U is for The Unreasonable Group: Entrepreneurs Tackling Big Issues

The Unreasonable Group believes in mobilising the power of entrepreneurs to tackle big issues in the world. The video above describes one of the many ventures it has taken to make this happen.

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G is for Good: A Global Community Of People Who Give A Damn

GOOD began as a magazine in 2006. Since then it has developed many different platforms, but it continues to follow its mission of ‘to do the most GOOD’.

The organisation highlights good Read more

H is for The Haller Foundation: Enabling Life To Flourish

The Haller Foundation does remarkable work. It provides practical approaches to transforming communities and releasing many forms of potential.

The video above shows some of the many ways these ideas have been translated into Read more

T is for The Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet And Profit

The term ‘Triple Bottom Line’ was popularised by John Elkington in the 1990s. The approach involves companies behaving responsibly in relation to the 3 Ps: People, Planet and Profit.

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U is for Michael Ungar: Developing Resilience In Children

Michael has helped many parents, teachers and children to learn about resilience.

He is the author of a regular blog in Psychology Today. This is called Nurturing Resilience: Raising children to be competent and Read more

A is for Thomas Armstrong: Enabling Special-Needs Students Flourish

This guest blog is written by Thomas Armstrong. He is a pioneer in helping us to see the strengths in people with different personalities and learning styles.

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S is for Stories For Hope: Young Rwandans Overcoming A Violent Legacy

Stories For Hope is led by Patricia Pasick Ph.D, a psychologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She works with a team from the University of Michigan and local NGOs in Rwanda. Here are excerpts from Read more

E is for Echoing Green: Unleashing Talent To Solve World Problems

Echoing Green was founded in 1987 by leaders of General Atlantic. Since then it has supported more than 500 social entrepreneurs who have worked to improve life on the planet.

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P is for Kristin Powers: Facing Possible Huntingdon’s Disease

Kristin believes in enjoying life and passing on a heartfelt legacy. Here is the official introduction to her talk at TEDxTEEN.

Kristen Powers has always refused to believe that a person needs a car, Read more

S is for Jonah Sachs: The Power Of Positive Stories To Change The World

Jonah starts this talk at the Sustainable Brands conference by saying he has 15 minutes to give people some ideas they can use to change the world.

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