Posts Tagged ‘social enterprise’

Social enterprise: Pegasus

enorm has a recommendation for you! Pegasus Ratskeller GmbH in Berlin, Germany, specialises in events, ”à la carte” and communal feeding. From the restaurant under the town hall of city quarter Reinickendorf,

University of the People

Are you familiar with the University of the People? Funded by Shai Reshef in 2009, University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free online university. Reshef has been widely recognized

Anvil

Anvil, a leading apparel brand in the U.S, was recently ranked the 6th largest organic program in the world by the Organic Exchange. The company offers over 70 styles of sportswear and accessories, including 17 eco-friendly styles

Computer geeks – and social entrepreneurs

Some people have too many computers – others have none. This was the basis for Oso Martin’s idea to create FreeGeek, an organization in Portland, Oregon which repairs and recycles old computers. The worker’s collective, which relies almost exclusively on self-generated funds, has two goals: providing computers for those in their community who cannot afford [...]

Microtelecom connects rural India

A new innovation by Indian social enterprise VNL is giving rural India access to mobile technology – quickly, sustainably and at low cost. Comparing it to microfinancing, they call this new approach microtelecom.

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