http://www.ted.com What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and th...
The humanitarian system is simply not doing a good job in the eyes of the people it aims to help. Christina Bennett,...
The humanitarian system is simply not doing a good job in the eyes of the people it aims to help. Christina Bennett, Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute, lays out a three-point proposal for radical change to create a humanitarian system that is fit to respond to the challenges of both today and tomorrow.
United Nations, New York, May 2009 - Today, more than 110,000 peacekeepers currently serve in 18 UN peace operations...
United Nations, New York, May 2009 - Today, more than 110,000 peacekeepers currently serve in 18 UN peace operations around the world with more countries con...
Bruce Schneier is an internationally-renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a...
Bruce Schneier is an internationally-renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru," he is best known as a refres...
Welcome to the Make Your #VoiceCount Google+ Hangout series organized by the United Nations Human Rights Office. In...
Welcome to the Make Your #VoiceCount Google+ Hangout series organized by the United Nations Human Rights Office. In the follow up to the Forum on Minority Is...
Alex is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex graduated top of his class from Oxford University and...
Alex is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex graduated top of his class from Oxford University and then worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking (London) and fixed income sales and trading (NYC). After a PhD in Finance from MIT Sloan as a Fulbright Scholar, he joined Wharton, where he was granted tenure and won 14 teaching awards in six years. Alex’s research interests are in corporate finance, behavioural finance, CSR, and practical investment strategies. He has been awarded the Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing and the FIR-PRI prize for Finance and Sustainability, and was named a Rising Star of Corporate Governance by Yale University. Alex co-led a session at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, and runs a blog, “Access to Finance” (www.alexedmans.blogspot.com), that aims to make complex finance topics accessible to a general audience.
Mbarara Sports Academy-MSA is a community focused initiative that uses sports to increase the number of young people...
Mbarara Sports Academy-MSA is a community focused initiative that uses sports to increase the number of young people going to school in the urban and local c...
Popularly used throughout the world as a diversity training film in corporations on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and...
Popularly used throughout the world as a diversity training film in corporations on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workplace issues, this DVD clip s...
Gavin Armstrong is a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph and a committed impact entrepreneur. He is currently...
Gavin Armstrong is a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph and a committed impact entrepreneur. He is currently serving as the Founder and President of Lucky Iron Fish™, a social enterprise attempting to alleviate iron deficiency around the world using a simple health innovation. A long term advocate and activist against hunger and malnutrition, Gavin is the first Canadian to receive the William J. Clinton Award for international work against hunger and is the inaugural recipient of the international Michaelle Jean Emergency Hunger Relief Award. He has also helped Lucky Iron Fish win a Cannes Lion Grand Prix award, two Gold Lion Awards, a Gold Cannes Health Award, and a Silver Lion Award. He has also received a Silver Innovation Award from the Edison Foundation. In 2015 Conscious Company Magazine featured Gavin as one of the seventeen 'Rising Social Entrepreneurs' of the year.