By Natascha Elbech While the United States has made considerable strides towards renewable energy, local economies dependent on fossil fuel production have left many communities struggling to adapt to the new clean energy industry. Coal mining and manufacturing have been central to economic development in West Virginia for centuries, but today, Read more…
By Kayla Vestergaard Let’s talk about Mark Zuckerberg — no, not regarding the Cambridge Analytica scandal. How about highlighting something that hasn’t received as much media attention lately. Something good. Something that Facebook’s founder has been working on for almost a decade. Education reform. You may have already heard of Read more…
By Charlotte Fall Over spring break, students from Northeastern traveled to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to work with Project Esperanza – an organization that serves the Haitian refugee population through education, social aid, and community development. This population migrated to Puerto Plata in search of opportunities to help Read more…
By Joanna Moore To solve the issues of poverty and inequality, we must first understand them. And to address these problems globally, we must consider the cultural differences of them as well. It’s hard. It’s not feasible to travel all over the world and find people to share their day Read more…
by Professor Dennis Shaughnessy Leila Janah has written a new book entitled “Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time”. It’s an insightful, provocative and inspiring read, and a major new contribution to the social enterprise literature. At SEI we’ve long been admirers of the innovative work of Leila Read more…
By Sule Sahin “Tuani!” (Nicaraguan slang for “cool”) was the best way to describe my experience in Nicaragua. This past May, the Northeastern University buildOn Chapter was able to send three of their students there to break ground on a school. I was lucky to be one of the three. Read more…