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07.08.08 "Colombia's Cofan still fighting for survival" by Michael Ceaser, San Francisco Chronicle (about Amazon Conservation Team)

06.24.08 "Investors boost the 'missing middle'" by Kathryn Tully, Financial Times (about Root Capital)

06.10.08 "Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe" by Jack Epstein, San Francisco Chronicle (about Amazon Conservation Team)

05.29.08 "Ciudad Saludable win the Energy Globe Award for Sustainability" (about Ciudad Saludable)

05.26.08 "A Global Adventure: The O Ambassadors Launch" Oprah, (about Free The Children)

05.24.08 "Sounds of hope from Paraguay dump" by Alfonso Daniels, BBC (about Sonidos de la Tierra)

05.21.08 "Youth Build students get major donation" by Erica Grow, ABC (about YouthBuild USA)

04.30.08 "Lending and Leading" by Cathy Sun, Harvard Political Review (about Kiva)

04.28.08 "Social Entrepreneurs Target Climate Change" by Lea Terhune, America.gov (about ACORE)

04.28.08 "College Summit" NOW on PBS (streaming video about College Summit)

04.23.08 "Green hospitals expand mission to 'do no harm'" NBC (about Healthcare Without Harm)

04.23.08 "Inventor's Irrigation Pumps Help Lift African Farmers out of Poverty" by Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle (about Institute for OneWorld Health)

04.21.08 "Root Capital helps grass-roots eco-ventures" by Jim Wyss, Miami Herald (about Root Capital)

04.20.08 "Half Sky Foundation in China ensures orphans are loved" by Jackie Braun, MLive.com (about Half the Sky Foundation)

04.17.08 "OneWorld teams with Roche for diarrhea cure" by Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle (about Institute for OneWorld Health)

04.03.08 "Getting it Right on the Money". The Economist (about Aflatoun)

03.21.08 "Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders" by David Brookes. New York Times (about College Summit)

01.23.08 "Karen Tse Leads Davos Exchange on the Prevention of Torture" Press release on International Bridges to Justice

01.09.08 "College Summit Named 'United States Social Entrepreneur of the Year.' " Press release on CSRWire.com

01.07.08 "Economic Aid to Give Mexicans, Central Americans Work at Home," by Tyche Hendrinks. San Francisco Chronicle (about TransFair USA)

12.05.07 "Single Mom Saves in Age of Big Spender," by Patty Fisher. San Jose Mercury News (about Lenders for Community Development, requires sign-up)

12.04.07 "Why Are So Many Charities Ineffective?" The Economist (about Forces for Good by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant)

12.01.07 "45 Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World" (5-year winners include College Summit, Rood to Read and WITNESS; 2008 Social Capitalist awardees include Ceres, Citizen Schools, KickStart, Root Capital, TransFair USA and Civic Ventures; newcomers include Acumen; for-profits with a purpose include SustainAbility). Fast Company

12.01.07 "FT aims to help African schoolgirls beat poverty" by Michael Peel. Financial Times (about CAMFED)

12.01.07 "I think I have a bright future" by Michael Peel. Financial Times (about CAMFED)

11.30.07 "Goodwill Corps," by Harsh Kabra. The Hindu Business Line (about Barefoot College and IDE-India)

11.26.07 "The Times Christmas Charities." The Times (about Riders for Health)

11.26.07 "About Riders for Health." The Times

11.25.07 "We tell each other that we are making history" by Caroline Daniel. Financial Times (about CAMFED)

11.12.07 Press Release: "Not the Usual Corporate Holiday Gift: GlobalGiving's New Biodegradable Gift Cards Offer Alternative to Usual Year-End Fare"

11.18.07 "Earth Angels: The Caregiver. The Healthcare Industry Needed to Clean Up Its Act, and Gary Cohen Helped Them Do It," by Catherine Elton. Boston Globe Sunday Magazine (about Health Care Without Harm)

11.09.07 "Ecological Footprints." Radio interview with Mathis Wackernagel of Global Footprint Network by Bruce Gellerman, host of "Living on Earth"

11.05.07 "Victoria Hale, developer of affordable drugs for the world’s poor" by Brian Alexander. Glamour Magazine (OneWorld Health Founder Victoria Hale Selected as A Woman of the Year by Glamour Magazine)

10.30.07 "Verité Selected For Key Role in Improving Labor Conditions in Cocoa Production" (press release by Verité)

10.29.07 "5 Questions for Cara Mertes, Director, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program" by Alice Garrard. Philanthropy News Digest

10.25.07 "UAE launches drive to measure ecological ability," by Marten Youssef. Gulf News.com. featuring an interview with Mathis Wackernagel (of Global Footprint Network)

10.19.07 "Funds a Welcome Sight," by Kristina Peterson. Palo Alto (Calif.) Daily News. (About Benetech’s $32 million federal grant)

10.19.07 "Water consumption to be cut by half," by Samir Salama. Gulf News.com. (about Global Footprint Network)

10.05.07 "Awards for Lapdesk, Food Scheme and Credit Site," by BuaNews. AllAfrica.com (about CIDA City Campus)

10.02.07 "Fair Trade in Bloom," by Andrew Downie. The New York Times (about TransFair USA)

09.27.07 "Running the Gauntlet," by Tara Weiss. Forbes.com (about Riders for Health)

09.26.07 "Clinton Announces More than $4.5 Billion in Pledges of Global Aid," by Caroline Preston. Chronicle of Philanthropy (about Search for Common Ground, and CDI)

09.19.07 "Hospital Food That Won't Make You Sick," by Laura Landro (about HealthCare Without Harm), Wall Street Journal

09.07.07 "A rethink of boundaries," by Stuart Theobald. Financial Mail (about CIDA City Campus)

09.01.07 "A Conversation with Bill Drayton," by Dorinda Elliot (about Ashoka founder), Conde Nast Traveler

09.01.07 "Can foundations practise corporate acupuncture?" opinion piece by John Elkington (of SustainAbility). Alliance magazine

08.14.07 "Hospitals Move to Phase Out Chemical," by Liz Szabo. USA Today (about Health Care Without Harm)

08.01.07 "Geeks for Good: Jim Fruchterman harnesses Silicon Valley's engineering talent for social change," by Greta Lorge. Stanford Magazine

07.31.07 "Solar Power Makes Tiny Village Beam," by Arwa Damon, CNN (about Barefoot College)

07.30.07 "Ending Poverty, But Only on Paper," by Bunker Roy (of Barefoot College), The American

07.27.07 "Making a Hard-Life Story Open a Door to College," by Sara Rimer, The New York Times (about College Summit)

07.25.07 "Helping the Poor to Help Themselves," by Zweli Mokgata, The Times of South Africa (about Taddy Blecher of CIDA City Campus)

07.24.07 "Where Are They Now?" by Carrie Crockett, Motley Fool (includes Room to Read)

07.19.07 "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: How John Wood Left One of the World’s Richest Companies to Create a More Meaningful Life," by Hema Nair. Beliefnet.com. (about Room to Read)

07.12.07 "Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life," by Robert Powell, WSJ.com (about Civic Ventures)

07.09.07 "LifeSaver Hero: Andrea Coleman," by Anthea from Oxford, MyHero.com (about Riders for Health)

07.01.07 "Sustainability Gets a Warmer Embrace from U.S. Companies" by Mindy Lubber of Ceres, Green Money

06.19.07 "Author Sees Career Encore for Boomers," by Susan Felt, Arizona Republic (about Civic Ventures)

06.17.07 "Everyone Deserves Access to Technology, Online World," opinion piece by Jim Fruchterman (of Benetech) and Gregg Vanderheiden. Sacramento Bee

06.17.07 "Silicon Valley Nonprofit Uses Technology for Social Causes," by Maria Henson, Sacramento Bee (about Benetech)

06.07.07 "New Study Asks: Can Globalization and Sustainability Coexist?" GreenBiz.com (about SustainAbility)

05.29.07 "Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor," by Donald G. McNeil, Jr., The New York Times.

04.23.07 Press Release: ‘Idol Gives Back’ Education Web Site for Kids and Teachers Launches at www.scholastic.com/idolgivesback

04.11.07 "Local Winner Nominated for National Award"(about Heidi Kühn, founder of Roots of Peace), CBS 5

03.28.07 "Leading Questions: Ann Cotton, Founder and Chief Executive of the Campaign for Female Education," by Alison Benjamin, Guardian Unlimited

03.23.07 "Local Nonprofit Verite Lands $1 Million Grant," by Rachael Hanley, Amherst Bulletin

03.17.07 "Oakland Firm Wins $1 Million for Eco-Tool," Contra Costa Times

03.15.07 "Footprint Founders Take Skoll Social Entrep. Prize," Kauaian.net

03.13.07 "Verite, Skoll and Social Justice," MarcGunther.com

03.01.07 "Roots of Peace Exchanges Mines for Vines," Wine Enthusiast Online

03.19.07 Press Release: PBS and the PBS Foundation Announce First Recipient of Social Entrepreneurship Fund Grant (.pdf file)

03.15.07 "Youth Group Wins $1M Grant for Building Affordable Housing" by April Simpson, Boston Globe (about YouthBuild USA)

03.15.07 "YouthBuild Founder Awarded $1M for Innovative Work" by Renee Nadeau, Boston Herald

03.15.07 "Oakland’s Global Footprint Wins Skoll Grant," San Francisco Business Times

03.15.07 "Kielburger Charity Given Grant" by Oliver Moore, Globe and Mail (about Free The Children)

03.09.07 "Nonprofit Drug Company Dream Now a Reality" by John Larson, NBC Nightly News (about Institute for OneWorld Health)

01.01.07 "In Pursuit of the Cure", by Victoria Hale of Institute for OneWorld Health as told to Elisabeth Olson, New York Times

01.01.07 Feature Story: "Mines to Vines", by Eric Vance, California Magazine (for U.C. Berkeley alumni), (about Heidi Kühn of Roots of Peace)

Skoll Foundation Adds Eleven Pioneering Organizations to its Global Portfolio of Leading Social Entrepreneurs : 3/11/2008
The Skoll Foundation today announced Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship for 11 organizations working around the world in the areas of tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, and economic and social equity. The recipients, who will each receive three-year grants of $1,000,000, join a growing global network of Skoll social entrepreneurs, now numbering 59, who have created innovative, proven solutions for tackling the world’s most urgent social and economic challenges.

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