Archive for the ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ Category
Along the railway line.
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I had a little wander down memory’s path this week, when Suas posted a link to an audio slideshow with images and sound from my last trip to Kolkata, India. One morning last August I followed the lovely Hasif Seikh from his home in Guitary Sharif along the railway line to his school, documenting the [...]
‘The Audacity to Love’
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Travelling through Uganda a few years back, I was introduced to the wonderful Dr. Ita Harnett, who was then working for Hospice Africa Uganda. We struck up an immediate friendship, and she has been unable to get rid of me ever since. Ita in turn introduced me to the remarkable Dr. Anne Merriman, who was [...]
Awakening Wonder and the Power of a Tale
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It was a night of butterflies imitating bears, golden apples on tall trees, a grumpy old man getting stranded on the moon. It was a night of Nigerian song, Irish rants, French fairytale. It was the monthly story night in Galway, an evening of international stories and song, organised by the wonderful Clare Muireann Murphy.
To [...]
Yoga+Ideas+Music= The Yoga Salon
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I’m the ‘ideas’ in the above equation- or at least I will be tonight, when I’ll be speaking at the Yoga Salon event in 15 Stephen’s Green, tonight (3rd June).
There is a facebook group for it here . You will also have a chance to purchase copies of One Wild Life at the event too… [...]
Philanthropy for Tomorrow’s Ireland
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Philanthropy Ireland held its annual Ray Murphy lecture last week in the beautiful surroundings of the National Gallery, and I was there with camera in hand.
Speaking at the event, Mary Robinson (whom guests collectively agreed with applause is a national treasure- agreed), spoke about the role of philanthropy in tomorrow’s Ireland. She spoke of the [...]
Comments to chew on from the Bridge to College…
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‘More teamwork’, ‘more peer-to-peer learning’, ‘redesign classroom layout’ were just a few of the comments whizzing from the lunch tables at the Science Gallery when Suas and the Trinity Foundation played host to a discussion yesterday to help launch Irish educational practices into the 21st Century.
The lunch event followed the graduation of 300+ secondary [...]
Cheers to Arthur!
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A huge congrats must go today to the 10 Social Entrepreneurs who received an Arthur Guinness Fund award yesterday. Each get a very welcome cheque of €100,000 to help their innovative social enterprises grow. See more here in the Irish Times, along with a great photo which captures the excitement.
I must say I am [...]
Ashoka’s two new fellows…
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Two new Ashoka Fellowship were awarded last night to two of Ireland’s leading social entrepreneurs, Steve Collins from Valid Nutrition, and Mary Nally, from Third Age Ireland.
Steve Collins and his team in Valid Nutrition have pioneered a new model for treating malnutrition across the developing world. Based in the countries in need, Valid Nutrition have [...]
One Wild Life’s Traction.
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One of the many nice things about launching a book is that you never know where it may end up. Over the last year, I’ve know of copies of One Wild Life strewn across coffee tables from San Fransisco, to Kenya, from Hong Kong to South Africa. Hey, they even got as far as Roscommon. [...]
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
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I’ll be out and about over the next little while- and you will be able to catch me here:
UCD Volunteers. Introduction to Development. March 6th
Trinity College MSc International Management: On Social Entreprenuership and ‘One Wild Life’. March 22nd
Suas Global Issues Series: DCU. Education & Development. April 13th