Tag Archives | Environment

Mining Gold in E-Waste and Ex-Cons

By on April 2, 2013 in Building a Social Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, Stories of Impact

Kabira Stokes is YOXI’s newest Social Innovation Rockstar (SIR) — Yoxi’s term for entrepreneurs who are rocking the social innovation Casbah.  We were inspired by Kabira’s unique ability to realize how seemingly unrelated problems can be linked together to form a systemic solution. Stokes’ triple-bottom-line social enterprise was built on the realization that hundreds of [...]

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You’re So Sleek, But I’m Not Interested

By on December 14, 2012 in Design, Energy / Enviornment, Poverty, Stories of Impact, Water, Women's Empowerment

In college, I was enamored by all the savvy products that were being created by first world designers for pressing world issues. Buzz words like humanitarian design and design for bottom of the pyramid began forming. Interdisciplinary design was becoming more experimental and addressing bigger problems. Incredibly imaginative solutions were being produced for basic needs [...]

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Changing the World: One Minute at a Time

By on November 12, 2012 in Arts & Culture, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been involved in some kind of social good.  My parents were big supporters of giving back and helping out in our communities.  I don’t remember a time when we didn’t think about donating things or including people. Then when I entered school, community service became part of [...]

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DIY A/C – Keeping Cool the Natural Way

By on October 1, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Stories of Impact

Millions of rooftops in America are made of tar, and they absorb an enormous amount of heat during the summer months. White Roof Project covers rooftops with solar-reflective white coating, immediately reducing temperatures inside and out. White roofs are cost effective, cut carbon emissions, reduce our risk of ‘brown-outs’ by reducing stress on the power [...]

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A New Paradigm

By on August 31, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

I am a social entrepreneur.  I believe that for-profit business models will solve the world’s problems faster, more efficiently, and more sustainability than purely non-profit efforts. Taken a step further, I believe true business cares about its environment and its community as well as its net income and that by caring, I earn a greater return [...]

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