Sep 19 2011 in Competitions by GEF
We are determined the journey leading to Telecom World ‘11, and the event itself, will lead to real and significant change. To achieve this aim, there are some important and exciting changes. These competitions are part of this change. They are designed to catalyze ideas, seed partnerships, and develop working prototypes to address real world [...]
Tags: Entrepreneurship, social media, technology
Jun 1 2011 in Business Skills, Tools by GEF
UnLtdWorld is a platform for social entrepreneurs and the people that support them to: build community, do business, get insight, and find resources. In particular, be sure to check out their social entrepreneurship awards toolkit, which has great resources divided into themes and life-cycle stages! This toolkit is designed to provide you, the social entrepreneur, [...]
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Social, social media, Support
May 17 2011 in Community Representatives, Idea Incubator by Tobias
Interesting meetings and talks are happening at the moment. Let me share what has happened since my last time agenda setting and share some of the entrepreneurial thinking around GEF and nice people you meet on the way: # Next week I am going to pitch the idea of the Social Business Startup Camp (SBSC) [...]
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Social, social media, web, Youth
Feb 1 2011 in Case Studies by GEF
The Creative Gallery on Sustainability Communications by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is presenting the first international online database of corporate and public advertising campaigns specifically dedicated to sustainability issues and classified by sustainability themes. By gathering these campaigns from all around the world, UNEP wishes to inspire and foster more and better communication [...]
Tags: Green, Ideas, My Exceptional Resource, social media, Sustainability
Dec 14 2010 in Books and Articles, Idea Incubator by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team
More than 2/3 of answers to our last poll indicate that sustainability should be taught to young people in schools as a good way to get started. The same people also thought that education for GreEn would have the greatest effect at school. However, according to them teaching at school is not enough. There is [...]
Tags: culture, Entrepreneurs, Initiative, live, Network, social media, Support
Aug 29 2010 in Case Studies by Pierre
Think back to the revolution of the 60′s. How did it make change come about? How can we capture such energy today, taking advantage of Web 2.0 to truly engage a global community into curbing climate change (and tackling other challenges of a sustainable future)? This video proposes some interesting historical perspectives on our societal [...]
Tags: culture, Issues, Network, social media, Youth
Jul 23 2010 in Personal Skills by daniel
Sprouter facilitates networking and collaboration between entrepreneurs globally. Providing a platform for users to connect with other innovators, entrepreneurs can expand their networks to include fellow entrepreneurs and startups with similar interests and goals. By answering the question “What are you working on?” in 140 characters or less entrepreneurs can discover and join events in [...]
Tags: Environment, Ideas, social media, Support
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