What defines a good social enterprise? Is it social and/or environmental impact? is it qualitative data (numbers and measurable information)? Or, perhaps, quantitative data (people’s experience with it)? The students of Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation at...
The Global Community Tourism Fund (GCTF) is a key Planeterra initiative that supports entrepreneurship and innovation in community tourism enterprises within their network. Through this program, Planeterra provides small grants of up to $3,500 USD, along with tailored...
A few weeks ago, the UN released a report summarizing the data on global progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conclusion was unambiguous – we are falling behind. If current trends persist, extreme poverty will still affect 575 million people...
[For this article, SEE Change was delighted to collaborate with the students of the Social Innovation class, taught by Catherine Pearl, at Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business.] In this year’s Social Innovation class we had the opportunity...
Subscribe: SpotifyWhen David Upton co-founded Common Good Solutions (CGS) in 2012, he didn’t come armed with an in-depth, detailed strategic plan. But there was a mission. And it was a powerful one. “See the need, try to fill the need,” is how David describes it. Over...
