Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2014
Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. Second, we are stepping up our efforts to increase the awareness of this critical issue and practical actions that can be taken. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 9, 2013
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 1, 2007
About five years ago, Brazil violated American intellectual property agreements by producing an AIDS drug for a fraction of the cost of the American company who developed it. In the days of newspapers, the best business model was to sell content to consumers. Today, the best business model is to sell eyeballs to advertisers.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 24, 2007
Fair Trade is this exciting new model for addressing poverty around the world. PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers. It's about three hundred dollars a year to send a kid to high school in this region of Brazil.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 27, 2011
Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Here are some questions and answers I've prepared on this topic, based on my recent trip to Geneva to attend the first week of discussions on the issue.
Non Profit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
When the BerkShares currency launched in 2006, it involved something of a gamble: that a moribund tradition of local currency issue could still work to bolster local economic activity in the 21 st century. Given the lack of established models, there will undoubtedly be some unanticipated curves ahead. The experiment proved successful.
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 19, 2006
At the polling place it passed by 75%, that we're wanted to protect this watershed, which 75% in an issue-based election is a huge margin. Got the citizens of Austin to sign their names enough times to get it on the ballot.
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