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| Foreword | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Introduction: Rippling Solutions into System Change | |
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| Restructuring Institutional Norms | |
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| Power to the People-Germany | |
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| How Elektrizitatswerke Sch�nau works with communities to buy back, manage, and control electric grids so it can replace nuclear power with renewable sources of energy. | |
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| The Teaching of Teaching-United States | |
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| Changing the dynamics of how and what teachers teach; appreciating the vision of the Center for Inspired Teaching. | |
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| From Servitude to Solution-India | |
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| How the Rickshaw Bank is reinventing the lives and livelihoods of rickshaw drivers. | |
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| Lifting the Veil for Women Who Don't Exist-Nepal | |
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| Removing age-old restrictions on women who lose their rights, property, and freedom after the death of their husband; understanding how Women's Human Rights is changing the face of Asia. | |
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| Changing Market Dynamics | |
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| Using Micro Consignment to Open a Door to Economic Inclusion-Guatemala | |
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| Exploring the way Community Enterprise Solutions offers "a basket of solutions" to rural villagers by lowering the cost of economic entry for suppliers. | |
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| Dialing Maize 411 - Kenya | |
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| Using technology to connect small-scale farmers with real-time competitive prices; how the Kenya Agricultural Commodities Exchange improves the lives of small farmers. | |
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| Stimulating Fiscal Vibrancy by Creating a New Economy-Brazil | |
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| Stimulating local economies by creating a new currency and a system of community banks for low-income citizens; the story of Bancos Palmas. | |
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| Using Market Forces to Create Social Value | |
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| From Garbage to Gold-Peru | |
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| How Ciudad Saludable creates microenterprises around garbage collection and increases the economic viability and positive health outcomes of communities in which they operate. | |
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| A Better Model of Capitalism-United States | |
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| Ensuring a fair price for farmers by transforming global trade practices; the influence of Fair Trade USA on American consumers and its impact on families around the world. | |
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| Shit Business Is Serious Business-Nigeria | |
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| Building a culture of sanitation and hygiene in crowded urban areas in Africa and Asia; why DMT Mobile Toilets is literally changing the landscape and much more. | |
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| Putting the Public Back in Public Housing-France | |
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| Applying a quintuple bottom line to eco-housing, Chenelet energizes low-income neighborhoods while creating community with dignity and grace. | |
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| Advancing Full Citizenship | |
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| Financial Freedom for Children-Global | |
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| Equipping a generation of youth to take charge of their financial survival, Aflatoun balances the scales in favor of their future. | |
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| Overcoming the Barriers Between Us and Them-Germany | |
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| Redefining disability as ability and otherness as likeness; the story of Dialogue Social Enterprise, creator of the "Dialogue in the Dark" experience. | |
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| Autistic Abilities-Denmark | |
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| How Specialisterne (Specialist People Foundation) is transforming autism from a handicap to a competitive advantage. | |
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| Crazy Becomes Normal-Argentina | |
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| Reconnecting the mentally ill with society and vice versa, La Colifata uses a weekly radio show broadcast by the patients as the link. | |
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| Cultivating Empathy | |
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| From Babies to Behavioral Shift-Canada | |
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| The effectiveness of Roots of Empathy in ending aggressive behavior among children. | |
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| Cultivating Champions of Interfaith Action-United States | |
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| Building widespread public support for interfaith youth work on University campuses; embracing the mission of the Interfaith Youth Core. | |
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| Beautiful Resistance-Palestine | |
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| How Alrowwad creates a space to express normality in conflict zones. | |
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| Conclusion: Turning What Is and What If into What Can Be | |
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| Epilogue: How to Think About Tomorrow | |
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| Notes | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Index | |