Kiva is a non-profit organisation based in San Francisco that takes donations and lends them to people at the bottom of the wealth pyramid via Field Partner intermediaries. Field Partners “are united by a […]
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The Grameen Bank was founded by Muhammed Yunus, creating an innovative lending mechanism known as micro-credit. By offering small, uninsured loans to self-employed women in Bangladesh, the Grameen Bank was able to lift […]
No, it’s not a 1950’s scifi film starring Michael Rennie, it’s all too serious science. If you’ve heard of the ecological footprint but don’t know much about it, listen to this film from […]
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Japan’s Prince Akishino and the Asahi Glass Foundation yesterday presented the Blue Planet Prize, one of the world’s premier environmental awards, to Global Footprint President Network Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. William E. Rees, […]
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