Social Innovation

Progress shouldn't just refer to science and technology as it is also about ideas, ethics and practices. The Hames Group is constantly on the lookout for different examples of social innovation around the world. Here are some links to social entrepreneurs and new business enterprises that are making it their business to develop uncommon business products and practices designed to liberate innovation within a social context.

• Authentic Business ( www.authenticbusiness.co.uk)
• B2B Cafe ( www.b2bcafe.com)
• Better Democracy ( http://www.betterdemocracy.net)
• Bolivarian Circles ( www.bolivariancircles.net/english/circles.html)
• Business for Social Responsibility ( www.bsr.org)
• Center for Economic and Social Justice ( http://www.cesj.org/)
• Center for Personal Sovereignty ( http://www.personalsovereignty.org/)
• Center for the Study of Technology and Society ( http://tecsoc.org/)
• Centre for Human Ecology ( www.che.ac.uk)
• Centre for Media and Democracy ( www.prwatch.org/cmd/index.html)
• Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna ( www-e.zsi.at)
• Centre for the Advancement of Non-violence ( http://www.nonviolenceworks.com/)
• Centre for Wise Democratic Processes ( www.wisedemocracy.org)
• Chaordic Commons ( www.chaordic.org)
• Coalition of Learning Communities ( http://www.creatinglearningcommunities.org/)
• Communities & Society ( www.sdgateway.net)
• Corporate Social Responsibility Forum ( www.csrforum.com)
• Cyborg Democracy ( http://cyborgdemocracy.net/blogger.html)
• Dialog on Leadership ( www.dialogonleadership.org/)
• EVOLVE ( www.evolve.org)
• Global Witness ( www.globalwitness.org)
• Inclusive Democracy Network ( www.inclusivedemocracy.org)
• Innovations in Democracy ( www.democracyinnovations.org)
• Institute for Global Ethics ( www.globalethics.org)
• International Forum for Social Innovation ( www.gsb.stanford.edu/csi/)
• Network Institute for Global Democratization ( www.nigd.org)
• No Logo ( www.nologo.org)
• Noam Chomsky Archive ( www.zmag.org/Chomsky/)
• Open Democracy ( www.opendemocracy.net)
• People and Planet Organisation ( www.peopleandplanet.org)
• Politics of the Future ( http://www.changesurfer.com)
• Redefining Progress ( www.rprogress.org)
• School for Social Entrepreneurs ( http://www.sse.org.uk/network/)
• Smart Mobs - The next social revolution ( www.smartmobs.com)
• Social Venture Network (Europe) ( www.svneurope.com)
• Sulak-Sivaraksa Foundation ( www.sulak-sivaraksa.org)
• The Bootstrap Alliance ( www.bootstrap.org)
• The Global Ideas Bank ( www.globalideasbank.org)
• The International Society for Ecology and Culture ( www.isec.org.uk)
• The JeffersonCenter ( www.jefferson-center.org)
• The Mary Parker Follett Foundation ( www.follettfoundation.org)
• The People-Centered Development Forum ( http://www.pcdf.org/)
• The Ragged Trouser Philosopher Forum ( http://www.fullmoon.nu/book/index.htm)
• The Simple Living Network ( http://www.simpleliving.net/default.asp?notfound=yes)
• The Virtues Project ( http://www.virtuesproject.com/)
• The Wisdom Page ( http://www.wisdompage.com)
• Third World Network ( www.twnside.org.sg)
• Tribe.net ( www.tribe.net)
• TrueTalk Network ( http://www.truetalk.net/)
• Utopian Philosophy ( http://users.erols.com/jonwill/)
• Walk Your Talk ( www.walkyourtalk.net/)
• Working for Change ( www.workingforchange.com)
• World Social Forum ( www.forumsocialmundial.org)
• ZNet ( www.zmag.org/ZNET/htm)