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  • The Autism Advantage

    November 29, 2012 |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    Thorkil Sonne's experiences with his own gifted, autistic son led him to start a company called Specialisterne, founded on the idea that - given the right environment - some autistic adults could not just hold down a job but also be the best person for it, increasing access to a self-sustained adulthood.

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  • The Power of Failure

    November 28, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Nongovernmental groups – especially ones that depend on donations – hate to fail, and never make their failures public. But at new conferences, social activists share and learn from failure.

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  • What a Little Land Can Do

    November 21, 2012 |

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    Response Location: India, Kolkata, West Bengal

    In many parts of the world, not owning one's own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors such as illiteracy, but land reform is controversial, difficult, and expensive. A new program called Landesa is having success in India through a non-confiscatory model that gives families tennis-court size plots.

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  • The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur

    November 13, 2012 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    In a world divided into factions, social entrepreneurs are connecting people in new configurations and helping them work together more effectively because social entrepreneurs tend to pursue an end in a communal way.

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  • When Tragedy Strikes, Come Together

    October 30, 2012 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    American families tend to handle grief individually and feel alone after the tragedy of losing a child. In Israel, communities communicate to the bereaving family their support by creating permanent and public memorials.

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  • The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D.

    October 24, 2012 |

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    Response Location: United States, Delphi, Indiana

    Thousands of clinics in America have no doctors. The primary care providers are nurse-practitioners – and their results are as good or better than that of the doctors.

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  • Social Change's Age of Enlightenment

    October 17, 2012 |

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    Response Location: United States

    We’re getting smarter about the way we’re addressing social problems. Patterns in the most effective solutions are emerging, such as making evidence-based decisions, accepting that humans act irrationally, and bringing people back together to build comprehensive solutions.

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  • The ‘Avon Ladies' of Africa

    October 10, 2012 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    A successful program in Uganda trains village women to sell medicines, fortified foods and other important goods using the Avon model, aiming to create a self-sustaining system for delivering essential health products.

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  • Bridging the Clothing Divide

    October 03, 2012 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    In the poorest places, the lack of proper clothing costs lives. Now a simple and efficient program in India is attacking the problem with the urgency it deserves.

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  • Hydrogen Fuels Autorickshaws and Dreams of Cleaner Air

    October 01, 2012 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Autorickshaws are a main source of transport within India, but not all autorickshaws are being created equally anymore. In an attempt to reduce their carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuels, India is experimenting with implementing hydrogen-powered autorickshaws that look and act the same, but emit emissions of only water vapor and heat.

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