Change. Community-based, community-driven, community-oriented
Finding a better way to get things done. It's become the rallying-cry of the past few years. From community gardens to the election of Barack Obama, people are fired up about the idea that they can play a role in altering - in improving - the systems which make up...
Obama says it best: Success comes from within
Shortly after Peter Wahome’s family moved from central Kenya to the densely populated Kibera neighbourhood of Nairobi, he ventured into the downtown core. There, this young teenager literally hatched a scheme that altered the course of his life and, ultimately,...
Ash cloud lessons on social enterprise in the UK
Canada has a rich history of social enterprise, especially seen through the lens of Quebec’s social economy or the broader community economic development movement. Less well developed is a nationally scaled social enterprise and social finance movement, which has...
Social innovation = Local happiness
Interest in social innovation is growing. It needs to. Our societies are facing some of the greatest challenges of our time: increasing inequality, rising poverty rates, the instability of the economy, climate change, and a plethora of other issues. At the same...
Walk the Line, SEA-Style
This past month social entrepreneurs gathered at the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) Summit 2014 in Nashville, Tenn., and enjoyed content-rich workshops, engaging pitches from social entrepreneurs, excellent Southern cuisine and music from some of Nashville’s...
“Ask What You Can Do for Your State”: Entrepreneurs in Michigan take “The Challenge”
The Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge gives entrepreneurs in the state an opportunity to make a difference Michigan Corps' motto is a call to action that invokes the famous line President John F. Kennedy delivered in his 1961 inaugural...
What Social Enterprises Can Learn From the UN
Running in NGO circles, one is likely to come across some misgivings of UN activities. Granted, certain suspicion is warranted. The largest international organization is made up of people, and people make mistakes. Even so, most of these doubts can be attributed to...
Getting Ahead By Investing From Within
“Keep your eye on the prize” is a common catch phrase that, for the social enterprise community, has come to mean staying focused on achieving your social change goal. Oftentimes, the decision to become a changemaker - and to accept all the sacrifices that...
Seeing the Forest for the Tees: The Link Between Your Wardrobe and the World’s Forests
I went shopping with a friend at Christmas who was searching for a gift for her 15 year old niece. Neither of us think of shopping as a recreational activity (I’d rather be surfing or at a matinee!), but there we were in a mall in the midst of the...
In the Business of Change written by SEE Change publisher & editor Elisa Birnbaum highlights social entrepreneurs around the world. Get your print or audiobook where you normally buy or download books Learn More
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