Rob Sheppard began teaching English straight out of college. “Like so many others, a free one-way ticket enticed me to Korea to teach middle-schoolers at a cram school,” he says of those early years. Since then he’s held various teaching positions...
One third of the world’s food – 1.3 billion tons – ends up in a landfill every year. But Josh Domingues is determined to change that with Flashfood, an app that allows grocery stores and restaurants to sell high-quality, surplus food at steep...
We are Canada, a six-part documentary series narrated by Sarah Polley that celebrates the next generation of passionate Canadian changemakers, premiered in April on CBC with new episodes every Sunday until May 14. Conceived and produced by White Pine Pictures, in...
This piece was originally published as part of REDF’s The Business of Social Enterprise an ongoing series profiling social entrepreneurs who are applying their business skills learned through many years of experience in the for-profit sector toward transforming...
Red Bull Amaphiko, a global program supporting social entrepreneurs has arrived in the U.S. Launched by energy drink company Red Bull, the mission of Amaphiko – which translates into “wings” in the South African language of Zulu – is to...
Now in its 16th year, the Reelworld Film Festival is dedicated to harnessing the power of film as a force for social good. Believing stories are the beginning of great solutions, the Festival’s mission is to unlock the power of film by connecting inspired people...
