Social innovation is why Echoing Green exists. What is it? We quite like Phills, Deiglmeier & Miller’s definition in Stanford Social Innovation Review:

A novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals.

Since our founding twenty-five years ago, social innovation has been the lens through which we think and work. Which is why this moment in time is so very exciting for us. Today, companies, foundations, design firms, investors, and even the White House are joining Echoing Green in championing social innovation as a primary means to solving the world's biggest problems in striking new ways.

The feed below features our latest thinking and activity on social innovation. We encourage you to add your voice to the conversation.

What was your Moment of Obligation?


When you reach your moment of obligation, there’s no turning back. We're asking the applicants for the 2012 Echoing Green Fellowship to share their moments with you, but we want to know, what's yours? Read more.

Typical Tuesday with Equality Now’s Mehr Qureshi



Mehr Qureshi is a Program Officer at Equality Now, an international organization that works for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and girls worldwide. We asked Mehr to describe her Typical Tuesday in her own words. Read more.

The Buzz 3-23-12


Our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking. This past week: inspiring infographics, World Water Day, planning for the unknown, and acknowledging your own social impact.Read more.

Health Entrepreneur Nominated to Lead World Bank


In a bold move, President Obama nominates global health innovator and President of Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim, as the next head of the World Bank. Read more.

From Hip-Hop to Human Rights


Jimmie Briggs is one of the most respected human rights advocates in the field of journalism and has produced seminal reporting on the lives of war-affected youth and children soldiers and survivors of sexual violence. Read more.

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