All People Making a Difference
Crisis Action makes a big noise using quiet citizen diplomacyCrisis Action acts like a coach or talent scout for humanitarian and other citizen groups 鈥� but always behind the scenes.
Solar power: cheap electricity for world鈥檚 poorMore than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them is to provide ever-cheaper, clean, locally produced solar power that can replace dirty and dangerous kerosene.
Five private companies helping to reduce hungerPepsico, Kraft, Cargill, Land O' Lakes, and TNT Express are among many companies that have created nonprofit divisions to help alleviate hunger in developing countries.
Question Box helps people Google can't reachMillions of people in the developing world lack internet access and the ability to 'Google' an answer to their questions. Question Box provides a simple solution.
What women really want for Valentine's Day: more freedomThe biggest Valentine's Day gift to women would be more freedom to make their own choices about when and how often to give birth, says Worldwatch Institute president Robert Engelman.
Charlie Weingarten finds fresh ways to champion selfless acts of philanthropyA member of a philanthropic family founded Explore.org to inspire selflessness and lifelong learning.
Five reasons to serve othersWhen you serve, you discover that often the most important things you have to offer are not things at all, says the founder of Servicespace.org
Paddling down the Colorado River to surface its secretsWill Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore traveled 1,700 miles to assess the state of the beautiful but threatened Colorado River.
Thistle Farms cultivates a better alternative to life on the streetsEpiscopal priest Becca Stevens founded Thistle Farms 鈥� which makes bath oils, candles, and thistle paper 鈥� to help women in trouble reboot their lives.
Can Facebook pursue a social mission and go public at the same time?Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is about more than making money 鈥� it has a 'social mission to make the world more open and connected.' Are the two goals compatible?
As tensions over wealth gap rise, the rich are giving moreThe top 50 charitable donors gave more in 2011: Are the super rich feeling the sting of public opinion?- Difference MakerDeng Fei goes beyond journalism to right wrongs in ChinaOnce a top investigative reporter in China, Deng Fei now writes a popular microblog that moves readers to action.
Super Bowl puts spotlight on philanthropist's lifeMyra Kraft's good works inspire Patriots football players and the New England region.
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman urge fans to help AfricaIn a show of corporate social responsibility, DC Comics unleashes its superheroes on the problems in the Horn of Africa
Super Bowl pizzas give US troops a taste of homeThrough Pizzas4Patriots Mark and Kent Evans send thousands of pizzas to US troops stationed overseas on Super Bowl Sunday and the 4th of July.
Alison Smith works to reform campaign finance by using public fundsShe helped pass聽a campaign finance reform law in Maine聽where candidates qualify for public funds and are beholden only to voters.
John-Paul Maxfield aims to put nutrients from food waste back into the soilWaste Farmers collects organic waste and creates organic agricultural products like fertilizer, potting soil, biochar, and compost tea.
Difference MakerTony Boursiquot rushed home to Haiti to become a 'defender of the weakest.'After the 2010 earthquake, Tony Boursiquot hurried home to help save Haiti's next generation.
How Haiti is fighting poverty by killing cashWith many of Haiti's physical banks destroyed, Haitians are beginning to rely on their cell phones as 'mobile wallets.'
New California law combats human slaveryCalifornia law requires companies to make clear what they are doing to rid their foreign suppliers from the use forced labor or human trafficking.
