Let's Fix It

Teaching a love of learning is transforming education systems

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:43:59 GMT

On this episode of Let's Fix It, hear how two social innovators are redefining what it means to teach and to learn.

Kyle Zimmer is a lawyer, social entrepreneur and leader who became passionate about the power of books when volunteering in a soup kitchen. Zimmer is the founder of First Book, an organization dedicated to providing affordable books and other resources to people in need.

Scientist and social entrepreneur Dr. Rana Dajani has studied the impact of reading aloud to children. Her organization We Love Reading fosters the love of reading for pleasure among children in the MENA region and around the world.

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Intrapreneurship: changing the world from within organizations

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:47:07 GMT

In this episode of Let's Fix It, host Pavitra Raja speaks to two social intrapreneurs who are making a difference within large organizations. First, she interviews Jonathan Wong, the chief of technology innovation at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Wong talks about his experience as a public social intrapreneur and how he leverages the U.N.'s resources to create positive social and environmental change. Then, Pavitra interviews Sam McCracken, the visionary leader behind Nike N7, a program that brings sport to indigenous youth across North America. McCracken shares his 25-year career journey at Nike and his experience as a corporate social intrapreneur.

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Making our societies more equal

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:12:03 GMT

On this episode of Let’s Fix It, two social innovators Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green and Phillip Atiba Goff, Co-Founder of Centre for Policing Equity, Co-Founder of Justice Rx, and Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology at Yale University are dismantling inequitable systems in policing to philanthropy.

Learn from some of the world’s best social innovators on how to create a more just, sustainable and equitable world.

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Harnessing the collective power of social innovators

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:21:00 GMT

On this special episode of Let’s Fix It, Hilde Schwab, Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, chronicles her journey from being the first employee of the World Economic Forum to co-founding the world’s leading platform on social innovation, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.

Today the Schwab Foundation consists of a community of 400 social innovators who have collectively impacted the lives of 722 million people in over 190 countries. Learn from some of the world’s best social innovators on how to create a more just, sustainable and equitable world.

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Combating climate change by putting our planet first

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:28:05 GMT

Social innovators are finding new ways to combat greenhouse gas emissions and climate change with speed and scale.

In this episode of Let's Fix It, we hear from two social innovators who are putting our planet first and fighting global warming.

Gonzalo Muñoz co-founded and led TriCiclos, a leading Latin American company when it comes to circular economy and recycling. Between 2019 and 2021 Gonzalo was a UN High Level Climate Action Champions for the Conference of the Parties (COP) and from that position he co-designed and co-led the global campaigns Race To Zero, Race To Resilience and GFANZ.

Nthabiseng Mosia is brightening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in some of Africa’s most energy-deprived nations. She helped create Easy Solar – a pay-as-you-go solar distribution company in West Africa that makes energy affordable to those under-served by the grid.

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Fixing digital literacy and access to the web

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:12:28 GMT

Can you imagine what your life would be like without the internet? How would you get around? How would you keep in touch with your friends and family? Well, 37% of the world's population have never used the internet. That's nearly 3 billion people.

In this episode of Lets Fix It, we hear from two social innovators who are tearing down digital divides and bringing emerging technologies to their communities.

Mikaela Jade used to be a park ranger in Kakkadu National Park in Australia. These days, Mikaela is CEO of Indigital, a business that aims to help embed Indigenous stories and history into the mainstream, by using augmented reality technology.

Luvuyo Rani trained to be a teacher but quit his stable job and started selling old computers from the back of his car. Today he runs Silulo Ulutho Technologies – an organization that provides digital skills to thousands of people in the townships outside Cape Town every year.

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Let’s Fix It: Season 1 Trailer

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:04:15 GMT

This special podcast series from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship hears from leading social innovators who are fixing some of the world’s biggest problems.

In candid conversations with host Pavitra Raja, changemakers describe their experiences tackling challenges like the digital divide, climate change and racial inequity.

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