May 2012
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Fighting Famines with Markets: In Ethiopia, an... →
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Micro lending in Britain? Check this talk. 
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April 2012
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BUSINESS MODELS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND POVERTY... →
Apr 25th
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Why always use high tech solutions? This video really got my thinking about all the possibilities! If we just start to think differently about energy and combine it with production whenever there’s wind or solar, this could drastically change the whole production industry! 
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App connects consumers with discounts to reduce... →
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For New Yorkers, a farmers market on your phone →
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March 2012
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The Khan Academy is on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want it, at your own pace. Watch how they make that mission a reality by among other things switching the classroom. Children are studying (by watching videos online) at home and are making the tasks in the classroom. The teacher can follow every individual student and give one on one feedback and assistance. Thus creating...
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How an electric car scheme plans to drive down... →
Read more in the article of the Guardian
Mar 21st
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How a classic model of social commerce can teach... →
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How did we get fat? The portions didn't help... →
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February 2012
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Decentralized, Distributed and Disruptive: The New... →
Some inspiration for the weekend! Great short article about where the economy is going. 
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The Future of Food (by the Guardian
The Guardian shines its light on the future of food: with algae, insects, artificial meat and others! Insects Locusts, grasshoppers, spiders, wasps, worms, ants and beetles are not on most European or US menus but at least 1,400 species are eaten across Africa, Latin America and Asia. Now, with rising food prices and worldwide land shortages, it could be just a matter of time before insect...
Feb 13th
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When setting up a micro credit bank the last thing you want to think about is technology. You want to focus on your clients and help their business’ grow.  Ben Lyon founded FrontlineSMS:Credit to allow microfinance institutions to send and receive secure loan payments, track loans and develop a micro-insurance model using the ubiquitous mobile phone. Sounds like a great invention creating...
Feb 6th
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A Boost for the World’s Poorest Schools
The New York Times Fixes blog is always a great inspiration for me! A few weeks ago they wrote a column about boosting the world’s poorest schools. Because it’s very useful to put all children in school but if they don’t learn anything it’s still pretty useless.  The organisation Save the Children is trying to change that.   
Feb 3rd
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January 2012
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Indian villagers' lives transformed by new energy...
I’ve shared some other initiatives to develop small scale grids in developing countries. I’m especially fascinated by the business models, because the high price of kerosene and the normal costs of recharging mobile phones (travelling to the nearby city and back) should make it possible for (social) entrepreneurs to step into this market. According to the World Bank in Africa alone...
Jan 25th
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“I kept thinking, ‘This cannot be my life. I know I have the potential to do so...”
– (Candace Keshwar, member of the Family Independence Initiative) With a new poverty fighting approach she was able to get her life back on it’s feet and look forward to the future again.  They started with 25 families in three cohorts — eight African American families, six Salvadoran refugee...
Jan 20th
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The outsourcing industry doesn’t have a great name, people fear that it’s destroying jobs in Europe and America. The jobs are not destroyed because of cheap labour in India but because western companies failed to become more efficient and effective. And the outsourcing industry probably did more for the emancipation of women in India than all demonstrations for equal rights combined....
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