This past May, a global community of innovators, social entrepreneurs, and thought leaders united around a shared vision: That today’s connected generation can leverage technology and new media to help create a better world. Here is a look at the highlights of +Social Good’s first year: 1. Building the community with +SocialGood leaders Great communities need great leaders. That’s why +SocialGood enlisted the +SocialGood Advisors and Connectors to help the community grow. The +SocialGood Advisors and Connectors […]

Every day, the UN Foundation works to support the United Nations in building a healthier, more peaceful, and more just world. As we head into the New Year, the communications team at the UN Foundation is taking a moment to reflect on some of the biggest stories this year about your work to support the UN, our partners, and the movement for important global causes in 2013. The gains we made across a range of

“In 2014, we must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today – climate change – into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future. Next year is the year from climate action.”   With these words, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon christened 2014 as “the year for climate action.” As 2014 starts, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the past year of climate science and counting down our top fiveClimasphere posts for

I believe entrepreneurs are the foundation for innovation, economic growth, and job creation and have made it my personal mission to give back to the entrepreneurial community and to empower women around the world to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. My work as part of the United Nations Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council and my role as Dell’s entrepreneur-in-residence have given me a platform to reach entrepreneurs on a global scale in ways that would not have been possible on my own.

A recent image making its rounds on social media demonstrates that the occurrence of regional cold blasts does not discount human-driven climate change and global warming. A recent map making its way through social media channels shows global temperature anomalies for the year 2013. Image via @weather_king A recent image circulating Twitter shows global temperature anomalies for the year 2013 against 2001-2010 climatology. The map, which shows -3 degree Celsius anomalies over North America contrasted

While I wish my first post of 2014 could have been on a happier subject, I want to give a quick update on the dire situation unfolding in South Sudan. As you’ve probably heard, fierce fighting between rival political factions has broken out there in recent days, taking a huge toll on the civilian population and fueling fears of a civil war. Nearly 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes and thousands have

Hyderabad, India serves as the headquarters of the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), a non-profit supported by the Andhra Pradesh state government that uses village-based women’s self-help groups as part of its strategy to alleviate poverty. One dimension of SERP’s strategy entails community managed work on health and nutrition, which is aided by mobile technology. SERP is a recipient of a mHealth Alliance Innovation Working Group catalytic grant, which supports the United Nations’ Every Woman