The jobless future and social innovation
Kate Carruthers I have argued previously that capitalism is broken and that we need to find new approaches that are good for people, animals and the planet. Further I asked if social…
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Local Food or Less Meat?
A while back I did a Live Local Challenge, attempting to consume only food produced within 100 kilometres of my home for a week. You can check out the results…
If capitalism is broken is social innovation a way to fix it?
Over the past several years I have come to think that capitalism as practised in the western world is fundamentally broken. Even before the global financial crisis (GFC) this feeling…
Some thoughts on making change: it starts with us #gathering11
Since I’m in transit to New York to speak at the 140Conference about Twitter, Community & Social Innovation David Hood had planned for me to join in Gathering11 from a…
Inspired and delighted with people’s willingness to work for positive change #sibsyd
I’m exhausted after a busy weekend and totally inspired by the people I just spent the weekend with! We held the first Social Innovation Sydney Startup Camp this weekend. It…
Serious stuff: “dream machines that deliver the desires of the material heart”
I was lucky enough to hear my friend Mark Pesce speak at the Social Innovation BarCamp in Sydney on 6 Nov and his talk, while entertaining, was also profound. Mark…
1 more sleep until Social Innovation BarCamp #sibsyd
After many weeks of planning with my co-conspirators Selena Griffith, Michelle Williams and Kim Chen we are finally on the eve of the second Social Innovation BarCamp. This venture was…
Points of Information – We’re off to see the wizard
Points of Information is an amusing Canadian take on the quaint Australian custom of compulsory voting in elections (i.e. the government punishes you by way of a fine if you…