What is Impact Investing? Impact investment aims to address social and environmental challenges while generating financial profit. Imagine that you are Jane, an aspiring social entrepreneur. Jane has a viable business idea for an eco-friendly glass manufacturing company that would be good for consumers…
I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the world of fair trade as a high school student. An ethics teacher of mine required us to complete a social justice project and for mine, I chose to investigate all of the positive aspects of…
What do you think of when you hear the word education? A few ideas that come to mind are college, mundane lectures, and a considerable amount of homework. Growing up, I was given the opportunity to attend school from an early age and later…
Women empowerment – those two words are indispensable to the vocabulary of a student of a women’s college. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those words being used in both daily (yes, daily) and professional discourse on my campus over my…
As a young twenty-something, social media is something I utilize on a daily basis. I post photos to Facebook, hashtag topics on Twitter, and Pin inspirational quotes to Pintrest. Social media is a way for me, and millions of other people, to brand ourselves…