The Social Innovator Series is the culmination of a major two year collaboration between NESTA and The Young Foundation to develop a rich, practical resource for social innovators. It is a collection of publications and accompanying website that reveal the vast potential of a new social economy.
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This emerging economy can be seen in many fields, including the environment, care, education, welfare, food and energy. This 'social economy' goes beyond the state and the third sector, and includes social enterprises, co-operatives and social movements.
The Social Innovator Series surveys the methods used by innovators in this new social economy and presents a varied, vibrant picture of social innovation in practice. It features hundreds of examples, methods and tools from all over the world.
Though social innovation is a rapidly emerging practice, methods for developing this vital field remain relatively hidden. Having a better understanding of social innovation - the new ideas (products, services and models) that simultaneously meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations - is increasingly urgent as existing structures and policies struggle to make an impact on the most pressing issues of our time.
Download the books from the Social Innovator Series:
Visit the Social Innovator website: www.socialinnovator.info
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