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Clean Burn: Can a Stove Save Lives, Forests, and Africa's Economy?
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One company's ambitious plan to change the energy economy of sub-Saharan Africa, saving lives and the environment.
Read & DiscussInfographic: Leaders and Laggards in Famine Relief
As world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly, this infographic calls out countries that aren't doing their part to fight famine in Africa.
Read & DiscussHard Philanthropy: 50 Cent Fights Hunger With Energy Drink
Is 50 Cent the new Sally Struthers? The gangsta rapper wants to feed a billion people in five years by selling energy drinks.
Read & DiscussBit by Bit
Claude Shannon created the theory we use to communicate everything in the digital age. James Gleick is trying to quantify all that communication.
Read & DiscussSlideshow: Dos and Don'ts for Social Entrepreneurs Seeking Impact Funding
Seven top investors offer up tips for how social entrepreneurs can get their money: Don't drive a Mercedes. Do be a revolutionary.
Read & DiscussNew App Lets You Waste Time While Reducing Actual Waste
Can a Facebook game that asks you to pick up trash actually boost real-world recycling habits? Trash experts at TerraCycle are banking on it.
Read & DiscussCan This Alarm Clock Help You Be More Generous and Get to Work On Time?
Why an alarm clock that encourages you to give to charity might signal a wave of new micro-philanthropy apps.
Read & DiscussNew Toolbar Evaluates the Ethics of Your Online Shopping
The GoodGuide toolbar can aid consumers in making socially responsible online purchases.
Read & DiscussLessons From the End of the Free Starbucks Card Experiment (UPDATED)
You can't use his Starbucks card to get free coffee anymore, but Jonathan's card inspired a community of sharing that will carry on.
Read & DiscussA Better BOGO: Are Books a More Effective Charity Than Shoes?
Better World Books is linking used book sales to charity causes with the buy one, give one model.
Read & DiscussThe Future of High Tech Shopping Is Closer Than You Think
From "instant try-on" cameras to TSA-style scanners that determine the best jeans for you, technology is coming to your shopping mall.
Read & DiscussThis Foul-Mouthed Charity Doesn't Want Your Money
Is cursing the way to fight apathy? This snarky "charity" is calling on young people to give a shit by giving, well, nothing.
Read & DiscussRadical Sharing Works: This Guy Lets the World Use His Starbucks Card for Free (UPDATED)
Some people spend, some people add money, and the balance never dips below zero.
Read & DiscussWhat if Scientists Were Like Celebrities?
Forget boring, irrelevant scientists. This crop of nerds will wow you.
Read & Discuss"Print A Forest" Turns Your Printer into a Tree-Planting Machine
What if every 100 pages you print (re)planted a tree?
Read & DiscussA Smart New Way to Rate Socially Responsible Businesses
When we want to support responsible companies. A new rating system helps investors know which ones are the real deal.
Read & DiscussVictory! Workers at Ikea's Lone U.S. Factory Vote to Unionize
Take that. Ikea's U.S. factory managers where behaving very un-Swedish. But they couldn't stop a union campaign without damaging the Ikea brand.
Read & DiscussVIDEO: These Shades are Made from a Broken Skateboard
Watch a killer craftsman take a cracked skateboard and turn it into a one-of-a-kind pair of shades.
Read & DiscussGiveForward Helps You Crowd-Fund Medical Expenses
Would you donate money to help a sick friend in need? Here's how people are crowd-funding medical care. This might come in handy.
Read & DiscussBe a "Budget Hero" with this Game to Balance the Nation's Books
Think you have the answers? Go ahead and try to balance the budget with this game, we dare you.
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