As we’ve previously reported about in the enorm blog, every year Echoing Green provides funding for social entrepreneurs with the goal to launch groundbreaking organizations across the globe. In an attempt to research trends in the social entrepreneurship field, for the last for years Echoing Green has carried out a survey of the three hundred [...]

Time for a film tip! Hosted by Robert Redford, the PBS series The New Heroes depicts the efforts of social entrepreneurs working all over the globe with the mission to make the world a better place. In twelve amazing stories, the series introduces men and women who are committed to achieving their dream of transforming [...]

In yet another fascinating TED talk, Charles Leadbeater tells the story of how he went looking for radical new forms of education, finding them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world’s poorest kids live.

At the end of this month, the first ever Ashoka Globalizer Panels will see the light of day. Ashoka, the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, supports leading social entrepreneurs  by electing Ashoka Fellows which are provided with stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries.