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 Rick
Aubry, CEO, Rubicon Programs, Richmond,
California, USA
"The biggest frustration is that
we cannot assist more people. We support 4'000
yearly, but there is a need for 400'000."
– why providing help for homeless requires
good business skills and what a bakery has to
do with it. Interview to
be published soon
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 Jim
Fournier, Founding-Partner & CEO, EPRIDA,
Fairfax, California, USA
"I realized that I could have a different relationship
with money, that I did not want many material things
but rather the freedom to do what I want with my
time." – when Jim recognized that the
world is on a dangerous course he decided to devote
himself to working on solutions that might help
change it.
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 James
R. Fruchterman, President & CEO, Benetech,
Palo Alto, California, USA
"It's cool when geeks develop for
geeks but it's even cooler if geeks develop for
humans in need.” – how pattern recognition
can be used in better ways than for missiles and
why tech geeks have lots of fun working for social
change. Read
more...
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 Mia
Hanak, Founding Executive Director, Natural
World Museum, San Francisco, USA
"People need to become aware that alterna-tives
exist to our destructive lifestyle.” –
how progressive and innovative art exhibits can
help to improve the sad environmental situation
of our planet.
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 Ni
Perla, Publisher, Stanford Social Innovation
Review, Palo Alto, California, USA
"The trend among MBA students to address more
than just their profit-making skills in business
is very apparent.” – how a lawyer does
not mind making less money when it makes sense and
why Stanford University cares.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Victor
d’Allant, Executive Director - Social
Edge, an initiative of the Skoll Foundation, Palo
Alto, California, USA
"My dream with Social Edge is to have social
entrepreneurs around the world connect and network
with each other.” – Why building a community
henhouse in Burkino Faso can teach you important
lessons in development work and how online communities
can help push the social entrepreneurship sector.
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 Timothy
Freundlich, Director of Strategic Development,
Calvert Foundation, San Francisco, California, USA
“For how long can we continue to
invest in companies which values and business prac-tices
we don’t consider good for other human beings
and the environment?“ – how invest-ment
can be social and why consumption matters.
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 Kevin
Starr, Director, Mulago Foundation, San Francisco,
California, USA
“Most people just haven’t
decided to take care of themselves. I believe that
you need to be ok yourself first, and then you go
save the world.” – how a surfer kid
got involved with social entrepreneurs and why surfing
still matters. Interview to
be published soon |
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 Chris
Eyre, Partner, Legacy Venture, Palo Alto,
California, USA
"When life is done, you want to feel that you
made a difference; that the world is a little better
because you were here.” – why earning
millions as venture capitalist is not enough in
life and how our current systems can be used in
a smart way to do good. Read
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 Amanda
Reilly, Senior Manager, The Tech Museum Awards
& The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California,
USA
"The best part of my
work is that it's not just me single-handedly struggling
to make the world a better place but rather me supporting
others who do that." – how the icon of
Silicon Valley, the Tech Museum, wants technology
to work for all people. Read
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 William
Rosenzweig, Co-Founder & Managing Director,
Great Spirit Ventures (GSV), Mill Valley, California,
USA
“Currently - with venture capital and entrepreneurship
- I am a producer and director of innovation.”
– how theatre can prepare for a successful
business life and why purpose and meaning is important
even in the venture capital business. Interview
to
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 Erin
Keown Ganju, Chief Operating Officer, Room
to Read, San Francisco, CA, USA
“World
change starts with educated children.” –
how an income of one dollar a day is just not enough
to buy a book and why a former Goldman Sachs employee
cares.
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 Aaron
Hurst, President & Founder, Taproot Foundation,
San Francisco, USA
“NGOs need professional
support they cannot afford and professionals want
to help but don’t know how.” –
how hippie parents can influence a young man and
how this can lead to service packages.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Heidi
Krauel, Manager Business Services, Pacific
Community Ventures, San Francisco, California, USA
“Using my business skills every day to create
high-impact social change is great.” –
how good business education helps to do good and
why Heidi Krauel prefers small business deals.
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 Elizabeth
Maw,
Executive Director, NET IMPACT, San Francisco, California,
USA
“We don’t need
to ‘waste’ time on converting people
– we just provide tools and opportuni-ties
to those who want to use their business and other
skills to improve the world.” – how
an MBA and professional organization brings back
values. Interview to
be published soon |
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 Jessica
Jackley Flannery, Co-Founder, KIVA, San Francisco,
California, USA
“We think that small businesses led by creative,
intelligent entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of developing
world economies." – how the peer-to-peer
micro-loan model of KIVA provides the necessary
funds to create sustainable livelihoods in the world.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Matthew
Flannery, Co-Founder, KIVA, San Francisco,
California, USA
“We really believe that dedicated, well-informed
individuals are the most powerful change agents.”
– how the peer-to-peer micro-loan model of
KIVA provides the neces-sary funds to create sustainable
livelihoods in the world.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Philipp
Kauffmann, Program Specialist Business and
Biodiversity Equator Initiative, UNDP Energy and
Environment Bureau for Development Policy, New York,
N.Y., USA
“I have a clear sense
that environment is the biggest thing, the biggest
challenge of our generation.” – how
a young German met the right people at the right
time and how big international agencies can be efficient.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Peter
Reiling, Executive Vice President Leadership
and Policy Programs, The Aspen Institute, Washington
DC, USA
"I have never been more optimistic about Africa;
mainly because of a new kind of entrepreneurs!”
– why leadership is key for a better world
and how values help to drive the right kind of change.
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 Bruce
McNamer, President & CEO, TechnoServe,
Washington D.C., D.C., USA
“I like the feeling that we are at the leading
edge of development innovation.” - why a former
McKinsey manager believes that development work
is even more challenging and how an NGO can build
whole industries.
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 Michael
Joshua Margolis, President & CEO, Thirsty-Fish,
Washington, D.C., USA
“The Washington mix
of ideas, amazing people, resources and ability
to actually act is amazing.” - how a pop-anthropologist
and a fan of sprayers use the power of Washington
to change things.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Stephanie
Jowers, Director of Membership and Strategic
Relations, National Peace Corps Association, Washington,
D.C., USA
“I
like to use innovative ideas to push for the social
good ” - how Moby and other pop-stars can
be integrated in cutting edge social projects.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Kelly
Rusk, Co-Founder IYOCO and Director of Operations
and International Affairs for Wine Americas, Washington,
D.C., USA
“We all can affect the lives of other people
in a positive way, if we want to. Our biggest risk
in life is complacency.” – why true
information is a first, but very important step
towards world peace and how Kelly and his friends
try to make their contribution.
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 Justin
Conway, Community Investing Program, Co-op
America and Social Investment Forum, Washington,
D.C., USA
“We show people the options they have to invest
according to their values.” – why taking
the right investment decisions can create a lot
of positive impact and how Co-op America helps to
optimize them. Read
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 Björn-Sören
Gigler, World Bank, Washington, Washington
D.C., USA
“Poor people are often incredibly rich in
their capacity to share, to give warmth and in their
care for others.” – how technology can
help to improve the quality of life of indigenous
people and why this is so important.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Benjamin
Quinto, Executive Director, Global Youth
Action Network, New York, N.Y., USA
“I was looking for something that would make
me feel like I was contributing to something, that
my life had a value.” – why suicide
is so common among young people and what an actor
and musician has to do with it.
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 Abigail
Falik, Program Manager | Global Citizen Corps,
NetAid, New York, USA
“While many young people are concerned about
the world's poor, most don't know how they can make
a difference.” – how a young woman helps
even younger people to make a difference and live
their values.
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 Keith
H. Hammonds, Executive Editor, FastCompany,
New York, N.Y., USA
“One day it occurred
to me that the real power of business lies in its
ability to create change in so many other areas
than business.” – why an editor loves
working for a magazine that writes about and creates
change. Interview to
be published soon |
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 Dr.
Jordan Kassalow, Chairman & Co-Founder,
Scojo Foundation, New York, NY, USA
“How do you balance your financial needs and
desires with having a meaningful work?” –
how to give someone his God back, what it has to
do with reading glasses, and how opportunities can
just fly in. Read
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 Sanda
Balaban, Autonomy Zone Network Liaison, The
New York City Department of Education, New York,
NY, USA
“Education is the building block of a better
world. And there’s nothing I want more than
to have a hand in helping to build that world?"
– how a good teacher can make a difference,
and what it will take to develop and sustain the
best and the brightest. Read
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 Gina
Rodolico, Director of Information and Communication,
E+Co, Bloomfield, NY, USA
"Meeting people who we were able to help, seeing
the community and how people’s lives were
changed is a priceless feeling."– why
seeing more and more Hummer cars on the streets
bothers Gina and what gives real satisfaction in
life. Interview to
be published soon |
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 Caroline
Kim Oh, Executive Director, iMentor, New
York, NY, USA
“I could never work
the long hours if I didn’t know that we are
supporting so many people who really need help.”
- why developing a mentoring program for underprivileged
New York students is challenging but very rewarding
and fun.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Matthew
Klein, Executive Director, Blue Ridge Foundation,
New York, NY, USA
“The things that make me passionate about
my work are issues of equality of opportunities
and social mobility.” – why America’s
biggest promise is not true and how most people’s
life outcome can be predicted based on the street
block they live in. Read
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 Reah
Janise Kauffman, Vice President, Earth Policy
Institute, Washington DC, USA
“It’s easy to work for someone
who is working for the common good and not for his
own advantage.”– why it is very fulfilling
to work for real role-models for our society.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Amory
B. Lovins, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky
Mountain Institute (RMI), Snowmass, Colorado, USA
"By doing nothing, nothing can be left undone."–
why a genius teaches the laws of nature to corporations
and how they like it.
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 Amy
L. Margerum, Executive Vice President Finance
and Administration, The Aspen Institute, Aspen,
Colorado, USA
"If I did not have this 'making the world better'
component in my work, I would probably be less satisfied.”
– why running a city is nice, but running
the Aspen Institute is even better.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Hunter
Lovins, Founder & President, Natural
Capitalism, Inc., Eldorado Springs, Colorado, USA
“If we had all the answers, they would be
implemented by now. But we definitely know enough
to be working full speed ahead.” – why
the idea of natural capitalism is so important and
how a cowboy can help.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Paul
Polak, President, International Development
Enterprises, Lakewood, Colorado, USA
“I feel quite confident
that I could take any product and cut its cost in
half.” – why the poor can afford things
when their price is right and how a psychiatrist
came to love development work.
Interview to
be published soon |
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Partner CANADA |
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 Guy
Dauncey, Speaker, Sustainable Communities
Consultant, President BC Sustainable Energy Association,
Author & Publisher of EcoNews; Earthfuture,
Victoria, Canada
“Comfort
is the greatest enemy of change.” –
why the world is one unity and why economics is
a highly overrated brain disease.
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 Roger
Colwill, VP Business Development, International
Composting Corporation, Vitoria, Canada
“If I am not part of
the solution I should get off the planet.”
– the short way from real estate to green
venture capitalism and how a stroke can make things
clearer and work more efficient.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 Diana
Lindley, Founder, Unity Flag, Victoria, Canada
“When I was 12 years old I wrote a letter
to president Carter and asked him to make the world
a better place for all children.” –
How an activist found her passion and why the World
Unity Flag was developed.
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 Dr.
Mary-Wynne Ashford, Co-President, International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Victoria,
Canada
"I always thought that we as a world were at
the beginning of a wave of non-violent conflict
resolution. But in fact, we are already in the middle
of it.” – how the world is becoming
war averse and what doctors have to do with nuclear
weapons. Read
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 David
Suzuki, Chair, David Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver,
Canada
“I found out that it's
far easier to get agreement if you paint a vision
far enough in the future.” - how to paint
a vision of a sustainable country within a generation
and what a geneticist has to do with it.
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Nola-Kate Seymoar, President & CEO, International
Centre for Sustainable Cities (ICSC), Vancouver,
Canada
"Sometimes I ask myself what I did right in
my previous life to get this opportunity now.”
– why 100 year visions for sustainable cities
create immediate action pressure and how ICSC spreads
learnings between cities.
Interview to
be published soon |
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 David
van Seters, President & CEO, Small Potatoes
Urban Delivery (SPUD), Vancouver, Canada
“I wanted to do more than consult to others
on how to integrate economic, environmental and
social values. I wanted to start a business that
embodied these values.” – why David
would work for free and what small potatoes have
to do with it. Interview to
be published soon |
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