Beverly Schwartz

Rippling

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Principles for driving significant change throughout an entire system

Drawing on the knowledge and experience of working with hundreds the world's top social change leaders in all fields, Beverly Schwartz presents a model for change based on five proven principles that any individual leader or organization can apply to bring about deep, lasting and systematic change. Rippling shows how to activate the type of change that is needed to address the critical challenges that threaten to destroy the foundations of our society and planet in these increasingly turbulent times.

These actionable principles are brought to life by compelling real-life stories. Schwartz provides a road map that allows anyone to become a changemaker.
Presents some of today's most innovative and effective approaches to solving social and environmental challenges
Offers a vision of social entrepreneurs as role models, catalysts, enablers and recruiters who spread waves system changing solutions throughout society
The author offers a model of change that begins with the end result in mind
First book from an insider at Ashoka, the foremost global organization on social change through social entrepreneurship

Rippling clearly demonstrates how and when empathy, creativity, passion, and persistence are combined; significant, life-altering progress is indeed possible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 161mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9781118138595
• ISBN-10: 1118138597
• Artikelnr.: 34447780

Autorenporträt

Beverly Schwartz is vice president of global marketing at Ashoka, the world's largest association of leading social entrepreneurs. Schwartz is an "entrepreneurial" behavioral scientist and has made her career in the field of social marketing. She has devoted her career to working on some of the world's most challenging societal issues, including smoking and drug prevention, gender equity, educational and environmental reform, and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. She holds an MS degree from Queens College, City University of New York. Please visit her at www.changemakers.com/Rippling.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD BY BILL DRAYTON xi PROLOGUE xv INTRODUCTION: RIPPLING SOLUTIONS
INTO SYSTEM CHANGE 1 PART ONE Restructuring Institutional Norms 18
Reflections by Esther Dyson 1 Power to the People--Germany 22 How
Elektrizitatswerke Sch¿onau works with communities to buy back, manage, and
control electric grids so it can replace nuclear power with renewable
sources of energy. 2 The Teaching of Teaching--United States 32 Changing
the dynamics of how and what teachers teach; appreciating the vision of the
Center for Inspired Teaching. 3 From Servitude to Solution--India 42 How
the Rickshaw Bank is reinventing the lives and livelihoods of rickshaw
drivers. 4 Lifting the Veil for Women Who Don't Exist--Nepal 54 Removing
age-old restrictions on women who lose their rights, property, and freedom
after the death of their husband; understanding how Women's Human Rights is
changing the face of Asia. PART TWO Changing Market Dynamics 64 Reflections
by Peter M. Senge 5 Using MicroConsignment to Open a Door to Economic
Inclusion--Guatemala 68 Exploring the way Community Enterprise Solutions
offers ''a basket of solutions'' to rural villagers by lowering the cost of
economic entry for suppliers. 6 Dialing Maize 411--Kenya 84 Using
technology to connect small-scale farmers with real-time competitive
prices; how the Kenya Agricultural Commodities Exchange improves the lives
of small farmers. 7 Stimulating Fiscal Vibrancy by Creating a New
Economy--Brazil 94 Stimulating local economies by creating a new currency
and a system of community banks for low-income citizens; the story of
Bancos Palmas. PART THREE Using Market Forces to Create Social Value 104
Reflections by William Jefferson Clinton 8 From Garbage to Gold--Peru 108
How Ciudad Saludable creates microenterprises around garbage collection and
increases the economic viability and positive health outcomes of
communities in which they operate. 9 A Better Model of Capitalism--United
States 120 Ensuring a fair price for farmers by transforming global trade
practices; the influence of FairTrade USA on American consumers and its
impact on families around the world. 10 Shit Business Is Serious
Business--Nigeria 134 Building a culture of sanitation and hygiene in
crowded urban areas in Africa and Asia; why DMT Mobile Toilets is literally
changing the landscape and much more. 11 Putting the Public Back in Public
Housing--France 146 Applying a quintuple bottom line to eco-housing,
Chenelet energizes low-income neighborhoods while creating community with
dignity and grace. PART FOUR Advancing Full Citizenship 156 Reflections by
Geeta Rao Gupta 12 Financial Freedom for Children--Global 160 Equipping a
generation of youth to take charge of their financial survival, Aflatoun
balances the scales in favor of their future. 13 Overcoming the Barriers
Between Us and Them--Germany 170 Redefining disability as ability and
otherness as likeness; the story of Dialogue Social Enterprise, creator of
the ''Dialogue in the Dark'' experience. 14 Autistic Abilities--Denmark 180
How Specialisterne (Specialist People Foundation) is transforming autism
from a handicap to a competitive advantage. 15 Crazy Becomes
Normal--Argentina 190 Reconnecting the mentally ill with society and vice
versa, La Colifata uses a weekly radio show broadcast by the patients as
the link. PART FIVE Cultivating Empathy 200 Reflections by Arianna
Huffington 16 From Babies to Behavioral Shift--Canada 204 The effectiveness
of Roots of Empathy in ending aggressive behavior among children. 17
Cultivating Champions of Interfaith Action--United States 214 Building
widespread public support for interfaith youth work on University campuses;
embracing the mission of the Interfaith Youth Core. 18 Beautiful
Resistance--Palestine 224 How Alrowwad creates a space to express normality
in conflict zones. 19 Conclusion: Turning What Is and What If into What Can
Be 236 EPILOGUE: HOW TO THINK ABOUT TOMORROW 248 NOTES 251 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
256 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 258 INDEX 261