“What we’re doing is all about transforming the very concept of poverty among the poor themselves”

Muhammad Yunus, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2006 and co-founder of Grammeen bank

“They [social entrepreneurs] are rebelling against the idea that the problems that surround us are so big that ordinary men and women can’t make a difference,”

said Jeff Skoll, co-founder of eBay and the moneybags behind the Skoll Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.

MEET THE PRINCIPAL VOICES:

http://www.principalvoices.com/

Principal Voices gathers together a series of the world’s foremost thinkers in their respective areas. For 2007 this is in social entrepreneurship, technology and innovation, and alternative energy.

Principal Voices is a project aimed at stimulating discussion on some of the major challenges facing our world today. In 2006 we explored environmentalism, urbanization, economic development and collaborative corporation with views from renowned experts, and just as importantly, your own comments.

Again in 2007 TIME, FORTUNE and CNN, in association with Shell, will be bringing together a group of globally-renowned experts – Principal Voices – in a series of videos, articles and round-table discussions.

Social Entrepreneurs:

Kailash Satyarthi is India’s foremost leader in abolishing bonded labor.

Rick Aubry is one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. For over 21 years he has lead Rubicon Programs, a social enterprise in the San Francisco Bay Area that helps people

Technology and Innovation:

Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.

Jimmy Wales is the revolutionary luminary who founded Wikipedia in 2001

Alternative Energy:

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is an award- winning journalist for The Economist and environmental commentator.

Jeremy Leggett has been described by Time Magazine as “one of the key players in putting the climate issue on the world agenda.” An award-winning scientist and oil-industry consultant…

More info:

http://principalvoices.com/index.2005.html

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Muhammad Yunus, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2006 and co-founder of Grammeen bank