Behind The Masks: How A Consortium Of Dutch Nurses Is Redefining Care In Times Of Crisis
Jos de Blok, founder of Buurtzorg, shares how a network of 8,000+ neighborhood nurses is organizing for the pandemic.
Ashoka Blog
Build Change: Rethinking Housing After The Crisis
Elizabeth in Aceh, Indonesia, in the early days of Build Change - rebuilding after the tsunami. Build Change Elizabeth Hausler started Build Change 15 years ago to make disaster-resistant houses – reinforced structures
Build Change: Rethinking Housing After The Crisis
Build Change founder Elizabeth Hausler on natural disasters, human resilience, and prioritizing housing for all in the post-pandemic world.
Sworn Again: Americans Recommit To A Civic Creed
Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University. Michael B. Maine American politics may be in tatters, economy teetering, pandemic afoot – but what better time to revisit our connections to some very basic
Sworn Again: Americans Recommit To A Civic Creed
Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, on revitalizing American democracy, Civic Saturdays, and more.
The Energy Revolution Already Happened. Time To Get On Board.
Ashoka Fellow Amory Lovins, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute: "The most effective thing to do ... [+] about climate change is using energy efficiently." Amory Lovins On this Earth Day, we reflect
The Energy Revolution Already Happened. Time To Get On Board.
On this Earth Day, Amory Lovins, architect of the energy efficiency field, reflects on the power of applied hope.
Misinformation Spreads Faster Than Coronavirus: How A Social Organization In Turkey Is Fighting Fake News
Journalist and social entrepreneur Mehmet Atakan Foça shares how the pandemic has made the problem of misinformation visible to everyone.
Misinformation Spreads Faster Than Coronavirus: How A Social Organization In Turkey Is Fighting Fake News
Journalist Mehmet Atakan Foça started Teyit (“confirmation” in Turkish) in 2016 to address misinformation propagated by media organizations and social media users. We spoke with him this week to learn
The Right To Relate: Cycling Without Age
Danish social entrepreneur Ole Kassow steers a trishaw in Minnesota in February - he's on the bike ... [+] and Sue and Pernille ride in the front carriage. Sue, left,
The Right To Relate: Cycling Without Age
How a Danish-led global movement is combating isolation among the elderly, and adapting fast in the era of social distancing.
Fact Checking Stories About Covid-19: How A World-Wide Network Of Scientists Is Kept Very Busy
Getting the science right in a public heath crisis. Emmanuel Vincent talks with Ashoka's Konstanze ... [+] Frischen. Ashoka Science Feedback is a not-for-profit organization that works with a network of scientists all
Fact Checking Stories About Covid-19: How A World-Wide Network Of Scientists Is Kept Very Busy
Combating fake news is a big part of getting the health crisis under control, says Science Feedback founder Emmanuel Vincent.
Bangladesh’s New Generation Of Women-Led Labor Unions Confronts The Pandemic
Four million women work in Bangladesh's fast fashion factories. Awaj Foundation What are you wearing? There’s a pretty good chance that the shirt on your back or the pants in your closet
Bangladesh’s New Generation Of Women-Led Labor Unions Confronts The Pandemic
For the country's four million garment workers, this is an especially fraught time. But some workers and factories are finding solutions.