved Stoves

A unique sales strategy puts more environmentally friendly cookstoves into the hands of more cooks.

By David I. Levine | Jun. 15, 2011