Hands4Others (H4O), high school and college students, are fighting extreme poverty by bringing clean water to villages globally. Jeanne David, Executive Director for H4O, and Spencer Dusebout, founding student, share the goals and achievements made in only 2 years by…
Permaculture: Sustainable Agriculture Providing Safe and Multiple ROI.
Warren Brush shares how permaculture is providing an impact investment vehicle that simultaneously produces multiple revenue streams and a forecast ROI of 6%. By mimicking natural systems in sustainable agriculture, a project named Regenerative Earth is producing ecological, economic, social…
Sustainable Preschool Education in India Combats Extreme Poverty.
At the end of British rule, India’s literacy rate was less than 12%. It has grown to 74% but is still below the world average of 84%. It is difficult work to grow education in India due to the level…
Education, Jobs in Afghanistan Fight Terrorism.
Push Play to hear how one woman, Hassina Sherjan, is helping prevent terrorism in Afghanistan through education and creating jobs. Both men and women, girls and boys are being educated in Afghanistan by Hassina Sherjan and the 19 schools she…
A New Maasai Rite of Passage Stops Female Circumcision.
Teri Gabrielsen of (ASK) reports the changes in the Maasai community as 52 girls enjoy an alternative rite of passage rather than the pain of female genital mutilation (FGM). This ancient tradition of female genital cutting is slowly changing although…
Social Entrepreneurship Brings Sanitation to Urban Slums in Extreme Poverty
David Auerbach from Sanergy, a social enterprise in Kenya that has been identified and supported by Eleos Foundation, has grown into an opportunity for impact investors. Saner.gy builds sustainable sanitation in the urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. So you…
Fight Extreme Poverty: Outsource Data and IT Enabled Services
Outsourcing data and IT Enabled Services can fight extreme poverty by educating and employing youth from impoverished areas of developing countries. Jeremy Hockenstein of Digital Data Divide (DDD) shares how they have successfully educated and lifted over 1500 youth in…
International Youth at Risk Program Connects, Educates and Develops Entrepreneurs.
Nathalie Gensac, a 2008 Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the year nominee, shares her path to establishing an international program designed to connect youth at risk, educate, develop entrepreneurs, share cultures and grow a new generation of leaders. YouthInteractive.us…
MIT Enterprise Forum: Education, Connections to Business Mentors, Incubator, Accelerator
Peter Hartman, director of the MIT Enterprise Forum Central Coast, shares the events and resources available to entrepreneurs and businesses on the Central Coast California. The MIT Enterprise Forum has 28 chapters worldwide. Over $2 trillion and 26,000 companies have…
UN Code REDD: Combat Global Warming, Conserve Wildlife, Build Jobs.
Mike Korchinsky of WildlifeWorks shares how the United Nations’ REDD initiative of carbon credits is helping build jobs, education and conserving wildlife while combating global warming. Wildlife Works‘ mission, Consumer Powered Conservation, is to harness the power of the global…
Vote Today to Address Healthcare and Safe Water for India’s Extreme Poverty.
Jim Villnueava of The Eleos Foundation shares how you can help save the lives of millions in India by voting for Healthpoint’s virtual medical clinics and safe water. Healthpoint is a virtual medical clinic that consists of four economically sustainable…
Solution for Afghanistan War and Terrorism: Education and Jobs.
Hassina Sherjan speaks about education and creating jobs in Afghanistan to resolve war and its scars. A native Afghan, Hassina Sherjan educates not only women in Afghanistan but also boys in order to help end terrorism, rebuild the economy and…
ASK Provides Education for the Maasai.
Teri Gabrielsen, the founder of is interviewed on Socially Conscious Investing online radio. This is a particularly inspiring episode that addresses the Maasai children’s academic education as well as on healthy living, environmental sustainability, animal & wildlife conservation, and cultural…
Beauty of Water on Socially Conscious Investing
Socially Conscious Investing features Beauty of Water today, June 22, 2011. Because Socially Conscious Investing online radio’s goal is to address the myriad of ways people can contribute to the betterment of the planet, we decided to include the arts.…
Fabric Of Life Saves Girls and Women from Lives of Despair in Poverty.
Socially Conscious Investing online radio interviews Carol Schillios, the founder of Fabric of Life, this week. The organization’s work facilitates microlending, education and health care in the developing world. Fabric Of Life was born from the Schillios Development Foundation, formed…
