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Most people underestimate the effect of household energy consumption on CO2 pollution, though statistics show that households and small consumers account for nearly 25 percent of all CO2 emissions. I know that I would like to reduce my own energy consumption, but sometimes it is difficult to know...

“In India, ground zero for the Green Revolution was the state of Punjab, which borders Pakistan and the foothills of the Himalayas. And the system seemed to work miracles — for a while.” Listen to Daniel Zwerdling report on growing problems in India’s Farming ‘Revolution’ on NPR: Part 1 and Part 2.

Ashoka’s Youth Venture and Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced the finalists of the second @15 Community Impact Challenge. Five teams of young social entrepreneurs will each receive $5,000 and five teams will be selected to receive $1,500 each from the @15 Fund to expand their local ventures. “Best...

As mobile and web technologies become increasingly accessible to those living in remote poverty around the world, the potential to expand access to health care to underserved populations becomes ever more real. It’s exciting to see the many ways that innovative people and organizations are able to...

Last Thursday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a presentation given by Dr. Willie Smits, a Senior Fellow of Ashoka, where I currently work as an intern for the Full Economic Citizenship program. Born in Norway but a nationalized and 30-year resident of Indonesia, Dr. Smits has dedicated his...

"I didn't learn these things until my first year in college!" Ken Hayes said as he describes his architecture apprenticeship with Carlos, a 7th grade Spark student doing his second apprenticeship in architecture. Ken, of the Ken Hayes Group, has been in business for over a decade and helped Carlos...

Ashoka Fellow Rob Hopkins (United Kingdom, elected 2009) is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. Last year, Rob wrote a story about the BBC documentary Natural World: A Farm for the Future. The film documents filmmaker Rebecca Hosking's attempt to transform her...

Atlantic Monthly celebrates Ashoka Fellow Sakena Yacoobi in its Brave Thinkers Edition What do UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Academy Award winner Kevin Costner, and Ashoka Fellow Sakena Yacoobi have in common? They’re all among the nineteen change makers in the annual "Brave Thinkers" edition of...

Mission Markets provides a centralized platform for social and environmental capital transactions Imagine you’re an environmentally and socially-minded investor--an “impact investor,” in the jargon of the field. You’re looking for businesses and organizations whose goals align with your values. But...