Nordahl Grieg Videregående Skole
Nordahl Grieg Videregående Skole (NGV) was founded in 2010 with the vision “Bold minds interacting”. To ensure a supportive, stimulating and communicative learning environment, the school has five core values: openness, human dignity, democracy, inclusion and sustainability. To understand and being...
In Memory of Orri Vigfusson, Who Saved the North Atlantic’s Salmon
The global Ashoka community deeply mourns the loss of Icelandic Fellow Orri Vigfússon , Chairman and Founder of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund. Elected in 2004, Orri successfully implemented an international effort to conserve and restore wild Atlantic Salmon. He proposed that citizen groups...
#LeadYoung - Where the wild things start: How Nicole Rycroft’s early love of nature inspired her environmental career
Ashoka Fellow Nicole Rycroft is protecting ancient forests by working with global book publishers, newspapers, magazines, and fashion brands to shift to alternative and sustainably produced wood-based fabrics and paper. Her environmental NGO Canopy counts more than 750 large customer companies from...
Claire reimagines the value chain behind food production as being led by individuals and communities, enabling South Africans of all ages and backgrounds to take pride in being able to grow their own fruit and vegetables. She does this by positioning home and school-based gardens as an educational...
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Brandon Dennison is showing the workforce development sector how they can pioneer new and viable economic markets while at the same time creating direct employment and personal development opportunities for disadvantaged workers, dramatically transforming a stale field and helping whole regions see...
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David Yeung is seeking to mitigate the impact on the environment and climate change caused by vast consumption of beef, poultry and pork by offering consumers in Greater China and East Asia easy ways to reduce meat in their daily diet and shift to a more sustainable plant-based choice in diet.
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Amanda is building a curated system for social enterprises, responsible businesses, and conscious consumers to come together, support each other, and catalyze the transition to a 21st century economy that is good for people and good for the planet.
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Interview with Cedric Solms
As a participant in CircularFutures, Cedric discusses his perspectives on the programme
Ashoka Remembers Fellow Andrew Macharia
The Ashoka East Africa staff and Fellows were saddened by the recent news of Ashoka Fellow Andrew Macharia ’s passing. Macharia (Kenya, 2003) was one of the region’s earliest Fellows; he was elected in 2003 for his innovative community-based waste management and recycling program, The City Garbage...
When Women Social Entrepreneurs Collaborate: Big Problems Get Solved
The Setting : A fancy restaurant in midtown Manhattan The Timing : A brisk early evening in April at the Women in the World Summit The Players : 1) Ting Shih, social innovator and founder of ClickMedix 2) Lauren Shweder Biel, social innovator and founder of DC Greens The Instigators : A couple of...