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Environment
The United Nations Says Sustainable Energy Will Go Worldwide in 2012
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for universal energy access by 2030.
News
Reconstruction Zone: Chronicling Haiti's Post-Quake Struggles
“Nobody faced what we have faced here in Haiti.”
Business
Five Simple Ways to Help Haiti
Yep, you can do something to help get Haiti back on its feet.
Business
Amber Waves of Gain: One Woman's Cereal Business Fights Malnutrition
An African cereal company is competing with international giants to fight malnutrition and build economic self-sufficiency.
Environment
In Benin, Solar-Powered Irrigation Pollutes Less and Produces More
Solar power and drip irrigation have improved the lives of people living in poverty. But few had ever tried combining the two.
Business
Back to the Foundry: Can a Jewelry Company Really Prevent Conflict in Africa?
Social entrepreneur Peter Thum fields readers' questions about his company, Fonderie 47.
Business
T-Shirt Remix: Recycling America's Used Clothes for Social Impact
Your old t-shirts got shipped to Africa. Project Repat's local artisans recycle and remix them for resale, creating jobs and social impact.
Business
Admitting Failure: Water Groups Stress Metrics to Improve Aid
The problem isn’t just that water pumps break: Lacking monitoring, they stay broken.
Business
Welcome to Kawempe: Photos of Social Enterprise in Uganda
Visit Kawempe, a slum outside of Kampala, Uganda, where social enterprise is providing economic opportunity and fighting disease.
Business
How TOMS and Buy-One-Give-One Really Help
Do TOMS shoes—and all donations of goods—hurt the poor more than they help? One expert weighs in.
Business
Six Ideas for Buy-One-Give-One Businesses that Help the Poor
As you may have heard, TOMS now offers sunglasses along with shoes. Here are a few more "buy one, give one" ideas we'd like to see happen.
Design
Using Discarded Bottles as the Foundation of Education
A new school in the Philippines takes the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ mantra to the extreme, making whole buildings out of discarded bottles.
Business
Five of the Most Exciting Innovators Shaking Up Global Development
These five organizations are on to something. See how they are making lives better in sustainable, scalable and social important ways.
Business
Game Changing Eyeglasses for the Developing World that Work for Every Prescription
Adaptive eyeglasses eliminate the need for an optician, potentially making it affordable for hundreds of millions of people to see clearly.
News
Video: This is Why We Need High-Speed Rail in the Northeast
High-speed rail isn't just an environment and energy solution. It also makes great economic and business sense. This video explains.
Environment
Global Village Construction Set: Open Source Design for a Modern, Off-Grid Community
A group of farmer-scientists are building a civilization from scratch in rural Missouri, and they invite anyone, anywhere to copy their plans.
Business
How Not to Save the World, or Why the LifeStraw Is a Stupid Idea
Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation gives an eye-opening talk, eviscerating several of the most darling ideas in economic development.
News
A Sprawl Fighting Fixit Guide
Galina Tachieva, author of The Sprawl Repair Manual, rethinks the suburbs-from empty big box retailers to bubble era McMansions.
