Social Venture Insitute alumnus Peter Ter Weeme recently wrote an article in the Vancouver Sun on doing business in India. Please read on for the article.

Our friends at Cleaning as Practice, founded by Social Venture Insitute Alumnus Tolulope Ilesanmi, invite organizational leaders to join them in a revolutionary opportunity to strip down to your humanity. Please read on or visit www.cleaningaspractice.com for details.

Social Venture Institute alum Aaron Smith, founder of GoVoluntouring, has been named in this year's Business in Vancouver Top 40 under 40. Congratulations Aaron!

Social Venture Institute alumni, Toby Barazzol of Eclipse Awards and Amy Robinson of Loco BC, were selected as 2013 BALLE Local Economy Fellows. Congratulations to Toby and Amy! The BALLE Local Economy Fellowship is the only fellowship dedicated solely to advancing the local economy movement. Their Fellows are at the forefront of rebuilding communities from the ground up through creative economic development strategies that enhance the staying power of locally owned businesses, by applying their passion for social change to business-oriented solutions, and through sustainable innovations in manufacturing, finance and food.

Social Venture Institute alumna Bridgitte Alomes, CEO of Play at Natural Pod, was recently featured in Vancouver Sun story about her journey toward becoming a social change entrepreneur. Read on for the article.

The New York Times DealBook recently published a very interesting article on mission-aligned investing. Please read on.

2011 Social venture Institute case study and Renewal2 investee Alter Eco was recently profiled in GOOD. Please read on for the article.

Longtime Social Venture Institute alumnus Mickey McLeod, CEO of Saltspring Coffee, was recently featured in The Tyee. Please read on for the article.

Ubiquitous in television ads that began 30 years ago, Chia Pets were called “the pottery that grows.” Mixing chia seeds and water on the outside of an animal-shaped terra-cotta figurine produces a plant resembling green hair almost overnight. Now, chia is having a second life as a nutritional “it” item. Whole and ground chia seeds are being added to fruit drinks, snack foods and cereals and sold on their own to be baked into cookies and sprinkled on yogurt. Grown primarily in Mexico and Bolivia, chia, like fish, is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, though of a different sort. It also has antioxidants, protein and fiber. Recognition of its nutritional value can be traced as far back as the Aztecs.

Please read on for GreenBiz's article about how Social Venture Network changed America. Carol Newell and Joel Solomon were recently inducted into Social Venture Network's Hall of Fame.