Matthew Spacie, founder of the Magic Bus, has set up a livelihood program for the poor children living in slum areas that really empowers. Because it matters and because it is based on the people living there. Because it starts from where the people are, what they think, how they live and where there are starting…
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The soap bus ticket – an idea that can change a lot
When I came across this video I thought this is really amazing – a bus ticket that serves not just as a a ticket but even as soap. Bus tickets – that’s an item everyone has access to. Every day there are a lot of opportunities to hold it in the hands. Independent from social…
Talk Love, talk Business – two different worlds
Part-time empathy When I meet people during lunch time, when I talk to neighbors, friends and family, whenever I meet people outside the official business hours and talk about social engagement and empathy, about making the world a little bit better, I’m very often surprised. Most of the people around me get excited and very…
7weeks in India – Female tribal self-help groups building their own future
The mushroom cultivation – it is just one small business idea for poor women that could lead to a different way of life. When we enter the tribal village most of the women are working on the right and the left of a small muddy road that takes us to the mushroom cultivation facility. Day-workers….
Luxury and social change in Zermatt – dare to care
Zermatt, Switzerland. Sounds luxurious. Somehow a destination for a few people at the top of the pyramid. Impressive mountains that seem to be accessible just for a few people – too far away for all those living in poverty. But in these days Zermatt is also the location of changemakers, of people who want to…
Social change? Culture is the key to people’s heart
It’s culture that often is underestimated when plans are made how to offer a better education, how to change economic crisis and critical social behavior. But culture is often the key to people’s heart. An example is the music school in India. Music lessons, normally not accessible to the average and poor population, are the…
Happiness for society wanted? Make the vision touchable!
What defines happiness in your country? The number of excellent plans how to make people stay better? Economic growth? A good government? In the academic world social impact, happiness and make-the-world-better-concepts are broadly discussed and shared value or the social progress index are leading terms. “There has always been the idea that economic growth is…
Social change: Why business needs smiling Yoga at its heart
Don’t we and our industries, we as managers know about poverty, ecological problems, hunger , missing education and similar necessities in this world? Don’t many of us already engage? Individuals, foundations, companies… Yes. We do. Many of us are interested in social change – we all know that. Nevertheless, the success is still limited. Don’t…
Beyond traditional CSR: connecting is key
Without doubt: Many enterprises, academic institutions, politicians, foundations and other institutions have social responsibility activities ongoing. Some of them on a local level, others on a global level. Some of them are active to solve water problems, others are active in technical based challenges and others again build infrastructures for transportation… In many different countries,…
Social change does not work like business change
Social change does not work like a business change. Social change organizations are not exactly like business. A different context defines the problems and a different mind-set is required to approach the work. Easy, isn’t it?Everybody knows. But it is so hard to deal with when business meets social. It just starts with the language….
Go India, go future! 