Earth Charter
Values and Principles for a Sustainable Future
The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. Created by global civil society, endorsed by thousands of organizations and institutions, the Charter is not only a call to action, but a motivating force inspiring change the world over.
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"Social entrepreneurism is an integral part of human history. Most
people take pleasure in helping others. All religions encourage this
quality in human beings. Governments reward them by giving ta...
Areas: Responsible Business Practices, Corporate Ethics, Community Enterprise, Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship
Type: Website - Author: Muhammad Yunus
Type: Website - Author: Muhammad Yunus
Updated: 4 months ago
This is to be a place to list funding sources from this discussion: Sources of Social Venture Funding
Feel free t...
Updated: 5 months ago
Hi, I’m Bret, a youth mentor for Ashoka’s GenV, a global community for youth leaders.I’d like to let you know that we have a great new opportunity for EVERYONE between the ages of 12 and 20 to acti...
Areas: Youth Leadership, Youth Participation, Youth-led Organizations, Social Entrepreneurship, Community Service/Volunteerism, Local Food Systems, Urban Forestry, Poverty Alleviation, Urban Revitalization, Sustainability and Technology ...
Type: Other - Author: Ashoka's Youth Venture
Type: Other - Author: Ashoka's Youth Venture
Updated: 9 months ago
What is a Citizen Base?Ashoka's Citizen Base Initiative (CBI)
spurs organizations to build a broad base of support — the Citizen
Base. To accelerate ...
Updated: about 1 year ago
This is another excellent piece on social entrepreneurship from the conceptor of the Cradle-to-Cradle design methodology, William McDonough. He writes on this...
Areas: Responsible Business Practices, Corporate Ethics, Community Enterprise, Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship
Type: Website - Author: William McDonough
Type: Website - Author: William McDonough
Updated: about 1 year ago
HistoryFounded in 1980 by Bill Drayton in Washington, DCNamed, created and pioneered the global field of social entrepreneurshipElected the first Ashoka Fellows in India in 1981Started with an annu...
Areas: Responsible Business Practices, Corporate Ethics, Community Enterprise, Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship
Type: Website - Author: Bill Drayton
Type: Website - Author: Bill Drayton
Updated: about 1 year ago
How can corporations be designed so as to blend social, environmental, and financial mission at their very core? This is the design challenge of the 21st century.About this report and its co-author...
Areas: Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Corporate Ethics, Responsible Business Practices, Socially Responsible Investment, Social Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Sustainable Production, Distributive and Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Human Rights Protection ...
Type: Other - Author: Marjorie Kelly and Allen White
Type: Other - Author: Marjorie Kelly and Allen White
Updated: about 1 year ago
THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION is a 55 minute film, produced
by Earthome Productions to communicate the work and vision of architect
William McDonough and chemist Dr. Mi...
Updated: about 1 year ago
Imagine buildings that generate more energy than they consume and factories whose waste water is clean enough to drink.
Areas: Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Corporate Ethics, Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism, Responsible Business Practices, Socially Responsible Investment, Conservation and the Commons, Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Flow in Ecosystems, Energy Security and Sustainability ...
Type: Article
Type: Article
Updated: about 1 year ago
PrologueHuman society needs to aspire to an integration of its material, spiritual and ecological elements. Current technologies, processes and means tend to separate these facets rather than conne...