Powering Needs, Empowering Lives from Uncharted Ground, a podcast series produced by SSIR and Jonathan Levine. Each episode of Uncharted Ground tells a documentary-style story about one nonprofit or social entrepreneur’s journey to solve a daunting global problem. This episode travels to India where a social enterprise called SELCO has been transforming the lives of the rural poor with affordable solar power for 25 years. Now, SELCO is expanding its impact by helping other entrepreneurs replicate its model around the world. It’s a story full of lessons about how to design products and services that dramatically improve lives and build sustainable businesses at the same time.
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The Nature of the Future: From Institutions to Amplified Individuals
The Science Behind Compassion
Starting A RYOT In Traditional News
The Whole World In Our Hands
Achieve Great Things: The Art and Science of Aspirational Narrative
Social Enterprise Enables Hazelnut Farming in Bhutan
Rodney Mullen: Innovation Doesn’t Exist In A Vacuum
Leveraging Social Innovation
Environmental Sustainability in China Advanced Through Supply Chain Transparency
Environmental Sustainability through “Waste to Worth” Vision
Tackling Energy Poverty With Pay-As-You-Go Solar
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Africa
Turning Poison into Economic Opportunity
Using Science and Social Enterprise to Improve Rice Crop Yield in India and Bangladesh
Cameron Conaway: Knowing When to “Tap Out” of the Fight
Quality and Innovation as the Basis for Sustainability
Why Small Does Not Equal Powerless
Social Entrepreneurship and Cocoa Farmers
Social Media on Purpose
Social Responsibility Versus Slave Labor Tainted Products
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