Here’s this weekend’s article which comes from the New York Times. I haven’t finished reading it but wanted to link to it since it’s pretty long. Here’s a great quote that gives you some flavor: “You run into fundamental problems in trying to grow good because neither for-profit nor nonprofit is set up to do… Continue reading Weekend Reading: Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World
Month: May 2007
Ebay To Open A Microfinance Marketplace
PSD blog reports that Ebay plans to open up a virtual marketplace for microfinance: Microplace – a new subsidiary of the world’s largest virtual market place – will open for business this fall. A free-market-like web platform, the site will generate a supply of investors to meet the rapidly growing demand for capital in microfinance.… Continue reading Ebay To Open A Microfinance Marketplace
$100 OLPC To Cost $175
Some updates on the One Laptop Per Child project hit the newswire last week. Negroponte, the leader of the project, announced how much his computers will cost. The founder of the ambitious “$100 laptop” project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175,… Continue reading $100 OLPC To Cost $175
More Nonprofit Jobs
Here’s a great opportunity for a Project Manager position at New York City Center for Charter School Excellence. —– JOB DESCRIPTION – Project Manager The mission of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence is to stimulate the supply of new, high-quality charter schools and support student excellence in all existing charter schools… Continue reading More Nonprofit Jobs
The Canary Project Revisited
Last year I wrote about The Canary Project in a post about Global Warming. They’ve recently launched a new awareness campaign– here is the info: The Canary Project has continued its work, and I thought you might like to share its latest awareness campaign – Increase Your Albedo – with your readers. Albedo is the… Continue reading The Canary Project Revisited