In Focus: Social Entrepreneurs 

Picture retrieved from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dragons-den-to-feature-hope-blooms-entrepreneurs-1.2424764

The inspiring story of young social entrepreneurs brought the dragons at CBCs Dragon’s Den to tears as they described how they converted wasteland into a farm to produce organic salad dressing:

“We’re social entrepreneurs. With a small portion of our profits, we use [that] to buy seeds and our tools and teach community members … how to grow,” said one of the young entrepreneurs.”

Their story humbled me as they showed me that regardless of age and financial status, there are always ways out there to contribute to society and still earn some money for yourself. If kids at this age are already feeling the urge to go out there and do something for the environment and society, it is rather shameful that many adults, who are the role models of children, are not making efforts to give back to society.

A report by the huffington post shows that Canada trails many “other countries in taking full advantage of this burgeoning, win-win movement that merges smart business sense and the pursuit of a better world”. This is good news and I think we’re really just scratching the surface of social enterprise. There is so much potential in this field and it is certainly becoming a trend for many businesses to move in this direction. I do hope businesses out there see the merits of giving back to society as life is really more than just making money and spending it.

References:
The article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dragons-den-to-feature-hope-blooms-entrepreneurs-1.2424764

Report from huffington post: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/craig-and-marc-kielburger/canada-social-entrepreurship_b_3141402.html

Hope Bloom Video: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Community/Canada/NS/ID/2314100864/