The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch In 2009 by Evan Carmichael

The newest breed of superheroes are not on the big screen, but in the small business community! People have long been awaiting for a “hero” or social entrepreneur to arrive with the special ability to recognize society’s problems and bring about global changes. Entrepreneurs who have the burning desire to create “social value” and develop long-term solutions are real life Supermen/Wonderwomen. So if you wish to help the disadvantaged by empowering them with tools for success, check out EvanCarmichael.com’s “The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch in 2009” to start improving the lives of others right now! The illustrations for the top 3 category leaders are provided by Happy Worker, a creative agency that makescustom action figures and custom toys. News Blogs 1) TreeHugger  URL: http://www.treehugger.com TreeHugger is a leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. It strives to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. 2) Global Voices Online  URL: http://globalvoicesonline.org Global Voices is a leading participatory media news room for voices from the developing world. Begun in 2005 as a simple blog, Global Voices has grown into a vibrant global community of more than 150 active volunteer authors and translators. 3) Gristmill  URL: http://gristmill.grist.org The writers at Gristmill feel that reading environmental journalism too often feels like eating your vegetables. Boiled. With no butter. At Gristmill, they bring the life out of green issues and sustainable living. 4) GreenBiz URL: http://greenbiz.com/current/blogs GreenBiz offers daily news on green business, business and climate change, and sustainable business practices. 5) CSR News URL: http://www.csrwire.com/ CSRwire is one of the online world's leading sources of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports and information. Big Ideas 6) How to Change the World  URL: blog.guykawasaki.com A practical blog for impractical people, "How to Change the World" is Guy Kawasaki's ever popular blog on topics important for both entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs. 7) Worldchanging  URL: http://www.worldchanging.com/ Worldchanging is a media organization that seeks to inspire readers around the world with stories of the most important and innovative new tools, models and ideas for building a bright sustainable future. 8) Triple Pundit  URL: http://triplepundit.com Serving people, planet, and profit, this blog offers an integrated bottom-line approach to looking at business from the next generation of MBAs. 9) Have Fun, Do Good  URL: http://havefundogood.blogspot.com Britt Bravo, founder of the Changeblogger Network, blogs on topics that focus on teaching individuals and organizations to realize their big vision. 10) Spare Change  URL: http://www.social-marketing.com/blog Blogger Nedra is a consultant, author and speaker who uses social marketing to promote health and social issues. 11) Marc Gunther  URL: http://www.marcgunther.com/ Marc Gunther is a leading thinker about business and sustainability. All of his work is animated by his belief that companies that make the world a better place—by serving their customers, their workers and their communities—will deliver superior results to their owners in the long run. 12) Audeamus  URL: http://www.audeamus.com Audeamus covers the world of social entrepreneurship, international development, global philanthropy, social enterprise and corporate social responsibility. 13) Beneblog  URL: http://benetech.blogspot.com/ What happens when technology can do great things for humanity, but doesn't make a lot of money? Jim Fruchterman explores the social entrepreneurship side of technology applications. 14) Social ROI  URL: http://www.socialroi.com SocialROI sets out to enable social entrepreneurship and to spread the word about some of the good stuff that’s happening in the space. 15) Social Entrepreneurship URL: http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org Change.org is a social entrepreneurship venture whose blog aims to serve as the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time. 16) Global Envision  URL: http://www.globalenvision.org/ Global Envision is dedicated to increasing awareness of two of the defining trends of our time — the spread of more open markets and the global fight against poverty. 17) Fast Company Expert Blog  URL: http://www.fastcompany.com/expert-blog/8 Fast Company sets the agenda, charting the evolution of business through a unique focus on the most creative individuals sparking change in the marketplace. This expert blog focuses on the future of social entrepreneurship. Seeing Green 18) GreenUpgrader URL: http://greenupgrader.com/ GreenUpgrader scours the earth for the best & most innovative environmentally friendly products, bringing you choices and inspiration for ways to protect our planet. 19) Environmental Leader URL: http://www.environmentalleader.com/ Environmental Leader wants to make you just that, a leader in the fight for sustainability. This blog offers clean energy and sustainability news for corporate and government decision-makers. 20) Ecopreneurist  URL: http://ecopreneurist.com/ Ecopreneurist provides news and advice on sustainable and social entrepreneurship. Learn about new green products and services, and get marketing and branding assistance for your green start-up business. 21) Greenbang  URL: http://www.greenbang.com/ Journalist Dan Ilett and friends write Greenbang.com, which tracks the explosion of environmental business. 22) Cleantech Blog  URL: http://www.cleantechblog.com/ Cleantechblog.com is one of the premier sites for commentary on clean technologies, news, and issues relating to next generation energy and the environment. 23) World is Green  URL: http://worldisgreen.com Worldisgreen.com is about the concept of “sustainability”. It focuses on the three forces of profits, planets and people as the triple bottom line, which need to work in harmony for a sustainable future. 24) Echoing Green URL: http://echoinggreen.org/blog Echoing Green documents news, trends, and the true life of social entrepreneurs. Its goal is to seed social entrepreneurs and their innovative ideas for positive change. 25) Marketing Green  URL: http://marketinggreen.wordpress.com/ Marketing Green’s mission is to provide industry professionals with practical strategic marketing advice on how to build green brands and motivate mass market adoption of more sustainable products. 26) Ecological Economics  URL: http://forestpolicy.typepad.com/ecoecon/ Ecological Economics is a blog designed to daylight and refine economists’ and ecologists' views, agreements, and disagreements on current environmental and natural resource issues. Social Entrepreneurship at Work 27) AfriGadget URL: http://www.afrigadget.com/ AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from around the continent. 28) Global X  URL: http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/global-x Watch leading social entrepreneurs as they tell moving stories that had a significant impact on their personal and professional lives. They also give aspiring social entrepreneurs advice they can use immediately to scale their ventures. 29) Kiva Chronicles URL: http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/kiva-chronicles Co-founder of Kiva, one of the most successful social ventures today, Matt Flannery blogs about his real-life experiences as a social entrepreneur. 30) Capital Ideas  URL: http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/capital-ideas Capital Ideas is a six month series providing a "Finance 101 for Social Entrepreneurs" through a combined offering of basic finance knowledge, practical advice and case studies. 31) Annansi Chronicles  URL: http://annansi.com/blog/ G. Kofi Annan is a consultant who works with global brands to create socially innovative community experiences. Annansi Chronicles covers the culture and business trends which are defining Africa’s new brand image.

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