Creativity. Charity. Community.
Check out The Working Proof. A website dedicated to art and social responsibility. A curated group of artists sell limited edition prints and the proceeds go to a charity of their choice. Buy some amazing and affordable art and help people out. Everybody wins.
Want to travel AND change the world? Apply for Unreasonable at Sea, a nautical tech accelerator program for entrepreneurs looking to solve our globe’s greatest challenges. (via Unreasonable Institute)
A bike program in India solved the practical problem of transport, but also gave education incentives and ended up expanding the horizons of thousands of young girls. School drop out rates decreased immensely and taking their life in their own hands has left them feeling empowered and full of hope. The initiative is part of a larger “gender program” in India, but it can serve as a model of how to make social change happen just on two-wheels. Can a bike initiative like this work in Miami? Read the full article here
The LABrats are competing for a Teach For America Social Innovation Award. Check out our pitch video. Feel free to peruse our profile as well as those of our great competitors on the Vator site (http://vator.tv/competition/social-innovation-award). The LABrats are excited about all of the projects that are involved!
Entrepreneurs who want to change the world have got to be a little crazy. At least that’s what they think at the Unreasonable Institute.Their name derives from the George Bernard Shaw quote, “All progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“Welcome to the age of the spreadsheet humanitarian. The central idea of the Unreasonable Institute is that profit-making businesses can sometimes succeed where their nonprofit counterparts might falter. Mr. Epstein, 25, and a serial entrepreneur, says the Unreasonable Institute wants people who are willing to think big, even when skeptics scoff.”
Check out the full article featured in the New York Times.
Each year they unite 25 entrepreneurs for a 6 week program in Boulder so they can meet, learn, and get their world changing ideas off the ground with the networking and capital they need. Learn more about how they do this at their official site.
The PopTech 2011 Conference is underway right now in Camden, Maine and amazing things are happening. Check out this video of their new class of Social Innovation fellows. You can actually watch the entire conference live here , it will be very much worth your time. Here is a list of all the performers and speakers
Also they have just announced that the next PopTech will be hosted in Reykjavik, Iceland and will be centered around the them of Resilience.
Introducing the PopTech Social Innovation Fellows class of 2011.
The Happy Post Project is a social experiment that aims to spread happiness. Such a simple concept that can go a long way.
By MARIO CHAMORRO
Channel: MediaLiving through difficult moments can make people re-prioritize and realize what is really important in life. The Happy Post Project gets inspiration from the incredible courage and optimism of people who have overcome difficult times and are moving…
Design for Good. AIGA presents an initiative to bring design to social causes both locally and nationally. There are so many organizations out there in need of good design to help their cause, but there are also so many designers out there looking for a purpose to make them feel passionate about their profession again. Here it is.
Find out more and how you can get involved here.
AIGA launches Design for Good, new initiative to “ignite, accelerate and amplify design-driven social change” (via)
The LAB Miami is a campus for social and tech innovation. We are located in the heart of the #Wynwood Arts District.
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