Get the Scoop on Peace through Prevention Next Week
Peace will be the flavor of the next week. The United Nation's International Day of Peace is next Friday, September 21, but things will get a little sweeter thanks to Ben & Jerry's, one of our partners (and a community favorite). They partnered with the Peace Alliance to hold a free ice cream...
Sympathy: Simply Ineffective or Actually Harmful?
Editor's Note: Ashoka imagines a world where education is truly transformational, where every child has mastered empathy—and would like to work with you to help build it. Join us on StartEmpathy.org, our new digital home for all things empathy, where you can learn why empathy matters, pick up...
The Future of Solar Born from a Lifetime of Innovation
UPDATE: Although it’s been just two weeks since we last checked in on the 19-year-old whiz kid Eden Full, there are a couple of updates to her impact story. TechChrunch gave Full a shout-out for her contributions to the solar industry, and for winning the 2011 Staples/Ashoka Youth Social...
Hone Your Empathy Chops (by Playing a Game)
You don’t have to be in a classroom to improve your ability to be empathetic. Scientists, game-makers, and designers are creating new ways of measuring, cultivating, and boosting empathy. And you can even get started on your own. Want to try? Here are three empathy-building resources to check out...
Growing Great Ideas: a STEM Story
In the spring of 2009, I set out on a quest to expose students in metro Atlanta schools to a fun and engaging experience in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. I love these subjects and believe in the skills and perspective that they give to students. I had first shown...
Ashoka’s Youth Venture and Best Buy Present Winners of the ‘Technology for a Better World’ Campaign
Ashoka’s Youth Venture, a global organization supporting youth social entrepreneurs, and Best Buy Co., Inc. are proud to present the five winners of the Technology for a Better World Campaign. The winners were recognized for their innovative contributions to public and community service at the...
Bring on Banking on Youth!
Social change isn’t rocket science; it’s just a matter of gumption and drive. Policy-makers, think-tanks, and academics aren’t the only ones with the power and ideas to change the world. Changemaking can belong to all of us. And nowhere is this dynamic potential more evident than among the emerging...
Watch: Four Young Entrepreneurs with "Three Minutes to Change the World"
Kids these days—they're doing big things, like turning favorite pasttimes into viable solutions to pressing social issues. Take for example the four winners of the 5th Annual Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition: Karthik Naralasetty, 22, has realized he can harness Facebook to connect blood...
WHY OUR OLD LENS ON LEARNING WILL FAIL
New skills are needed in an “everyone leads” environment,