- Sustainability Champions
- Big Challenges
- Environmental
- Social
No More Deaths- Farming and Food Production
- The Sustainability Mindset
- What is Sustainability?
- Black Lives Matter
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Conflict-free Minerals
- One Water
- Design and Architecture
- Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism
- Equal Rights for Women and Girls
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Empathy and Consciousness
- Health and Wellness
- Culture and Consciousness
- Leadership Development
- Economic
- Events
- Places
- Series
- Called From Darkness
- AI for Good
- Global Warming Teaching Circle
- Reconciling Ways of Knowing
- Sustainable Today
- Native Perspectives on Sustainability
- Peak Moment
- The Natural Way: Indigenous Voices: Speaker Series
- Sustainability Pioneers
- 24 Hours of Reality by The Climate Reality Project
- Ray Anderson Memorial Interviews
- The Ways: Great Lakes Native Culture & Language
About This Collection
Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty. Acumen invests in entrepreneurs and helps them build a more inclusive world.
The organization's goal is to demonstrate that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with business expertise, can lead to sustainable and scalable businesses that improve the lives of the poor. Acumen focuses its investments in sectors like clean energy, agriculture, healthcare, and financial services, aiming to create markets that work for everyone and a world based on dignity.
In addition to its investment activities, Acumen also has an educational arm, Acumen Academy, which provides training and resources to social entrepreneurs and leaders to help them build businesses and create positive change.
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A Brighter Future |
Uploaded on Nov 30, 2009 Suranjini Kumar, a homemaker, relates how she has taken advantage D.Light, possible through the advances in light emitting diode (LED) technology, moving from oil lamps and matches to bright light in her home. The Challenge: More than 1.5 billion people in the world live without access to electricity. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals identify electricity as essential to eradicating poverty, calling for 500 million more people to be electrified by 2015. Many households rely on kerosene lanterns and candles to meet their lighting needs, but these light sources are expensive, hazardous, polluting and produce low-quality light. EarthSayers Jamie Billet; Suranjini Kumar |
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