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Common Good Exchange // The Paradigm Project
May 16, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Three billion people around the world cook meals over open fires, causing families to overuse their resources gathering and purchasing fuel. Ultimately women and children are dying from the effects of smoke inhalation and forests are steadily disappearing as wood is harvested and collected for survival. The end result is also causing greenhouse gas emissions to increase around the world– [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Raven + Lily
May 14, 2013 by Juan Frausto
The Common Good Exchange, taking place at the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, will host 40 social organizations who are on the forefront of changing the commercial business game. Some refer to them as social enterprises, and by definition that’s true, but we refer to them as organizations that “get it”. Summit attendees will have the chance to interact with the people [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Project 7
May 11, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Over the past few years, social entrepreneurship has elevated the standards for commerce and sustainability. With varying models, many social organizations base there work on a 1 for 1 model – selling goods and investing proceeds back into communities. Taking an amplified approach to the 1 for 1 model, our friends at Project 7 invest proceeds from each of its sold products into [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Non-Toxic Revolution
May 4, 2013 by Juan Frausto
As part of our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit this August, we’re partnering with more than 40 top social brands to be part of our Common Good Exchange so that participants can interact and meet the people behind forward-thinking organizations. We’re excited to welcome the Keep a Breast Foundation’s Non-Toxic Revolution to the Summit. In 1999, the founder of the Keep [...] Read More
Feeding a generation with hope, literally & figuratively
March 15, 2013 by Juan Frausto
If the success of social enterprises in the past decade is any indication of what the future of commerce looks like, the possibilities of social change is endless. It’s a step toward shifting the idea of what commercial-based businesses could be built upon. Within our own social enterprise, Mend, we work directly with women affected by the LRA, providing [...] Read More
Look good, do good
March 1, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Supporting a cause is the first step in activism and what better way to show passion for a cause than to wear it? 100% of purchases from our online store go toward our mission and our Sustain It products are sold through a partnership with social enterprises in East Africa which help support the local [...] Read More
Uganda Photo Friday: Valentine’s Day edition
February 15, 2013 by Bethany Williams
For Valentine’s Day, the Mend seamstresses were given messages of appreciation from customers who bought their bags. When you purchase a bag from Mend, you can register it on the website and send a personal message to the woman who made your bag. Mend is a social enterprise geared toward improving the quality of life [...] Read More
Common Good Urban Market // a new kind of block party
February 4, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Last October, Warby Parker uprooted from it’s NYC headquarters and has since been touring across the nation bringing its eyewear products directly to the people in what may be the longest Class Trip ever. When we found out Warby’s yellow school bus would be rolling into San Diego in February, we knew we had to get involved. So, we combined [...] Read More
Seamstress of the Month: Atek Lilly
May 23, 2012 by Bethany Williams
Mend is a social enterprise geared toward facilitating financial independence and development for women in Gulu, Uganda directly affected by the LRA conflict. Lilly joined the Mend family in February, and only 3 months later she has earned the title of Seamstress of the Month. She may be new, but Lilly has integrated seamlessly into the [...] Read More
