Community Improvement & Economic Development

Our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking for the past couple of weeks. Tell us, what's got you talking? And what do you want to be talking about?

2006 Echoing Green Fellow Peter Haas shares a powerful essay on the two year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. This post was reprinted from the TED Blog.

You walk into a pharmacy, hand over your prescription, and your pharmacist gives you your medicine—you have faith that what you receive are safe, quality drugs that will help you get better. Why would you even think otherwise?

After a few weeks off for the holidays and new year, we’re back with our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking this week. Tell us, what's got you talking? And what do you want to be talking about?

These days, a lot of us talk big about failure: "Embrace it; share it; learn from it!" Funders (or at least some) are pushing for more transparency so that money can be allocated more effectively. Young people are beginning to take more risks, some that may lead to some big fails, to help find a career with meaning. FailFAIRE takes the notion of "learning from your failures" to a whole new level.

Books give us a chance to explore a whole new world, flex our assumptions, and discover inspiration. Rather than a traditional list of gifts of social change, we wanted to share some of our favorite books that we read this year. Some helped us to explore new ideas—or perhaps harness all of the ones we are thinking about—and to help align our passions with our purpose. Others encouraged us to think about happiness in a different way, while a few pushed us to take some risks as we continue to look for meaning in our career paths.