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Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs

From EvanCarmichael.com: "Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch in 2009!" Social Entrepreneurs are leveraging the power of their ideas around the globe, tackling society's toughest issues. Find out more about their paradigm-shifting work and learn how you can get involved, or get inspired to move your own idea forward. Dig into the sites on this list below and start empowering yourself and others with the tools for successful action right now! NEWS BLOGS TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com TreeHugger is a leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. It strives to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. Global Voices Online http://globalvoicesonline.org Global Voices is a leading participatory media news room for voices from the developing world. Begun in 2005 as a simple blog, Global Voices has grown into a vibrant global community of more than 150 active volunteer authors and translators. Gristmill http://gristmill.grist.org The writers at Gristmill feel that reading environmental journalism too often feels like eating your vegetables. Boiled. With no butter. At Gristmill, they bring the life out of green issues and sustainable living. GreenBiz http://greenbiz.com/current/blogs GreenBiz offers daily news on green business, business and climate change, and sustainable business practices. CSR News http://www.csrwire.com/ CSRwire is one of the online world's leading sources of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports and information. BIG IDEAS How to Change the World blog.guykawasaki.com A practical blog for impractical people, "How to Change the World" is Guy Kawasaki's ever popular blog on topics important for both entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs. Worldchanging http://www.worldchanging.com/ Worldchanging is a media organization that seeks to inspire readers around the world with stories of the most important and innovative new tools, models and ideas for building a bright sustainable future. Triple Pundit http://triplepundit.com Serving people, planet, and profit, this blog offers an integrated bottom-line approach to looking at business from the next generation of MBAs. Have Fun, Do Good http://havefundogood.blogspot.com Britt Bravo, founder of the Changeblogger Network, blogs on topics that focus on teaching individuals and organizations to realize their big vision. Spare Change http://www.social-marketing.com/blog Blogger Nedra is a consultant, author and speaker who uses social marketing to promote health and social issues. Marc Gunther http://www.marcgunther.com/ Marc Gunther is a leading thinker about business and sustainability. All of his work is animated by his belief that companies that make the world a better placeby serving their customers, their workers and their communities will deliver superior results to their owners in the long run. Audeamus http://www.audeamus.com Audeamus covers the world of social entrepreneurship, international development, global philanthropy, social enterprise and corporate social responsibility. Beneblog http://benetech.blogspot.com/ What happens when technology can do great things for humanity, but doesn't make a lot of money? Jim Fruchterman explores the social entrepreneurship side of technology applications. Social ROI http://www.socialroi.com Social ROI sets out to enable social entrepreneurship and to spread the word about some of the good stuff thats happening in the space. Social Entrepreneurship http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org Change.org is a social entrepreneurship venture whose blog aims to serve as the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time. Global Envision http://www.globalenvision.org/ Global Envision is dedicated to increasing awareness of two of the defining trends of our time the spread of more open markets and the global fight against poverty. Fast Company Expert Blog http://www.fastcompany.com/expert-blog/8 Fast Company sets the agenda, charting the evolution of business through a unique focus on the most creative individuals sparking change in the marketplace. This expert blog focuses on the future of social entrepreneurship. SEEING GREEN GreenUpgrader http://greenupgrader.com/ GreenUpgrader scours the earth for the best & most innovative environmentally friendly products, bringing you choices and inspiration for ways to protect our planet. Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/ Environmental Leader wants to make you just that, a leader in the fight for sustainability. This blog offers clean energy and sustainability news for corporate and government decision-makers. Ecopreneurist http://ecopreneurist.com/ Ecopreneurist provides news and advice on sustainable and social entrepreneurship. Learn about new green products and services, and get marketing and branding assistance for your green start-up business. Greenbang http://www.greenbang.com/ Journalist Dan Ilett and friends write Greenbang.com, which tracks the explosion of environmental business. Cleantech Blog http://www.cleantechblog.com/ Cleantechblog.com is one of the premier sites for commentary on clean technologies, news, and issues relating to next generation energy and the environment. World is Green http://worldisgreen.com Worldisgreen.com is about the concept of sustainability. It focuses on the three forces of profits, planets and people as the triple bottom line, which need to work in harmony for a sustainable future. Echoing Green http://echoinggreen.org/blog Echoing Green documents news, trends, and the true life of social entrepreneurs. Its goal is to seed social entrepreneurs and their innovative ideas for positive change. Marketing Green http://marketinggreen.wordpress.com/ Marketing Green's mission is to provide industry professionals with practical strategic marketing advice on how to build green brands and motivate mass market adoption of more sustainable products. Ecological Economics http://forestpolicy.typepad.com/ecoecon/ Ecological Economics is a blog designed to daylight and refine economists and ecologists' views, agreements, and disagreements on current environmental and natural resource issues. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT WORK AfriGadget http://www.afrigadget.com/ AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from around the continent. Global X http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/global-x Watch leading social entrepreneurs as they tell moving stories that had a significant impact on their personal and professional lives. They also give aspiring social entrepreneurs advice they can use immediately to scale their ventures. Kiva Chronicles http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/kiva-chronicles Co-founder of Kiva, one of the most successful social ventures today, Matt Flannery blogs about his real-life experiences as a social entrepreneur. Capital Ideas http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/capital-ideas Capital Ideas is a six month series providing a "Finance 101 for Social Entrepreneurs" through a combined offering of basic finance knowledge, practical advice and case studies. Annansi Chronicles http://annansi.com/blog/ G. Kofi Annan is a consultant who works with global brands to create socially innovative community experiences. Annansi Chronicles covers the culture and business trends which are defining Africas new brand image. StartUpAfrica http://www.startupafrica.com/ StartUpAfrica is a blog dedicated to entrepreneurship in Africa with a particular focus on technology entrepreneurship. Timbuktu Chronicles http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com/ Timbuktu Chronicles seeks to spur dialogue in areas of entrepreneurship, technology and the scientific method as it impacts Africa. Let there D.light! http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/let-there-d-light Sam Goldman wants to make his company, D.light, a world market leader in off-grid lighting and power solutions, unceasingly serving his customers with innovative products that improve their lives. This is his blog. Forging Ahead http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/forging-ahead Kjerstin Erickson was 20 when she launched FORGE. She didn't have a business plan. She didn't have a revenue model. And she didn't have a penny. But she now works in three refugee camps in Zambia, helping refugees build better lives. This is her story. ORGANIZATIONS Private Sector Development Blog http://psdblog.worldbank.org The Private Sector Development Blog gathers together news, resources and ideas about the role of private enterprise in fighting poverty. The PSD Blog is maintained by the World Bank Groups Rapid Response knowledge service. Grameen Foundation http://grameenfoundation.wordpress.com/ The Grameen Foundation combines the power of microfinance, technology and innovative solutions to defeat global poverty. This is their blog. From Poverty to Power http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/ From Poverty to Power emerged as a big conversation, involving hundreds of people within and outside Oxfam, which grapples with the big issues of development climate change, the role of science and tech, power and politics. Acumen Fund http://blog.acumenfund.org Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. It seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor.marketing, pop culture and more. of all the ads you missed and want to see, or saw and want to see again. Poverty and Growth http://pgpblog.worldbank.org/ This blog is maintained by the Poverty and Growth Program of the World Bank Institute. It brings you timely news, resources, tools, ideas and commentary on poverty and growth related issues. School for Social Entrepreneurs http://socialentrepreneurs.typepad.com/ The School for Social Entrepreneurs' main blog, it offers information, news and views on social entrepreneurs, social enterprise, and social entrepreneurship. CIPE http://www.cipe.org/blog The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) strengthens democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform.This blog offers insight into their activities and those of their partners around the world. ODI http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/main/default.aspx ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Its mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, working with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries. SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE Truck and Barter http://truckandbarter.com/ Where sympathy and hedonism collide, this blog tackles everything from globalization and trade, to Africa and energy. Dani Rodrik's Weblog http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/ Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Dani Rodrik offers unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization. NextBillion http://www.nextbillion.net/ NextBillion.net is a website and blog about how business drives positive social and environmental change in low-income communities. Philanthropy 2173 http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/ Philanthropy 2173 offers provocations on the future of philanthropy, including ideas on social change, the private sector, and the social good. Catalyst http://www.catfund.com/blog Catalyst endeavours to meet with and learn about the best examples of social enterprise, ethical business, and community cooperation around the world. Socializing http://pavellawrence.blogspot.com/ Socializing offers thoughts on social change, social capital, social enterprise, social marketing, social impact assessment, social software and other related topics. Xigi http://www.xigi.net/ Xigi.net is a space for making connections and gathering intelligence within the capital market that invests in good. It's a social network, tool provider, and online platform for tracking the nature and amount of investment activity in this emerging market. For more stories, advice and blogs from entrepreneurs around the world, go to www.evancarmichael.com.