PRI: Social Entrepreneurship Podcast
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PRI's Social Entrepreneurship Podcast highlights social entrepreneurs featured in PRI's portfolio of programs. Social entrepreneurs are society's change agents and they seek creative, inventive, and sustainable approaches to seemingly intractable issues of our time, such as poverty, climate change, and global health. PRI's social entrepreneur coverage is supported by the Skoll Foundation (www.skoll.org).
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Ranchers use livestock grazing to improve soil health
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
Jim Howell, Colorado rancher and CEO of Grasslands LLC, attracts venture capital and runs education programs to further the "holistic land management" movement, which uses livestock grazing to promote soil health. From Here and Now.
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New video game targets India's dowry problem
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
Game developers in India have created a game called "Angry Brides," ddesigned to raise awareness about the problem of dowry in India. From PRI's The World.
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Zephyr Press translates foreign books for American audience
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
A lot of books out in the world aren't making it to the United States, but Zephyr Press is trying to change that. The group's mission is to bring literature and poetry from other countries to an American audience. From Here and Now.
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An environmental map made by you
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
The new site, Eye on Earth, features a water watch, an air watch and even a noise watch. Jaqueline McGlade, the director of the European Environmental Agency, a lead partner for the project, explains how it could change the way we view our environment. From Living On Earth.
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How a rapper and a scientist teamed up to create a rap guide to evolution
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
Scientist Mark Pallen commisioned Baba Brinkman, a Canadian rapper with a Master's degree in English and a passion for Darwin, to create the series called "The Rap Guide to Evolution." From Living on Earth.
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Deep ocean listening
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Scientists are establishing a worldwide network of deep-sea listening posts connected to the Internet. It allows researchers -- and the public -- to hear whales, ships, and other underwater sounds. From PRI's The World.
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Laptops from the skies
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Dec 27, 2011
Nicholas Negroponte, The head of the One Laptop Per Child project, which builds low-cost computers for the developing world, has an idea for deploying the laptops that is raising eyebrows. From PRI's The World.
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Electricity for herding communities in the Middle East
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
COMET-ME, a cross-cultural project among Israelis and Palestinians, wants to build and install wind turbines and solar panels in small Palestinian and Bedouin villages. From Living on Earth.
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Geeks Without Borders: Hackers unite for global good
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Dec 13, 2011
The Random Hacks of Kindness movement brings computer experts together to build software that could be used during natural disasters or other global crises. From PRI's The World.
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Malaria vaccine and milk fiber clothing on Best Inventions of 2011 list
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
From a malaria vaccine that's in testing and a cure to the common cold, to clothes made from milk and an electric wand that puts out fires, 2011 has seen inventions ranging from the ingenious to the downright weird. From Here and Now.
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One entrepreneur's commercial boutique farm started from a home garden
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
How Eva Sommaripa grew her home garden into a commercial boutique farm, where she raises 250 different kinds of organic vegetables and herbs, sold to restaurants from New York City to Portland, Maine. Story from Living on Earth.
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The Green Magician
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Nov 22, 2011
Magician C.J. May incorporates ideas of sustainability into his magic act "C.J. the Resourcerer: Recycling is Magic." From Living on Earth
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Rain-catching catches on in Southwestern U.S.
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
In recent years, as places from Atlanta to West Texas have dealt with debilitating drought, people have turned anew to rain catchment. From Living on Earth.
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Hermit Crab Housing Crisis
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Author: Public Radio International
Wed, Nov 09, 2011
Hermit crabs have seen their preferred resource for homes--snail shells--slowly disappear due to environmental causes and the tourist trade, but a 3-D plastics printing company is trying to help. From Living on Earth.
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What will it take to Power the Future?
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
Nobel laureate Robert Laughlin envisions a future America without fossil fuels in his new provocative text, Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow. From The Tavis Smiley Show.
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Massachusetts green energy company heads for China
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Author: Public Radio International
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
In 2005, MIT grad and soccer mom Christina Lampe-Onnerud launched her company Boston Power at her home in Framingham, Massachusetts. She's now raised over $125 million and is building a factory in China. From Here and Now.
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Have kitchen scraps will travel...
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Author: Public Radio International
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
A new business is helping city residents in the Greater Boston area turn their food waste into brown gold. From Living on Earth.
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Recycling the Ocean's Plastic
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
A household cleaning and personal care products company is calling attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by making a laundry detergent bottle from the ocean's garbage. From Living on Earth.
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Solar Power Decathlon in DC
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Oct 04, 2011
Universities across the nation compete in the Solar Power Decathlon to prove who can make the most energy efficient home. From PRI's The World.
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Heinz Awards Celebrate
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Sep 27, 2011
This year's Heinz Award was given to 10 trailblazers of environmental work. And, no, this has nothing to do with ketchup.
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The Town That Food Saved
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Sep 20, 2011
The hard-luck town of Hardwick, Vt., has recently prospered thanks to a local organic food movement, but many of Hardwick's residents are wary of the town's economic upswing. From Here and Now.
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Yale team develops a low-energy method of desalination
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
A team at Yale has developed a low-energy method of sea water desalination that could produce fresh water at half the price of existing methods, and use just one-tenth as much electricity. From Living on Earth.
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Building up: vertical farms
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Sep 06, 2011
Vertical farms could help solve environmental problems associated with agriculture in order to make cities more sustainable. From Living on Earth.
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New moguls of clean energy
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Aug 30, 2011
Architects from Copenhagen are turning a power plant into a man-made ski hill, and creating a new kind of 'hedonistic sustainability.' From Living on Earth.
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How SELCO Labs is solving problems in rural India
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Aug 23, 2011
Engineer Harish Hande formed SELCO Labs in order to solve the region's problems with new technologies. From PRI's The World.
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A contest to create jobs
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Fifteen semi-finalists are currently competing in Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World That Works, a contest that's hopes to put some of those people back to work. From The Takeaway.
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With struggle to create jobs, Polytech Incubator encourages innovation
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Aug 09, 2011
The Polytechnic Institute has teamed up with the city of New York to found an incubator that provides a physical space and money to help new businesses take off. From The Takeaway.
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Fair trade phones
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Aug 02, 2011
A Dutch team is applying the principles of the fair trade to mobile phones to combat the 'conflict mineral trade.' From Living on Earth.
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Zero waste green grocer
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Author: Public Radio International
Mon, Jul 25, 2011
A new Texas supermarket is attempting to reduce waste by having shoppers bring their own containers to package the items they carry. From Living on Earth
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Harnessing tides for electricity
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jul 19, 2011
Clean energy entrepreneurs are exploring ways to turn the flow of the tides into electricity in the Bay of Fundy, which has the world's highest tides. From Living on Earth.
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Playmancer game helps heal
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jul 12, 2011
Playmancer is a video-game designed to help patients undergoing physical rehabilitation, and even mental health issues like bulimia and gambling addiction. From PRI's The World.
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The future of medical record technology
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Author: Public Radio International
Thu, Jul 07, 2011
Traditionally people don't have a relationship with their health records, but future technologies may allow collaborative health records, which both patients and doctors would add to. From the Take Away.
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A Web App Helps Teachers See Where Students Are Stumped
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Author: Public Radio International
Wed, Jun 22, 2011
A new web-based application helps teachers find out what basics their students are missing. From Here and Now.
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Slideshow: Wrestling As a Solution to Poverty in Senegal
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jun 14, 2011
Professional wrestlers are superstars in Senegal, pulling in fees of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single fight. And for many poor young men, wrestling offers the only chance to earn a good living. From The World.
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Sanitation Solution Wins Innovation Prize
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Jun 07, 2011
Business students are hoping to take advantage of the "sanitation value chain" to turn toilets into money making machines. From The World
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Egypt's Wael Ghonim: 'Through Technology You Can Actually Help Change The World'
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, May 24, 2011
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who launched a Facebook page that became the online heart of the Egyptian revolution, received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award from Caroline Kennedy on behalf of the people of Egypt.
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Farmer Calls For 'Managing Manure To Save Mankind'
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, May 17, 2011
Long-time Ohio farmer Gene Logsdon says human and animal waste, including that from pets, is our greatest and most misunderstood natural resource. From Here and Now.
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Apps for the Greater Good in Tyler, Texas
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, May 10, 2011
Chris Groskopfis is going to develop apps that will make government, services, politics and news more accessible. From The Takeaway
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Haitian musician Wanito tours US
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Author: Public Radio International
Wed, May 04, 2011
Lisa Mullins speaks to the winner of an American Idol-style song contest held in Haiti last October. From The World
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Eating meat and going green
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Author: Public Radio International
Tue, Apr 26, 2011
Many vegetarians argue that eating meat takes a big toll on environment and adds to world hunger. But Simon Fairlie, a British farmer and former vegetarian, tells anchor Lisa Mullins that meat consumption can be environmentally friendly. From PRI's The World.
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