Global ‘Social Enterprise’ Gardening
I have always thought of gardening as a social enterprise. It aims to improve the immediate environment around where we live and usually manages to generate co-operation between individuals and/or an income if run as a business.
As an UnLtd Level 1 Award winner, I feel passionately that this is the way forward out of the economic fiasco we find ourselves in. http://www.unltd.org.uk. All over the world, this concept is developing as a viable alternative for business and this week it is being highlighted by Global Social Enterprise Week. http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk/ .
By co-incidence, tomorrow I head off to India to experience what social enterprise means in this rapidly developing country which boasts more millionaires per head of population than any other place. I will be travelling to Kolkata and Hydrabad with a group of social entrepreneurs to experience first hand the grass roots work that UnLtd India is doing to help individuals realise their dreams to create a better life for themselves. Between 4/5 December we will be taking part in a global conference on Social Enterprise in Chennai. http://www.unltdindia.org/. Do check out the blog we will be writing as a group over the next 2 weeks at http://indialearningjourneynovember2008.blogspot.com/
Its a very exciting adventure and I feel sure that it will inspire me to take my own social enterprise, Global Gardening, to a different level and find out more about more how climate change is affecting gardens and plants in India.
Filed in Climate Change, Indian Climate Change 2 Comments so far
Rick Rosenshein on 22 Nov 2008 at 1:10 am #
Great blog, beautiful photos and articles. Very informative. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work. Rick
Sue (Catmint) on 21 Dec 2008 at 9:35 am #
Dear TGG, I find this very inspiring, and so-o-o important for maintaining optimism in what can seem like a very bleak global situation. Thanks for the info - I will follow the blog with interest. CM.