Iran’s Green Revolution, a mass movement in response to possible election fraud, has fascinated the world with its force, speed, and digital fuel. In trying to find some connection between…
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As Volans cranks up for its first birthday party on Monday, belatedly because we actually passed that milestone on 1 April, one new adornment for our 2 Bloomsbury Place office…
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an Energy for All Partnership that aims to provide access to modern (renewable) energy to an additional 100 million people in the Asia-Pacific…
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Next Wednesday (June 24th) I will be facilitating a workshop designed for the AVINA Foundation at Tällberg, Sweden, on the day before the kick-off of the Tällberg Forum. AVINA’s International…
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“We believe that a strong economy and a clean environment are not mutually exclusive, and that Korea has to take an active part in tackling climate change,” Han Seung-Soo, Prime…
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The Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge 2009 (RYSEC 2009) opens for submissions from Singapore-based teams TODAY. RYSEC is organised by the Rotary Club of Singapore, SYINC and Volans. Teams of…
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A central concern to our work on Pathways to Scale is the extent to which governments are supporting the scaling up of renewable energy solutions, especially as they roll out…
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The Schwab Foundation has recognized three new social entrepreneurs with significant impact in the region as winners of the Africa Regional Social Entrepreneurs Award for 2009. David Kuria, Chief Executive…
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The Schwab Foundation has recognized three new social entrepreneurs with significant impact in the region as winners of the Africa Regional Social Entrepreneurs Award for 2009. David Kuria, Chief Executive…
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My first month of research has revolved around reading the newspaper….yes life is indeed hard! One story that sparked my interest in particular (primarily because I have watched the God…
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The Volans team wishes you a happy World Environment Day, an occasion launched by the fledgling United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1972. Much progress has been made in recent…
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The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is searching for young social entrepreneurs to include in the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Forum. The World Economic Forum is committed to…
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