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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An easy example is green technology. Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. The social capital market is the arena that allows investors to "do well by doing good." Some are calling it impact investing.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana. What was that? What were some of the highlights?