The case studies in the book include Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her Vermont home; Roberto Baggio, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and Diana Propper, who has used investment banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers.
The paperback edition will offer a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased mainstream coverage of the subject. The book will also update the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in the cloth edition.
Notes on how to change the world Livemint We have family and social systems that are dismissive of our feelings, that are designed to break the natural bonds of support between people. They damage and hurt us as individuals; yet we cling to hierarchies and to the status quo, like a frayed ... |
Dalai Lama Film Screeing at the Rio Theatre Patch.com A documentary following 40 Western thinkers as they meet with the Dalai Lama to discuss how to change the world will be shown 7:00 pm Sunday. By Michelle Fitzsimmons The poster for "Dalai Lama Renaissance," which will be screened at the Rio Theatre ... and more » |
How to fix your (sex) life Irish Times Like Flintoff's How to Change the World, which builds on the reasonable assumption that most of us would like to do something, but we're pinned down by inertia. Though admitting to probably revealing his own inner hippy in how he lives and thinks, ... |
The Guardian | The School of Life Live: Extra members can save £5 on tickets The Guardian John-Paul Flintoff, a writer, broadcaster, activist and author of The School of Life's new book How to Change the World. Tom Chatfield, a writer, commentator, technology theorist and author of The School of Life's new book How to Thrive in a Digital ... |
Daily Mail | Facebook's polar opposites: How one founding billionaire has shunned luxury ... Daily Mail What sets them apart, they acknowledge, is their absolute freedom to pursue their particular vision of how to change the world. And they seem to have no doubt that their software will do just that. After all, as some of Facebook's earliest engineers, ... and more » |
Facebook billionaire Moskovitz shuns life of luxury for San Francisco's ... Washington Post What sets them apart, they acknowledge, is their absolute freedom to pursue their particular vision of how to change the world. And they seem to have no doubt that their software will do just that. After all, as some of Facebook's earliest engineers, ... and more » |
Why Sex Matters The American Prospect Being in a room full of women who know how to change the world and are hell-bent on doing it can have that effect. As did the practical strategy conversations we had throughout the week, breaking down how we can get from here to a whole different kind ... and more » |
Malaria cases surge in Democratic Republic of the Congo The Guardian Alex Perry, author of a book about the international effort, Lifeblood: How to Change the World, One Dead Mosquito at a Time, said: "This latest news from Congo compounds a bad few months for the global campaign against malaria. and more » |
Windy City Times | Gay dean's book offers 'New Way' to spirituality Windy City Times "The book is essentially about how to be happy and how to change the world. And by happiness I mean really caring about your own well-being," he said. "When you care about your own well-being, you start to care about the well-being of other people. |
Facebook billionaire shuns luxury for startup life CBS News What sets them apart, they acknowledge, is their absolute freedom to pursue their particular vision of how to change the world. And they seem to have no doubt that their software will do just that. After all, as some of Facebook's earliest engineers, ... and more » |
