Topic: Nepal

Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice

Free Rice is an interactive online game that allows you become a little bit smarter while also doing the world some good. It's the fourth entry in our six part series, Innovative Giving.READ»

Design with Heart

When it comes to championing workers, Stephanie Odegard is a tour de forceREAD»

Building a Home for the Children of Nepal

At 19, Maggie Doyne left home to go backpacking--and found her life's calling halfway around the worldREAD»

The Changing Face of Energy, as seen from an open source advocate

Today, I’m writing to discuss a paradigm that may be comprehended immediately by some, or require intense mulling by others. With no further ado, here it is. Solar Energy is the “open source” energy generation method.READ»

Here's How to Make It to the Top

Arlene Blum has climbed the world's highest peaks. Now she teaches executives the secrets of high-altitude leadership.READ»

Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks

CEO: Neal Keny-GuyerREAD»

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John Wood Turns the Page

He struck it rich at Microsoft. Then he bought a one-way ticket to Kathmandu in search of a richer life. He found it -- building schools and libraries in the poorest places on earth.READ»

PR Smackdown: You Pick the Winner

I received three intriguing PR pitches yesterday. You pick the winner: Contestant #1: UPS delivers a copy of Thomas Friedman's new book, "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century." The book is mounted in a ...READ»

Metaphor Marketing

Harvard Business School professor Jerry Zaltman makes pictures that reveal our deepest feelings about your favorite brands. Can he scan your brain and unlock the images that lie within?READ»

Nepalese Teen Swaps Silicon for Human Hair in $38 Solar Panel

Kids these days--they just keep inventing new technologies to secure our energy future. The latest comes from Milan Karki, an 18-year-old resident of a rural village in Nepal. Karki has purportedly devised a way to dramatically ...READ»

Stinking It Up: Lessons From a PR Failure

We had a big party, but got no buzz. Lessons from a PR failure.READ»

Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners

Organization What It Does Results Grade ACCION International CEO: María Otero www.accion.org Winner's Statement Trains banks around the world to be microfinance partners, making small loans ...READ»

Trade Gap

Do we need to close the trade gap -- or clothe it? The Gap's suppliers indicate just how widespread the global economy is.READ»

Ethonomics And Microfinance Go Hand In Hand

There has been a lot of positive feedback on my string of blogs themed “financial firms doing good.” It’s easy to get caught up in the negativity that pours out of our televisions and newspapers, but as I travel across the ...READ»

Social Capitalists: Profiles

Accion International Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: A Social Impact: A+ Aspiration: B+ Sustainability: B+ Boston, Massachusetts Maria Otero, President and CEO www.accion.org "We have taken traditional ...READ»

Cellphones at the Top of the World: Everest's Peak to Get Coverage

Nepal Telecom has some lofty plans for its cellphone service. The company is expanding its network coverage to one of the most special spots on Earth: the top of Mount Qomolangma...aka Mount Everest. Climbing to Everest's ...READ»

Social Enterprise: A Journey to Emancipated Nonprofits

Living in Vancouver, a favourite pastime is counting the number of cargo ships in the harbour. It's a symbol of regional prosperity, global connection and a touchstone to a rich nautical heritage. All of which get reappraised when ...READ»

Economics Nobel Prize Award a Nod to Sustainability

Two U.S. academics have just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, with the Prize Committee noting the winner's work in economic governance. One winner is Elinor Ostrom--the first woman to land the prestigious prize. The ...READ»

Balance is Bunk!

It's the central myth of the modern workplace: With a few compromises, you can have it all. But it's all wrong, and it's making us crazy. Here's how to have a life anyway.READ»

John Wood Brings Social Capitalism to Oprah

Yesterday John Wood was a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Wood is the founder of Room to Read, an organization that has been a winner of our Social Capitalists Awards every year since Fast Company and the Monitor Group began the ...READ»

Silver Jewellery & Gold Jewellery ! Perfect Metal for Jewellery manufacturing process

When we tell in span for Silver Jewellery now existence it is segmented in three print of Jewellery. First is true 925 silver Jewellery of 925 authentic silver Jewellery because only grain, hammered and other property has been given ...READ»

Vote of Confidence

The only thing the economy has to fear is fear itself: indecisive CEOs, risk-averse companies, frightened frontline executives. Take a journey into a different side of corporate America: people and companies that are playing with confidence and playing to win. Their experiences just might boost your confidence.READ»

A Lever Long Enough to Move the World

Social visionary Bill Drayton is creating a network of incalculable problem-solving power.READ»

Positive Deviant

Jerry Sternin's job was to help save starving children in Vietnam. Faced with an impossible time frame, he adopted a radical approach to making change. His idea: Real change begins from the inside.READ»

A Lever Long Enough to Move the World

Social visionary Bill Drayton is creating a network of incalculable problem-solving power.READ»