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Fostering the Creative Economy
The creative industries—those at the crossroads of arts, culture, business, and technology—can offer an economic jump-start for recovering economies.Latest
Creating a Sharing Economy that Actually Shares
Three ways nonprofits can embrace sharing, and bring their leadership and changemaking into the 21st century.
Booked for Revival
A combination of fresh funding and e-book technology will enable publishers to give new life to out-of-print scholarly works.
Envisioning a Climate for Change
Before critiquing art that speaks to climate change, the scientific community must broaden its view on what art is and how it can help the movement.
Airport Buzz
Amid landing strips and airline terminals, threatened bee species are finding a much-needed new habitat.
Growth Stage
A novel artistic strategy and a novel ticket-pricing model distinguish Signature Theatre from its counterparts on and off Broadway.
Substance Over Style
An international design award based in Denmark celebrates products and projects that aim “to improve life.”
Good Show
Presenting content with a social message is the focus of a recently launched movie-streaming company.
Lights, Camera, Philanthropy
A close-up on giving and the entertainment industry.
Ambition to Audacity: Takeaways from the 2014 Skoll World Forum
Social entrepreneurship is getting bolder.
Rodney Mullen: Innovation Doesn’t Exist In A Vacuum
Innovation can exist in even the most unlikely forms. A professional skateboarder and the CEO of a social enterprise discuss the intersection of their two fields.
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Creating a Sharing Economy that Actually Shares
Three ways nonprofits can embrace sharing, and bring their leadership and changemaking into the 21st century.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.
Social or Cultural Entrepreneurship: An Argument for a New Distinction
A look at the difference between cultural and social entrepreneurship.
Fostering the Creative Economy
The creative industries—those at the crossroads of arts, culture, business, and technology—can offer an economic jump-start for recovering economies.
Collaborative Design Tackles Homelessness
A group designing innovative support systems in Portland, Ore., is identifying better ways of living for the homeless and for communities at large.