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Clean Energy Alliance - Members ATI - Clean EnergyIncubator The Clean Energy Incubator (CEI) offers an environment dedicated to helping young, clean energy companies succeed. Located in Austin, Texas, CEI provides the resources and facilities necessary for start-ups to attract funding, aggressively compete in the free market, and turn ideas into reality. CEI was launched in 2001 by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the IC2 Institute, the University of Texas, and the Austin Technology Incubator to develop early-stage clean energy companies. Through our R&D partnership with the University of Texas and active collaboration with forward-looking Austin Energy, the city owned utility provider, CEI-sponsored companies get real-world testing of new cleantech technologies.
company | Mission Belt Co A few years ago, a great friend of ours in Panama named Luis Melendez was working a very strenuous job on the docks and not getting ahead. On top of that, he hurt himself and the company he was working for gave him his walking papers. We brainstormed with him for a couple weeks about what kind of business he would want to start. We first looked at pig farming and backed away from that after some volatility in the pork prices. Next we thought about getting a corn grinder to make feed for livestock. Finally, we noticed that there were really long lines for the buses into Panama City in the very community that Luis and his wife were living. So we shipped the bus from Panama City, Florida to Panama City, Panama. When we decided to update the belt and make the no-holes Mission Belt®, we knew we wanted to give something back with every belt. Since inception we have sold thousands of Mission Belts and as a result, thousands of dollars have gone to help hard working people who need a hand up.
Weird Converter The 11 Most Generous Designers As part on an ongoing series, Co.Exist and Catchafire are presenting an ongoing investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how to inspire more. We’ll be interviewing a long list of impressive changemakers, who have demonstrated their generosity through acts of service, rather than exclusively deep-pocketed philanthropy. Last month, we talked to the 10 most generous Social Media Mavens. Today, we have our 11 Most Generous Designers. This is an innovative group (co-curated by Ric Grefé, the executive director of AIGA) who are using design to make the world a better place. Whether creating a compelling graphic to raise money or developing a cause awareness campaign or producing a never-before-seen-product that improves an infant’s livelihood, these creative thinkers are impacting our society in ways that are hard to forget. MATTHEW INMAN is the artist and author behind the comedy website TheOatmeal.com. Read his full profile here.
Third Sector Capital Partners Third Sector Capital Partners What Is Social Edge? Welcome to the Skoll World Forum, bringing you the most relevant news, insight, and opportunities to accelerate entrepreneurial approaches and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing social issues. Each year, nearly 1,000 distinguished delegates from the social, finance, private and public sectors convene in Oxford for three days and nights of critical debates, discussions and work sessions aimed at innovating, accelerating and scaling solutions to social challenges. The Skoll World Forum website is a year-round platform where executive audiences can learn about the latest news and innovative approaches in a variety of focus areas (e.g. deforestation, education and economic opportunity, or healthcare access and treatment), and engage with the world’s leading thinkers and doers of social change on key questions, challenges and opportunities. Overview of the Skoll World Forum… a decade of disruption.
Social Innovation For You And Me – By Tricia Dell Good Morning Social Innovators: You don’t have to be Melinda and Bill or Angelina and Brad to explore (and have fun) in the social innovation world. The power doesn’t lie in big money, political leaders, or celebrities. It’s about everyday people with big ideas. We are in the midst of a revolution unlike no other. So what is social innovation? For me it means waking up and turning on the light. Big or small – even getting involved with other not so new initiatives counts. Don’t be intimidated! In my last post, 5 Steps to becoming a Changemaker, I spoke of the small yet transformative steps to becoming a catalyst for the social good: Learning, Listening, Generating, and Leading. So what does social innovation look like for you and me? Passion and knowledge: Whatever it is, get specific and do your homework. Focus and a one-minute pitch: Whether it’s a project or an idea, come up with an eight word mission, your elevator speech. Find your people. Go out and do something that matters.
Statistics on Patents WIPO cooperates with intellectual property (IP) offices from all over the world to provide you with up-to-date IP statistics. Statistical Data The WIPO IP Statistics Data Center is the on-line service enabling access to WIPO's statistical data. The WIPO Statistical Country Profiles provide IP information for around 190 countries. The zip file provides IP statistics prior to 1980. Statistical Publications World Intellectual Property Indicators, 2012 edition [Download report, tables and graphs] The 2012 edition of WIPO's World Intellectual Property Indicators provides a wide range of indicators covering 2011 statistics for the following areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms and plant varieties. Authors: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPOPublication date: December 2012Number of pages: 186Languages: EnglishWIPO Publication n°: 941 WIPO IP Facts and Figures, 2012 edition [Download report] [Download data & graphs] [Archive]
Social Innovation Act Would Use Private Funds to Solve Public Healthcare Problems State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) New Jersey is poised to become the first state to use a mechanism called “social financing” to funnel money directly from investors and foundations to nonprofit organizations running healthcare programs for public agencies. If Gov. Participating groups would use the money to set up health education and prevention programs for public health agencies that are intended to keep clients from overburdening public health resources. “There are a lot of great nonprofits out there, but a lot of these nonprofits don’t have the means to get the grants,” said Assembly sponsor Angel Fuentes (D-Camden), who cited the case of an uninsured Camden man who cost Cooper University Hospital $1.2 million in emergency care over the course of 18 months of treatment. The state reimburses hospitals for some “charity-care” expenditures, which amounted to $455 million in outpatient visits to instate hospitals that accept Medicaid in 2012. Andrew Kitchenman contributed to this story.
Philanthropy in a climate of change Philanthropy Impact makes sense of and inspires of philanthropy across borders, sectors and caused. To match this mission we created an issues-based magazine covering the depth and breadth of the philanthropy spectrum. The response from you, our readers and contributors has been overwhelmingly supportive.