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Esther Duflo: Experiments Against Poverty

Ethan Zuckerman

Ethan Zuckerman is blogging from Camden, Maine, at the wonderful Pop!Tech conference. Professor Esther Duflo is a new Macarthur fellow, recognized for her pioneering work in studying a wide set of issues in development economics. Her reseach has looked at the effectiveness of financial remittances (it’s better to send money to grandmothers than grandfathers) and the health issues associated with charcoal stoves. Her weapon of choice is the randomized trial, used extensively in drug...

Green-Collar People: Deb Conklin

WorldChanging Team

By Lisa Stiffler For Rev. Deb Conklin, spreading the gospel of energy efficiency is an act of faith—and an important job. Conklin is leading an effort to reach out to residents of Spokane’s South Perry neighborhood who are interested in getting energy audits and retrofitting their homes to reduce energy use. The upgrades save people money, and benefit the environment. “We’re about building community and helping people build better lives,” said Conklin, pastor of the Liberty Park...

Don Tapscott And Learning From Our Kids

Ethan Zuckerman

I’m in Providence, Rhode Island today speaking at BIF-5 – the Business Innovation Factory’s fifth annual storytelling conference. I’ll be doing my best to blog when not on stage.Don Tapscott tells us that the children of the baby boom are the first to be bathed in bits. Their time online hasn’t taken away from doing their homework or learning the piano – it’s taken time away from television. “There is no more powerful force to change society...

Ashoka: Continuing to Connect Social Entrepreneurs Globally

WorldChanging Team

Nominated by Pamela Hawley Ashoka is a non-profit organization supporting social entrepreneurs to help them achieve the maximum impact in their work. Ashoka believes in the ability of individuals to make a difference, in the high impact of non-violent and ethical actions, and the power of the entrepreneur to change society. Bill Drayton founded Ashoka in 1980, inspired by the social and economic gap he observed while traveling through Asia. Working in 60 countries across the globe, Ashoka...

Pop!Tech: Rice Power to the People With Husk Power Systems

Robert Katz

Chip Ransler is the co-founder of Husk Power Systems (HPS), a for-profit company that cost-effectively converts rice husks into electricity. HPS utilizes a proprietary technology to run 35-100 kilowatt mini power plants, delivering pay-for-use electricity to un-electrified villages in India's "Rice Belt." HPS' five pilot projects have become operationally profitable within six months, delivering sustainable, environmentally-friendly, low-cost energy that is dramatically...

Pop!Tech: Bunker Roy on Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid

Robert Katz

Outside, it is grey and rainy, but inside, the Camden library is warm and inviting. Today's special session merited an early arrival to Pop!Tech: Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid, a 2-hour talk by longtime BoP innovators Paul Polak and Bunker Roy. Bill Gordon, a Pop!Tech board member, kicks things, describing Pop!Tech's active social change mission – realized through its Accelerator and Social Innovation Fellows Programs. He then introduces today’s speakers as the...

Google's Project 10^100 Seeks Submissions for World-Changing Ideas

Sarah Kuck

During our daily search of all things world changing, we came across Google's latest contest Project 10^100, being held in part to celebrate their 10-year anniversary and in part to help those who want to help others. During the next three months, the Internet search company will solicit world-changing ideas from anyone, anywhere, no matter the size or scope and will reward the top five ideas with $10 million to see their projects come to life. In today's Seattle Times Google's Managing...

Nokia Announces Contest for Social Innovation

Sarah Kuck

Having a personal computer the size of your hand is something that, in a relatively short period of time, went from being seemingly impossible to practically ubiquitous. In fact, many of us can barely imagine leaving the house without one. These tiny personal pieces of technology allow to send messages and images anywhere -- from across the table to across the globe, connecting us to each other and the world. Exploring the extent to which this technology could benefit society as a whole is...

Deadlines Approaching on Two Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs

Emily Gertz

Two leading social venture/social entrepreneurship competitions are open for applications from around the world: The Global Social Venture Competition is seeking entrants for its 2008 competition. The winning business plan will receive $25,000 for its blend of high economic and social returns. There's a total of $45,000 in the pot; winners also get professional feedback on their ventures -- "[N]early 25% of past GSVC entrants are now operating companies," according to GSVC materials. For...

NGO Brings Lighting Services to Poor Households in India

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A new nongovernmental organization is forming a critical link between poor communities, renewable energy providers, and local banks in southern India. Over the past three years, the Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund, Inc. (S3IDF) has implemented 35 low-investment renewable lighting projects for urban and rural communities, benefiting about 5,500 people. “Increasing evolution of technology and materials is driving small-scale solutions to be much more cost effective in...

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