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toptechnews.com: Tracking 'Social Entrepreneurs toptechnews.com

Tracking 'Social Entrepreneurs' Gets Easier

toptechnews.com
26-Sep-2008 1 related
        

There's plenty to love about organizations that focus on solving the world's poverty and health problems -- but their impact is often hard to measure. That can make it hard for philanthropies and investors to tell whether...

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Crowdsourcing crisis information in Kenya

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21-Sep-2008
        

Photographing police in Nairobi (image: DEMOSH/Flickr) A group of Kenyan developers are about to launch a new version of software that will help communities map and predict violence. In Kenya hundreds died and many more...

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Nanosolar Announces $300M Additional Funding; Nearly Half Billion Total

powerpulse.net
05-Sep-2008
        

Nanosolar Inc. announced that it has raised more than $300 million in its most recent round of financing, bringing the ... Read more Digital Power Forum - Sep. 15-17, Burlingame CA Darnell's fifth annual Digital Power...

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The return of solar mega-deals

alternative-energy-news.info
28-Aug-2008
        

It’s been amazing, as a long-time follower of energy policy and politics, to see just how central energy tech has been in the convention out in Denver. If you weren’t watching C-Span, you likely didn’t get to see it (the...

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Clean water for Kenya

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07-Aug-2008 1 related
        

A new technology that takes just a plastic bottle and six hours in the sun is helping provide clean water and reduce sickness in a slum community in Kenya. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of the world's largest slums. But...

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genylabs.typepad.com: Featured in Alltop genylabs.typepad.com

Funding Social Enterprises

genylabs.typepad.com
02-Aug-2008
        

Excellent discussion on alternative funding models for social enterprises going on over at the Skoll Foundation's Social Edge Website. Moderated by social finance expert Jessica Margolin, lot's of alternatives and examples are...

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Dial-a-fish for the best seafood choice

pri.org
31-Jul-2008
        

A new text messaging service can tell you everything you need to know about that piece of fish you're thinking of eating. When you're in a restaurant or a grocery store, thinking about fish for supper, you might also want to...

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Queen Rania on YouTube

clipmarks.com
28-Jul-2008
        

clipped by: hitchhiker08clipper's remarks: A followup on my earlier clip on her - I'm fascinated. An honest attempt from Royalty to spare time to clear the air about Islam - worth a look. "Queen Rania wants you to join in this...

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Recycle evolves into Freecycle

pri.org
25-Jul-2008
        

Image courtesy of My Little Photo Album / Flickr Deron Beal, founder and executive director of Tucson, Arizona based Freecycle.org, keeps tons of trash out of landfills by offering a "cyber-sharing" clearinghouse. Many people's...

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Healthy and affordable food for inner city areas

pri.org
17-Jul-2008
        

Pennsylvania State Representative Dwight Evans is bringing grocery stores back to inner city areas. Back in the 1960's, when the middle-class fled the cities for suburban refuge, there was an unforeseen consequence: the...

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