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John Wood Announced as 2014 World's Children's Honorary LaureateRoom to Read founder John Wood has been announced as a 2014 World’s Children’s Honorary Award Laureate through the World’s Children’s Prize, the annual educational…Oct 2014 -
Topher White TEDx Talk: What Can Save the Rainforest? Your Used Cell PhoneThe sounds of the rainforest include: the chirps of birds, the buzz of cicadas, the banter of gibbons. But in the background is the almost-always…Sep 2014 -
Gregg Treinish Attends White House Citizen Science ForumExecutive Director of Adventure Scientists, Gregg Treinish, attended the invitation-only citizen science forum on September 30th. At the forum, the White House released a memo on…Sep 2014 -
WAVE in “Young Entrepreneurs Who Make Me Feel Optimistic About Nigeria's Future”Misan Rewane is founder of West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE), an organization tackling youth unemployment by identifying, training, and placing talented West African youths in wage-earning jobs in…Jul 2014 -
Grassroots Soccer: Using Soccer to Create Demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in ZimbabweWhat if the pathway to a medical procedure that could prevent HIV infections started on a soccer pitch? With a long-term objective of eradicating HIV…Jul 2014 -
One Acre Fund: "Social Good = Scale x Impact (Who Knew?)"“At One Acre Fund, we are working to de-isolate these two critical factors, and achieve both meaningful scale and net impact. We’ve grown more than…Jul 2014 -
The Trouble With Impact Investing: Parts 1-3Pt. 1 There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact. Posted in SSIR on Jan. 24, 2012 By Kevin Starr To learn more…Jul 2012