Skoll Foundation

Healthy and affordable food for inner city areas

pri.org     Jul 17, 2008          

Pennsylvania State Representative Dwight Evans is bringing grocery stores back to inner city areas. Back in the 1960's, when the middle-class fled the cities for suburban refuge, there was an unforeseen consequence: the...                

Swedish Body Heat

pri.org     Jul 15, 2008          

The body heat from the hundreds of thousands of commuters who use Stockholm's Central Station will be harnessed to heat a nearby office building. In Stockholm, Sweden the average winter temperature is below freezing. Commuters...                

Investors boost the 'missing middle' (FT.com)

yahoo.com     Jun 24, 2008   1 related          

Monday June 23, 11:25 pm ET By Kathryn Tully William Foote had gained a place at Harvard Business School and was ready to go when he had what he calls an "existential crisis". So when he returned to the US he ditched the idea...                

PSL delivers for Skoll Foundation Awards

lsionline.co.uk     Jun 9, 2008          

UK - Servicing a client located on the other side of the Atlantic can be a challenge for an event services company, but London-based PSL has forged a successful working partnership with American production company A Caspian...                

20 November 2007: Global-X Videos Feature Human Rights Defenders

cartercenter.org     May 29, 2008          

Social Edge, a program of the Skoll Foundation--a Carter Center partner--conducted "Global-X" interviews with participants in the 2007 Human Rights Defenders Forum held Sept. 6-7 at The Carter Center. Featured on the Social Edge and You Tube Web sites, the three- to seven-minute videos highlight...                

09 - Filipino anti-trafficking worker gets prestigious ...

balita.ph     May 10, 2008          

09 - Filipino anti-trafficking worker gets prestigious Skoll Award Filipina Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, president of the internationally-recognized Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF), has been given the ... ... Filipino anti-trafficking worker gets prestigious Skoll Award...