Making bricks work: Evergreen’s urban enterprise
SEE Change Magazine recently sat down with Tara Rogerson, Director of Social Enterprise at Evergreen, to talk about the charity’s experience in the social enterprise realm. About Evergreen Evergreen is a not-for-profit organization that makes cities more...
In Conversation with Antony Bugg-Levine
In our continuing In Conversation Series, we speak with Antony Bugg-Levine, a pioneer of the impact investing field and co-author of Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference. Click here to listen to an excerpt from our interview and...
Conversation with a Canadian B Corp: Ecojot
Ecojot is an eco-friendly stationery brand that uses 100% post-recycled materials. It is also among Canada’s founding certified B Corps, with manufacturing and distribution facilities based in Scarborough, Ontario and products distributed throughout Canada, the...
In Conversation with Laura Reinsborough
Not Far From the Tree (NFFT), an organization founded in 2008, has the unique mission of ensuring Toronto’s fruit doesn’t go to waste. Here’s how it works: if homeowners feel overrun by an abundant fruit harvest, they call NFFT who quickly mobilize their volunteers to...
In Conversation with Mary Gordon, Roots of Empathy
When educator Mary Gordon founded Roots of Empathy in 1996, some were doubtful. Championing the power of empathy and its ability to transform children – and, in effect, the world – Gordon’s views were seen as laudable for sure. But practical? Debatable. At...
BioRegional: An Inventive Model of Sustainability
Dedicated to creating sustainable communities and production systems, UK-based BioRegional Development Group was co-founded in 1994 by Sue Riddlestone and Pooran Desai to stem what they viewed to be the primary cause of the world’s environmental issues:...
In Conversation with Nicole Rycroft
Listen to a clip of Elisa’s interview with Nicole, from February 2011. {loadposition rycroftinterviewposition} Next time you pick up the Globe & Mail, reread the Harry Potter series or absorb the latest Canadian Geographic, rest assured the...
Loretta Cella gets passionate about life (and social enterprise)
Loretta Cella is the founder of Passion Foundation, a Vancouver, BC-based social profit organization that focuses on the health and well-being of young women in Canada by raising literacy and social development. As a “young woman assisting young women to be...