Entries For: June 2008
2008-06-30
Conscious Lifestyle Venture Program
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Apply by August 1, 2008 for chance to win up to $1,000 for your Socially Innovative Idea.
Are you passionate about making the world a better place? Have an idea about how to make your fellow students and your school more socially responsible? Want to turn that idea into a reality?
Conscious Lifestyle is accepting applications for its venture program.
Applicants must be full-time students at a high school or university in the U.S. or Canada.
Submit an application for the chance to win:
- Up to $1,000 in start-up funding
- Web space on consciouslifestyle.org
- Monthly skill-building workshops
- Mentoring from a high-performing professional
- Access to a network of social entrepreneurs
To learn more, make sure to check out our FAQs and Selection Criteria.
To apply, download the documents below and email your action plan to mike@consciouslifestyle.org.
Application Deadline: August 1, 2008.
2008-06-27
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
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Reminder: Global deadline for nominations is 31 August 2008.
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards has an amazing prize package available to the student entrepreneurs who can impress the judges and win the competition! The total prize package for the 2008 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards is estimated at over $100,000 in cash and business products and services donated by Entrepreneurs’ Organization members.
Undergraduate students from the United States of America and from countries other than the three listed below please click this link to nominate: CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE FOR THE 2008 GLOBAL STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS!
Regional Competitions in Canada, Sweden, and Puerto Rico are hosted by Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Partners
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards welcomes nominees from any country around the globe. In locations where we do not have a regional program established, nominees will be judged virtually by a panel of entrepreneurs.
The deadline for nominations globally is 31 August 2008!
- First - review the criteria at http://www.gsea.org/awards/who-is-eligible/ to ensure that the person you are nominating qualifies to compete for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.
- Once you’ve reviewed the criteria and you’re sure the student entrepreneur is eligible to compete, head over to http://www.gsea.org/nominate/ to complete the nomination form.
- Once we’ve received the nomination form, we will contact the student entrepreneur nominated to continue with the process. To see the process involved, please refer to http://www.gsea.org/awards/how-the-gsea-works/.
2008-06-26
“Calling all Earthkeepers” Video Contest
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Entrants have a chance to win $5,000 to further their environmental work.
On June 10, The Timberland Company announced the global launch of the Earthkeeper campaign, a movement to recruit one million people to become part of an online network designed to inspire real environmental behavior change.
Why TBL developed the EK campaign:
The Earthkeeper network is a forum where people who share energy and interest in the notion of protecting our planet can share information and inspiration, and the Earthkeeper campaign will be a way to translate lots of passionate talk and ideas into positive, practical action.
Why TBL developed the EK campaign:
There’s an emerging effort by companies to try to figure out how to engage with consumers about the environment. One key question is how to do it appropriately. Timberland is widely seen as an innovator in CSR practices, and the company believes that businesses have a responsibility to the community and to its consumers to do "good." Timberland's goal is to inspire environmental stewardship by consumers. Timberland has been "walking the walk," or “Earthkeeping,” for years, and good CSR practices have been critically important internally. Efforts have been shared periodically w/ a niche group of targeted peers and thought leaders through CSR conferences like Ceres and BSR Annual Conferences, but not much energy has been spent in educating consumers of Timberland's CSR in a way that is meaningful and impactful to this important group.
So, what is the Earthkeeper campaign?
As part of the Earthkeeper program, Timberland has launched an innovative global network of online social networking tools, including partnerships with Changents.com, a strong Facebook presence, a YouTube Earthkeeper Brand Channel and a richly-populated Earthkeeper blog. Uniting these various Earthkeeper “channels” is www.earthkeeper.com, a website which allows users to navigate through the Earthkeeper network based on their level of interest in learning more or engaging in Earthkeeping. Earthkeepers can share ideas and activities via these online venues, making it quick, simple and entertaining to learn, and discuss greener lifestyles. Earthkeeper forums have been created on YouTube (www.earthkeeper.com/youtube), Facebook (www.earthkeeper.com/facebook), Changents.com (www.earthkeeper.com/changents), and the Earthkeeper blog (www.earthkeeper.com/blog).
How online social networking can lead to real environmental action:
We know that most of us are aware that the environment is in trouble, and that many of us don't know how to fix it. The Earthkeeper campaign helps us see that every little thing we do can help- and, together, we can inspire each other to do more. The Calling All Earthkeepers contest invites us to share our Earthkeeping story, and have a blast while doing it!
Calling all Earthkeepers contest:
- YouTube is a site that most of us use, "just for fun." But what if YouTube was a venue on which real environmental action could be shared, thereby inspiring real eco action among the larger, offline population? The Timberland Company is hosting a revolutionary contest, where everyday Earthkeepers are invited to document and share their own Earthkeeping projects. Earthkeeping can be anything you do to lighten your environmental footprint- from ditching your car for the summer and commuting to work on bike, setting up a communal compost bin in your neighborhood, or adopting an abandoned city lot and creating green space. These projects can be funny or serious, and can be independent projects, group projects, or school projects. Videos can be uploaded until July 26, and will be posted on the Earthkeeper channel at http://www.youtube.com/earthkeepers.
- You decide how you want to share your story: You can simply upload your Earthkeeping video to the YouTube contest- where the winners in each of three categories -- 1. most humorous, 2. most unique/informative, and 3. most motivating/engaging -- will receive $300 worth of Timberland gear.
- And, if you are really inspired, and believe you can start an eco-movement with your concept, enter the "Be an Earthkeeper Hero" competition. To win this phase of the contest, you'll need to attract "backers"- but don't worry, we'll give you the tools to do this using the storytelling platform on Changents.com. You'll upload your video to http://www.changents.com/earthkeepers-int, and start promoting yourself by sharing photos, blog entries, podcasts, Twitters and more. The grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 prize, an opportunity to be featured in a 2009 Timberland advertising campaign, plus $500 in TBL gear.
2008-06-25
Forum of Young Global Leaders Seeks Social Entrepreneurs Under 40
Send your nominations by July 18, 2008.
The Young Global Leaders Forum, also a sister organization of the World Economic Forum, is looking for outstanding individuals from all sectors of society. We are providing a group of 25 social entrepreneurs under the age of 40 a unique opportunity to become members of the community of Young Global Leaders. As a Young Global Leader, these social entrepreneurs are part of a peer network that can open doors in the business, political and academic fields, help enter new markets and identify investors, among many other opportunities. Young Global Leaders are invited to the events of the World Economic Forum.
THE FORUM OF YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS
The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a sister organization to the World Economic Forum. It is a unique, multi-stakeholder community of the world's most extraordinary leaders under 40 which exists in order to: create a diverse, multi-national, multi-stakeholder network of the top young leaders in the world; enhance their knowledge and leadership skills; and serve as a platform for them to work collaboratively on the key issues facing our world.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Candidates for selection:
- are 40 years of age or younger at the time of nomination (to be eligible for the 2009 nomination process, the candidate must have been born on or after 1 January 1969)
- have a recognized track record of extraordinary achievement and substantial leadership experience - typically, the candidate would be in the early or mid-career stage, with 5-15 years of outstanding professional work experience and a clear indication of exceptional future contributions and excellence;
- have demonstrated their commitment to serve society at large;
- be ready to invest time and energy in the organization's purpose and activities.
THE PROCESS
Send your nominations to the Schwab Foundation (Name, Organization, website are sufficient) info@schwabfound.org by July 18
or
Submit the complete nomination directly by filling in the form under http://nomination.younggloballeaders.org/nominationform.aspx by July 31
For more information, please see: http://www.younggloballeaders.org
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
91-93 route de la Capite
1223 Geneva, Switzerland
+41 22 869 12 12
www.schwabfound.org
THE FORUM OF YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS
The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a sister organization to the World Economic Forum. It is a unique, multi-stakeholder community of the world's most extraordinary leaders under 40 which exists in order to: create a diverse, multi-national, multi-stakeholder network of the top young leaders in the world; enhance their knowledge and leadership skills; and serve as a platform for them to work collaboratively on the key issues facing our world.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Candidates for selection:
- are 40 years of age or younger at the time of nomination (to be eligible for the 2009 nomination process, the candidate must have been born on or after 1 January 1969)
- have a recognized track record of extraordinary achievement and substantial leadership experience - typically, the candidate would be in the early or mid-career stage, with 5-15 years of outstanding professional work experience and a clear indication of exceptional future contributions and excellence;
- have demonstrated their commitment to serve society at large;
- be ready to invest time and energy in the organization's purpose and activities.
THE PROCESS
Send your nominations to the Schwab Foundation (Name, Organization, website are sufficient) info@schwabfound.org by July 18
or
Submit the complete nomination directly by filling in the form under http://nomination.younggloballeaders.org/nominationform.aspx by July 31
For more information, please see: http://www.younggloballeaders.org
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
91-93 route de la Capite
1223 Geneva, Switzerland
+41 22 869 12 12
www.schwabfound.org
2008-06-24
Social Venture Network (SVN) Innovation Awards
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Deadline to submit applications: July 15, 2008.
The search for America's top social entrepreneurs is on! The Social Venture Network (SVN) Innovation Awards program supports the "next generation" of socially responsible business and nonprofit leaders by providing them access to the people and resources to help develop their ideas into successful enterprises. Now through July 15, 2008 companies can submit applications at www.svn.org/awards.
SVN is a member organization with nearly 500 CEO's, investors, and nonprofit leaders who are running the country's most cutting-edge socially responsible businesses and nonprofits. Since 1987, SVN has inspired a community of leading business and social entrepreneurs by nurturing the growth and prevalence of socially responsible investing, sustainable economies, fair trade and organic/eco living.
SVN is a member organization with nearly 500 CEO's, investors, and nonprofit leaders who are running the country's most cutting-edge socially responsible businesses and nonprofits. Since 1987, SVN has inspired a community of leading business and social entrepreneurs by nurturing the growth and prevalence of socially responsible investing, sustainable economies, fair trade and organic/eco living.
2008-06-23
World Ocean Council Launches Global Industry Alliance On “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”
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June 24 and June 25, 2008, New York, NY. Interested companies are invited to contact the Council.
Industry leaders will meet in New York to collaborate on sustainability of the seas.
Ocean industry representatives from around the world will meet in New York in late June to work together on tackling shared marine environmental challenges. The inaugural meeting of the World Ocean Council will bring together business community members interested in developing an unprecedented collaborative approach toward improving the health of the marine environment. Representatives from the shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, cruise ship tourism, aquaculture, ports and other ocean industries are expected to attend. The workshop will be kicked off by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact and Vaclav Mikulka, Director of the United Nations Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea.
“The world’s oceans are at risk. The health of the seas depends on developing a more comprehensive approach to sustainability and stewardship by business. A growing number of companies are trying to be responsible, but collective efforts beyond those of a few companies or even a whole sector are needed to address the combined effects on the global ocean ecosystem,” said Paul Holthus, Executive Director of the World Ocean Council.
The phenomenal growth of shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, cruise tourism, aquaculture and other ocean uses is resulting in cumulative impacts to the marine environment, perhaps even affecting the ocean’s crucial role in regulating climate. “If we are thinking globally, oceanically and collectively, rather than considering our own narrow industry requirements, the World Ocean Council could be a very good idea,” noted Michael Grey from Lloyd’s List, an international maritime news report. “There is a tremendous opportunity for companies to distinguish themselves as sustainability leaders by joining with like-minded colleagues from other sectors in finding solutions to maintaining the health of the ocean,” Holthus noted.
To address this challenge, the World Ocean Council is creating a coalition of ocean industries to:
• Catalyze collaborative science to find solutions to shared marine environmental issues.
• Organize industry working groups to constructively engage with other ocean stakeholders.
• Develop sustainability standards, marine footprint reporting, and ocean stewardship strategies.
• Facilitate interaction among sectors to reduce ocean use conflicts.
“Managing the global ocean requires the involvement of all stakeholders, especially the private sector, and all ocean industries have a responsibility to help maintain the health and productivity of the marine environment,” Mikulka said. “The World Ocean Council efforts to bring together the global ‘ocean business community’ to develop leadership and collaboration for ocean sustainability and stewardship are critical to the future of the oceans.”
The World Ocean Council will convene ocean industry sustainability leaders on June 24 and June 25. Interested companies are invited to contact the Council. A special seminar outlining the growing collaboration on ocean sustainability issues will be held on the 25th as part of the annual UN consultations on oceans. At this event, leadership companies will have the opportunity to familiarize NGOs, governments and international agencies with their marine environmental programs.
For more information contact: Paul Holthus
+1 (808) 277-9008
2008-06-20
2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator Social Entrepreneur Presentations
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Thursday, August 28, 2008, Santa Clara, CA
Please join Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society for business plan presentations by the 2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator entrepreneurs from around the world.
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Location: California Mission Room, Santa Clara University
Continental Breakfast
7:15-8:00 a.m.
Business Plan Presentations
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
About GSBI:
The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) is an intensive two-week residential program at Santa Clara University that enables successful technology innovators to become sustainable in fulfilling their social missions and to scale their endeavors. It combines classroom instruction in finance, marketing, organizational development, and business planning with case studies, best practices, and most importantly, carefully matched mentoring support. The invited entrepreneurs have demonstrated proof of concept in applying technology to address urgent human needs in the most adverse of circumstances around the world.
Living and learning together, GSBI participants develop common conceptual skills and a true sense of community. Together these outcomes foster peer-to-peer collaboration and receptivity to expert mentoring from seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. At the August 30 business plan presentations, you will see how the innovative adaptation of technology and models of social change, in combination with grounded business plans, can bring positive benefits to all of humanity.
We know you will be inspired by the work of the 2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator class and the promise of their innovative business plans.
To RSVP: visit www.scu.edu/sts or Sherrill Dale.
For further information call the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University, (408) 551-6027, or email sdale@scu.edu. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation, please call the Center or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY-California Relay) at least 48 hours prior to the event.
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Location: California Mission Room, Santa Clara University
Continental Breakfast
7:15-8:00 a.m.
Business Plan Presentations
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
About GSBI:
The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) is an intensive two-week residential program at Santa Clara University that enables successful technology innovators to become sustainable in fulfilling their social missions and to scale their endeavors. It combines classroom instruction in finance, marketing, organizational development, and business planning with case studies, best practices, and most importantly, carefully matched mentoring support. The invited entrepreneurs have demonstrated proof of concept in applying technology to address urgent human needs in the most adverse of circumstances around the world.
Living and learning together, GSBI participants develop common conceptual skills and a true sense of community. Together these outcomes foster peer-to-peer collaboration and receptivity to expert mentoring from seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. At the August 30 business plan presentations, you will see how the innovative adaptation of technology and models of social change, in combination with grounded business plans, can bring positive benefits to all of humanity.
We know you will be inspired by the work of the 2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator class and the promise of their innovative business plans.
To RSVP: visit www.scu.edu/sts or Sherrill Dale.
For further information call the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University, (408) 551-6027, or email sdale@scu.edu. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation, please call the Center or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY-California Relay) at least 48 hours prior to the event.
2008-06-19
International Conference on Child Labour and Child Exploitation
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Sunday 3rd - Tuesday 5th August 2008, Cairns, Australia
The International Conference on Child Labour and Child Exploitation, Sunday 3rd - Tuesday 5th August 2008, in Cairns, Australia, will evaluate the progress and achievements made in relation to the eradication of the worst forms of child labour and will explore the challenges ahead in securing rights for children in the 21st century and meeting the UN Millennium Goals by 2015.
The Conference will reflect on whether the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), as defined by the ILO in Forms of Child Labour Convention No.182 (C182) and its associated Recommendation (R190), address the right issues, in the light of 21st century concerns with nationalism, identity and globalisation, or whether new approaches to protecting children’s rights are needed.
The Conference will focus on the role of the organizations representing employers and workers, non-government organisations as well as governments.The Conference will engage the corporate sector with a view to bringing a concrete reality to the much vaunted concept of responsible corporate citizenship. It will highlight steps taken by some companies and organisations operating internationally to address the worst forms of exploitation in their labour obligations and their attempts to try to set higher standards.
Click here for PDF copy of the Conference program brochure.
Click here to go to the on-line registration form and complete your registration.
AfricaPES 2008: The Second IASTED Africa Conference on Power and Energy Systems
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Science and Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development, September 8 – 10, 2008, Gaborone, Botswana
The Second IASTED Africa Conference on Power and Energy Systems
~AfricaPES 2008~
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Keynote Speaker
"Energy, Environment, and the Advancing Frontier of Power Electronics"
Prof. B. K. Bose – The University of Tennessee, USA
Guest Speaker
Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Botswana
Invited Speaker
"Intellectual Capital"
Prof. A. B. Ngowi – University of Botswana, Botswana
Panel Session
"Renewable Energy in Southern Africa"
Prof J.L. van Niekerk – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Special Session
Dr. Philippe Poggi – University of Corsica, France
Tutorial Session
"Power Electronics and Motor Drives: Advances, Applications and Trends"
Prof. B. K. Bose – The University of Tennessee, USA
Host Organization
University of Botswana
Register now.
The registration form must be received by July 1, 2008 in order for your registration materials to be pre-printed. It is still possible to register after this date, however. The registration fee includes one copy of the CD proceedings, all conference sessions including the keynote address, tutorials, and special sessions, and refreshments during the conference, and the conference banquet on September 9, 2008.
Sponsors
The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)
Technical Committee on Power and Energy Systems
World Modelling and Simulation Forum (WMSF)
WMSF
~AfricaPES 2008~
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Keynote Speaker
"Energy, Environment, and the Advancing Frontier of Power Electronics"
Prof. B. K. Bose – The University of Tennessee, USA
Guest Speaker
Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Botswana
Invited Speaker
"Intellectual Capital"
Prof. A. B. Ngowi – University of Botswana, Botswana
Panel Session
"Renewable Energy in Southern Africa"
Prof J.L. van Niekerk – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Special Session
Dr. Philippe Poggi – University of Corsica, France
Tutorial Session
"Power Electronics and Motor Drives: Advances, Applications and Trends"
Prof. B. K. Bose – The University of Tennessee, USA
Host Organization
University of Botswana
Register now.
The registration form must be received by July 1, 2008 in order for your registration materials to be pre-printed. It is still possible to register after this date, however. The registration fee includes one copy of the CD proceedings, all conference sessions including the keynote address, tutorials, and special sessions, and refreshments during the conference, and the conference banquet on September 9, 2008.
Sponsors
The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)
Technical Committee on Power and Energy Systems
World Modelling and Simulation Forum (WMSF)
WMSF
2008-06-18
Eye-to-I festival.forum and International Youth Initiative Program (YIP)
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Youth conferences to bridge social entrepreneurs from "the West" and from the Middle East. festival.forum will be held 26-31 July 2008 in Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland. YIP begins 25th August 2008, Järna, Sweden, for youth aged 18 to 25.
Eye-to-I ( www.eye-to-I.org) is organising intercultural meetings trying to build bridges between social entrepreneurs from "the West" and from the Middle East.
festival.forum is a conference happening in Switzerland in the end of July 08. The focus will be on the young human being, as well as questions and topics he brings with him. What makes us work for a sustainable world? What thoughts arise during this work? What are themes, ideals, paradigms that are relevant in our time? festival.forum aims to showcase the youth forces, the so-called youth impulse, that young people bring into this world. Register now.
International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) is a new social entrepreneur training in Järna, Sweden, for youth aged 18 to 25 who want to create a positive social change in the world. A course in how to bring your own initiative into being. The first term will start in August´08. Apply by 31 July 2008.
festival.forum is a conference happening in Switzerland in the end of July 08. The focus will be on the young human being, as well as questions and topics he brings with him. What makes us work for a sustainable world? What thoughts arise during this work? What are themes, ideals, paradigms that are relevant in our time? festival.forum aims to showcase the youth forces, the so-called youth impulse, that young people bring into this world. Register now.
International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) is a new social entrepreneur training in Järna, Sweden, for youth aged 18 to 25 who want to create a positive social change in the world. A course in how to bring your own initiative into being. The first term will start in August´08. Apply by 31 July 2008.
XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect
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September 7-10, 2008, Hong Kong SAR, China
The XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress will be held in Hong Kong, China from the 7th to 10th September 2008 and is being organized by the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) in collaboration with Against Child Abuse (ACA), Hong Kong.
Children around the world face different forms of maltreatment: some unique to their locations and many more that transcend cultures and nations. ISPCAN congresses provide a unique opportunity for professionals all over the world to meet, discuss their concerns, learn from each other and support each other. Apart from stopping and preventing abuse and neglect, the theme of the XVIIth ISPCAN Congress hopes to stimulate participants to move the world "Towards a caring and non-violent community" emphasizing "a child's perspective" along the way.
Towards a Caring and Non-Violent Community: A Child's Perspective
2008-06-17
Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship Application Deadline
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- carbon footprint
- social entrepreneurs
- irrigation
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Middle East
- Malaria
- Sustainability
- peace
- environment
- nuclear proliferation
- health
- bottom of the pyramid
- war
- HIV/AIDS
- Global Warming
- water
- Skoll Foundation
- climate
- sanitation
- marine fisheries
- conflict resolution and peace
- pandemics
November 4, 2008 is the next deadline.
The Skoll Foundation announces that November 4, 2008 is the next deadline for receipt of applications for the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.
As always, we are looking for social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale positive change in the areas of tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and economic and social equity.
Within these issues, we are particularly interested in applications from social entrepreneurs working in five critical sub-issue areas that threaten the survival of humanity – climate change, nuclear proliferation, global pandemics, conflict in the Middle East and water scarcity.
Award winners are celebrated at the annual Skoll World Forum following their selection, at the end of March in Oxford, England.
You can read the Award Guidelines, take our eligibility quiz and fill out an application on our Web site.
Future deadlines will be posted to the Skoll Foundation website as they become available.
As always, we are looking for social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale positive change in the areas of tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and economic and social equity.
Within these issues, we are particularly interested in applications from social entrepreneurs working in five critical sub-issue areas that threaten the survival of humanity – climate change, nuclear proliferation, global pandemics, conflict in the Middle East and water scarcity.
Award winners are celebrated at the annual Skoll World Forum following their selection, at the end of March in Oxford, England.
You can read the Award Guidelines, take our eligibility quiz and fill out an application on our Web site.
Future deadlines will be posted to the Skoll Foundation website as they become available.
Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for Television 2008
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Entries must have been broadcast between June 2007 and May 2008, and must be received by 30 June 2008.
The ABU, CASBAA and UNICEF are now calling on Asia-Pacific broadcasters and producers for entries for the ABU CASBAA UNICEF Child Rights Award 2008.
The Award is made each year to the best television programming on children’s rights produced in the Asia-Pacific region. It recognizes the efforts of broadcasters in pursuing both the production of top quality children’s programming and better news coverage of children’s issues. There is only one category and one winner.
Programmes both for children and about children are eligible and can cover any child rights’ issue. Entries can include documentaries that detail the plight of children, dramas that help break down stereotypes and discrimination, or animation that teaches and entertains. Entries must have been broadcast between June 2007 and May 2008, and must be received by 30 June 2008. The Award will be presented at the 45th ABU General Assembly & Associated Meeting in Bali on 24 November 2008. The winner will be flown to Bali for the ceremony.
The ABU CASBAA UNICEF Child Rights Award has proved to be a tremendous success since its inception in 2001, last year attracting more than 60 entries from more than10 countries.
Eligible Countries (47 countries):
Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, DPR Korea, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, , Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Lao PDR, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, ,Marshal Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea , Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
Please visit the Call for Entries page to download a copy of the entry form.
Further information on the Award, previous year’s winners and Rules and Regulations are also available here.
The Award is made each year to the best television programming on children’s rights produced in the Asia-Pacific region. It recognizes the efforts of broadcasters in pursuing both the production of top quality children’s programming and better news coverage of children’s issues. There is only one category and one winner.
Programmes both for children and about children are eligible and can cover any child rights’ issue. Entries can include documentaries that detail the plight of children, dramas that help break down stereotypes and discrimination, or animation that teaches and entertains. Entries must have been broadcast between June 2007 and May 2008, and must be received by 30 June 2008. The Award will be presented at the 45th ABU General Assembly & Associated Meeting in Bali on 24 November 2008. The winner will be flown to Bali for the ceremony.
The ABU CASBAA UNICEF Child Rights Award has proved to be a tremendous success since its inception in 2001, last year attracting more than 60 entries from more than10 countries.
Eligible Countries (47 countries):
Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, DPR Korea, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, , Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Lao PDR, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, ,Marshal Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea , Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
Please visit the Call for Entries page to download a copy of the entry form.
Further information on the Award, previous year’s winners and Rules and Regulations are also available here.
2008-06-16
Rockwood's Art of Leadership training for Social Entrepreneurs and Socially Responsible Business Leaders
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September 8-11, 2008, Sonoma, CA
A special Rockwood Art of Leadership training for Social Entrepreneurs and Socially Responsible Business Leaders will be held September 8-11, 2008 in Sonoma, CA. Rockwood Leadership Institute is launching this new program for social entrepreneurs and socially responsible business leaders. Designed to provide a high-intensity learning community for senior executives of socially responsible businesses, it is also open to non-profit leaders with a social venture focus.
Since 2000, Rockwood Leadership Institute's Art of Leadership has helped more than 2000 social change leaders refine their leadership skills, strengthen and sustain compelling visions for their organizations, and spark new partnerships. Hundreds of our alumni consider themselves social entrepreneurs, and consider their Rockwood training a turning point in achieving their goals.
"Rockwood's training helped me make Greenpeace's Solar Energy Campaign a success. Now the lessons I learned in the Art of Leadership are helping me run a solar energy company. Leading a business as a social enterprise poses a unique set of leadership challenges, for which Rockwood's trainings are the best in the business."
Danny Kennedy
President, Sungevity
For more information visit the website or contact Michael Sowle at Mike@rockwoodleadership.org.
The Art of Leadership for Social Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders will convene a select community of powerful and collaborative social change professionals and business leaders to refine leadership skills, strengthen and sustain compelling visions for your organization, deal more effectively with organizational challenges, and spark new partnerships.
Since 2000, Rockwood Leadership Institute's Art of Leadership has helped more than 2000 social change leaders refine their leadership skills, strengthen and sustain compelling visions for their organizations, and spark new partnerships. Hundreds of our alumni consider themselves social entrepreneurs, and consider their Rockwood training a turning point in achieving their goals.
"Rockwood's training helped me make Greenpeace's Solar Energy Campaign a success. Now the lessons I learned in the Art of Leadership are helping me run a solar energy company. Leading a business as a social enterprise poses a unique set of leadership challenges, for which Rockwood's trainings are the best in the business."
Danny Kennedy
President, Sungevity
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2008-06-15
Summer for Disadvantaged Youth
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July 15, 2008, 11 am – 2 pm, Oakland, CA
California is undergoing an unprecedented expansion of after-school programs, through the implementation of Proposition 49 and the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. While policymakers, the public, and funders seem to well understand the dangers of the after-school hours and the opportunities these hours present for teaching and engaging children, little discussion has taken place about summer.
Arguably summer is an even more dangerous time for young people who are out of school not just from 3 – 6 pm, but all day long for roughly eight to ten weeks. Research is clear that there are numerous negative impacts due to this scenario. Unfortunately, none of the new Proposition 49 dollars have been dedicated to summer, and little of the 21st Century money is used for this purpose. This critical gap in services for the most disadvantaged youth is a challenge that must be addressed.
Summer for Disadvantaged Youth
July 15, 2008, 11 am – 2 pm
The East Bay Community Foundation
De Domenico Building
200 Frank Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Register now.
Participants will gain knowledge about:
Jennifer Peck, Bay Area Partnership for Children and Youth
Ron Fairchild, Center for Summer Learning, Johns Hopkins University
Sandra Taylor, Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
The program panel will be moderated by Jamie Allison, Program Officer at the S.H. Cowell Foundation. After the panel discussion, a boxed lunch will be served. Then, those interested in staying will attend a site visit to Girls, Inc. a local summer youth program.
Program sponsors: S.H. Cowell Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation
Arguably summer is an even more dangerous time for young people who are out of school not just from 3 – 6 pm, but all day long for roughly eight to ten weeks. Research is clear that there are numerous negative impacts due to this scenario. Unfortunately, none of the new Proposition 49 dollars have been dedicated to summer, and little of the 21st Century money is used for this purpose. This critical gap in services for the most disadvantaged youth is a challenge that must be addressed.
Summer for Disadvantaged Youth
July 15, 2008, 11 am – 2 pm
The East Bay Community Foundation
De Domenico Building
200 Frank Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Register now.
Participants will gain knowledge about:
- Research on the dangers of unsupervised time in the summer.
- Specific data on summer learning loss, increased obesity rates, and juvenile delinquency.
- What is happening around the country to address the challenge of summer.
- State and federal policy updates on summer program resources.
- Partnership ideas for addressing the challenge of summer
Jennifer Peck, Bay Area Partnership for Children and Youth
Ron Fairchild, Center for Summer Learning, Johns Hopkins University
Sandra Taylor, Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
The program panel will be moderated by Jamie Allison, Program Officer at the S.H. Cowell Foundation. After the panel discussion, a boxed lunch will be served. Then, those interested in staying will attend a site visit to Girls, Inc. a local summer youth program.
Program sponsors: S.H. Cowell Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation