Kenji Hayashi is rejuvenating rural areas suffering from depopulation. By creating a new pathway for emerging urban professionals to build their careers as change agents in rural municipalities, Kenji is creating a system that enables the sustainable development of struggling rural communities.
Read moreBuilding a Movement for Dalit Rights: A Conversation with Christina Dhanaraj
Tracking stories of community-driven change.
REPENSER LA CHAÎNE DE VALEUR DE PRODUCTION DU LAIT AU PROFIT DES PRODUCTEURS, DES CONSOMMATEURS ET DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT À travers de nouveaux modes de production, de transformation et de distribution, Fabrice Hégron révolutionne le modèle économique traditionnel de la filière du lait, en améliorant...
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In response to the increasing industrialization of dairy farming in France, Fabrice is developing an entrepreneurial-driven small-scale farming alternative that reinvents the role of farmers keeps them in the agricultural and economic landscape. Through new modes of production and distribution that...
Read moreDespite the image of wealth and renowned social protections in Norway, the voices of young people are not well heard or considered. State-run institutions are staffed by shift workers and young people may often feel they are treated like objects. Prisons mix youth and adult inmates. Many young...
Read moreWhat's the Endgame of Knowledge?
Once, long ago, social change meant “give a man a fish.” Then we figured out that “teach a man to fish” could be more lasting. Innovative knowledge entrepreneurs in rural areas of India, Africa and Latin America are taking things one step further. The latest direction would best be summarized as,...
Collaborating on Rural Innovation and Farming at Globalizer 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Lauren Batcheck who works with the Ashoka Rural Innovation and Farming (RIF) Venture Collaborative Entrepreneurship (VCE) Program. How do you increase the wellbeing and sustainability of rural farmers? Or improve the quality of life of the underserved poor...
Excerpt from The Big Shift: A Roadmap to Innovation for an Aging Population
Editor's note: The following is adapted from Civic Ventures founder and Ashoka Fellow Marc Freedman's latest book, The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife. With the first of 78 million baby boomers turning 65 this year, Freedman challenges an aging society to reimagine the decades...
Maurice Miller proves those in poverty are social solutions, not problems
Like many Ashoka Fellows, Maurice Miller’s journey to becoming a leading social innovator was influenced by his efforts to conquer adversity. He was the child of a poor, immigrant, single mother, and when his sister moved out with a boyfriend at age 16, his mother was devastated. Miller’s mother...