Some things have no business being packed up and shipped at all, like software serial numbers. But until we learn to teleport fragile objects, we're going to have to protect them for the journey. This ambitious concept called… Continue

Amazing things are bound to happen.

Someone told me recently they are not quite clear on what it is that SG is intended to do, and well, the phrase above maybe, sort of, a little bit sums it up...

Something Good is meant to share with you, all the good that is happening, will be happening and can happen.

Goo… Continue

TerraCycle makes affordable, eco-friendly products from a wide range of different non-recyclable waste materials. With over 50 products available at major retailers like Walmart, Target, The Home Depot, OfficeMax, Petco and Whole Foods Market, TerraCycle is one of the fastest growing eco-friendly manufacturers in the world.

The hope is to eliminate the idea of waste by finding innovative, unique uses for materials others deem garbage.




Check out the worlds most Eco-Fr… Continue

A recent blog post that may be of interest to my futureshifter friends:

At a recent gathering of social entrepreneurs, marketing icon Mark Victor Hansen asked how many in the audience were writing or planning to write a book. Every hand in the room went up. These folks are working for peace in the Middle East, replanting Amazon rainforests, and helping the homeless in the Southwest. They sustain these efforts through business ventures. So the books they are writing will champion their social an… Continue

Jin Hong, Sebastian Brauer, Ji In Sun, and Jackie Starker, four students at the University of the Arts in Philly, have come up with a line of "Wearable Shelter" clothing: "Three durable, watertight, and wind-resistant garments that are lightweight enough for everyday wear yet easily convertible into tents or sleeping bags that can brave the elements." Although the clothes, which are made from used sleeping bags, workout clothing and performance jackets, were designed for post-disaster scenarios,… Continue

For so many people, the thought of dental insurance or any kind of dental plan is not given a second of thought because its unrealistic. I was reminded of this as I read Erik Winn's story, a dentist from Sycamore, IL who recently traveled to Haiti with a group to provide dental care to anyon… Continue

I-DEV designs and builds economically-viable, market-based businesses and industries at the base of the pyramid. We do this by aligning the interests of corporations and local communities to create bottom line value for both.… Continue

The Bus Shelter is made from 3 old school buses, years: 62, 72 and 77. The seat is from one of Atlanta's decommissioned city buses.

Check out how they made it here: http://www.cfennell.org/pages/bs2.html

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(by Chrisanthi Giotis via Social Enterprise Live)

The School for Social Entrepreneurs continues its worldwide expansion with a second Australian school, this time based in Melbourne.

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I recently came across this site and think it has great potential to connect all of us social entrepreneurs in a more efficient way than ever before. It's definitely worth checking out. Here's the info from the website:

UnLtdWorld connects you to the people, tools and information you need to change the world.

UnLtdWorld is a platform for social entrepreneurs and the people t… Continue