Fixing the Planet: An Overview for Optimists and Activists - Softcover

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Michael Norton is a social entrepreneur who creates projectsthat provide innovative approaches to solving problems in society and theworld. His smallest project – developing a self-help group for homeless people– was founded with a £2,000 innovation grant from Crisis in 1995. This startedwith a Wednesday afternoon club for homeless people to work together onprojects that were important to them. This led to the creation of Groundswell,a national federation of homeless self-help groups. His largest project was thecreation of UnLtd, the UK foundation for social entrepreneurs, which was set upwith a £100 million legacy fund from the UK lottery, which makes awards toindividuals with ideas. He has created street children’s banks and villagelibraries in Asia, helped develop an international network of crisis helplinesfor children in need, developed projects which promote financial literacy foryoung people, mental wellbeing of adolescents, collecting and cooking surplusfood, environmental awareness and action, community engagement and philanthropyfor young people and much more. He is a professor at the China GlobalPhilanthropy Institute in Shenzhen, winner of the 2014 UK Charity Award forlifetime achievement and was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to thevoluntary sector. His books include 365 Ways to Change the World, offering small ideas everyday to encourage people to address many of the world’s big issues, The Everyday Activist and Click2Change.