That’s the message from Barney’s this year as pointed out by Mark Hurst of Good Experience. “Gorgeous green gifts, fabulously fair-trade fashion, sensationally sustainable swag, orgasmic organic denim and cashmere, environmentally conscious tchotchkes of all descriptions + philanthropic gestures to warm the cockles of your heart;” such is the marketing tact as green becomes all […]

David Kirkpatrick’s Tech Talk reviews DonorsChoose.org, a New York non-profit that has attracted lots of Silicon Valley money (Omidyar, Khosla, Filo) to support their mission of funding school projects in mostly low income areas. Comparing it to a tech startup Kirkpatrick calls it social entrepreneurship. See the video here.

The One Laptop Per Child project is now delivering, and for a few more days you can contribute to their Give One Get One program — pay $399 and you’ll get one of the XO laptops, and one will be sent to a child in a developing nation. T-Mobile is kicking in a year […]

It’s increasingly clear that the consumer is leading the movement toward global sustainability and will drive capital flows accordingly. The lag between consumer demand and the creation of related new capital structures is narrowing. (eg. clean tech, microfinance sectors). The rapid pace of adoption is being partially driven by viral, easily shareable media and […]

I’ve posted Jerr Boschee’s deja vu perspective on the SEEF to the SEblog. Thought Xigi readers might appreciate the perspective of someone who’s been involved in capitalizing and consulting to social enterprises for over 20 years. Jerr’s on his way to Paris to speak on social enterprise and new opportunities for social investors at the […]