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Businesses with Impact : The conference (and network)not to miss twice a year.

Jesse Seaver | Posted 01.30.2013 | Impact
Read More: Terracycle, Impact Investing, Impact News, Barefoot College, Business News, Social Venture Network, Livestrong, Impact, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact News
Jesse Seaver

The attendees at the Social Venture Network (SVN) conference ranged from first-time entrepreneurs to CEOs of major corporations to some of the industry's leading investment advisors and marketing firms.

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Embracing Otherness: Bunker Roy

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.18.2011 | Media
Read More: India, Acumen Fund, Rajasthan, Tedglobal, Barefoot College, Bunker Roy, India Poverty, India Education, Media News
Pat Mitchell

Bunker Roy and his Barefoot College begins with an amazing story of his own choice to leave a life of privilege and prestigious education to essentially learn from the poor.

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Gandhi Would Be Proud -- But Puzzled

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Inda, Sierra Club, Gandhi, Ecosphere Spiti, Sewa, Barefoot College, Green Livelihoods, Green News
Carl Pope

Three generations of Gandhi-inspired environmental activists are on the stage. They haven't forgotten his emphasis on empowering local people and developing India from the bottom up.

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