Articles by Rochelle Beck
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Monday
December 9
2013Part 2: the ABCs of Innovation and Prosperity in Latin America: abc* Foundation Picks Three Top Social Entrepreneur Innovators for their potential to bring economic and social good to the region
What do a Brazilian technology policy expert, a Zimbabwe climate change activist, and a Mexican inventor of new building materials have in common? They just won two years of financial support and high-level media, investors, and business partnerships as winners of this year’s abc* Foundation innovation awards, picked from among 21 Ashoka Fellow Finalists.
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Tuesday
November 19
2013The ABCs of Innovation and Prosperity for the Good of All (Part I)
Now in its third year, the 2013 abc* Continuity Forum is a surprisingly friendly mashup – equal parts star power, investor strength, visionary and ethical leadership and humble, courageous persistence changing communities and nations. It sparks personal connections and contagious enthusiasm for new collaborations to scale good ideas.
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- Impact Assessment
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Guest Articles
Monday
December 19
2011Jane Goodall and Affordable Housing
Can we build affordable housing for all in our lifetime? The authors in this series say YES ? but. Old patterns in the housing value chain can’t continue as government action, public policy or business as usual. A new ?housing ecosystem? is needed to catalyze breakthroughs, support cross-sector collaborations and create sustainable solutions.
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- Investing, Uncategorized
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Wednesday
December 14
2011TED’s City 2.0 Prize – A Collective Wish ’Big Enough to Change the World’
TIME Magazine today announced its Person of the Year is: "The Protester," representing movements from the Middle East to Occupy Wall Street. The annual TIME story followed TED, which last week announced the winner of its 2012 competition would not be a person, but a concept: THE CITY 2.0 - a call to dream up "a wish big enough to change the world."
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Guest Articles
Monday
October 31
2011Housing Series: Building a Strong Foundation, When Earthquakes Hurricanes Hit Affordable Housing
"Earthquakes don’t kill people, poorly built buildings do," says Elizabeth Hausler, an engineer who turned her passion and know-how for building into an international non-profit social enterprise. Creating strategies and best practices to build safe and affordable housing became her life’s work and sparked her to found Build Change.
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- Social Enterprise
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Guest Articles
Tuesday
October 11
2011Launching a New Series: The Global Spread of Affordable Housing
Urban slums are the fastest-growing human habitat. By 2030, their populations will triple to over 3 billion people. Is the ideal of affordable housing for the masses a Utopian pipe dream? Or is it fertile ground to build houses, build markets, build income and build better futures for a billion people? Join us as we explore the potential answers.
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