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Fair Trade Factory in Liberia Saves Lives

December 3, 2012 by Robin Eschler

You, too, can dramatically change lives like social entrepreneur, Chid Liberty, in Liberia founder of the first Africa fair trade factory.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Adam Butlein, africa business, Chid Liberty, extreme poverty, fair trade factory, garment factory, ghana, ghana business, liberia, Liberty and Justice, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship, socially conscious investing, textile industry, women for peace

Rural Electrification Renewal Energy (REwiRE) Wins Impact Investing Challenge

May 16, 2012 by Robin Eschler

What is better than light in remote rural areas of poverty? Listen to a team of social entrepreneurs who won the International Impact Investing Challenge and are extending the electrical grid through micro hydro power.

Filed Under: World Tagged With: electric power generation, Himani Phadke, hydo electric, hydo power, hydoelectric, hydro electric power, hydropower, impact investing, Impact Investing Challenge, Indonesia, Jonathan Strahl, Kelcie Abraham, Maria Riaz, power grid, renewable energy, rural electrification, social entrepreneurs, social impact, socially conscious investing

International Impact Investing Challenge for Grad Student Social Entrepreneurs

May 9, 2012 by Robin Eschler

Hear about the finalists for the International Impact Investing Challenge and the work of talented grad students who are creating socially conscious enterprises.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: impact investing, social enterprise, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship, social impact, social impact assessment, socially conscious, socially conscious investing, sustainable business, sustainable investment

Social Entrepreneurship in Liberia and Women for Peace

May 2, 2012 by Robin Eschler

Women for peace in West Africa are helping produce the first finished products for export from Liberia with Chid Liberty, social entrepreneur and founder of Liberty and Justice.

Filed Under: World Tagged With: Adam Butlein, africa business, Chid Liberty, ellen johnson sirleaf, extreme poverty, fair trade factory, fair trade ffactory, ghana, ghana business, liberia, liberia africa, liberian, Liberty and Justice, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship, socially conscious investing, textile industry, women for peace

Join Buying2Give and Fight Extreme Poverty

April 11, 2012 by Robin Eschler

How can you buy and contribute to the UN Millennium goal to end extreme poverty? Listen to Peter Young, founder of Buying2Give and an Australian with a mission to end poverty.

Filed Under: World Tagged With: bottom billion, bottom billion fund, buying 2 give, Buying2Give, end extreme poverty, extreme poverty, fight extreme poverty, micro finance, micro-credit, microfinance, millennium goal, Peter Young, social entrepreneurs, socially conscious investing, solve poverty, SolvePoverty, UN millennium goals

The Good Capitalist: For-Profit Success for Social Entrepreneurs

January 25, 2012 by Robin Eschler

Get inspired. Listen to 2 social entrepreneurs who initiated The Good Capitalist to support local and global socially responsible businesses while continuing their own social enterprises with triple bottom lines.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: meet-up, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship, social entreprise, social impact, social responsibility of business, socially responsible, socially responsible business, socially responsible companies, the good capitalist, triple bottom line, what is social responsibility