Profits, with a conscience

Keshav pointed me to this article and gave a name to it all. Click right here.

Aurolab, India and Catalytic Health, SFO: Make lenses for cataract surgery for $4, compared to $100 in the US. Make opthalmic sutures for $30 per box, compared to $200 in the US. Make hearing aids for under $200, compared to $1500 in the US.

Waste Concern, Bangladesh: Power generation through biogases from garbage recyclying. The garbage is actually collected from the homes and streets by ragpickers - creates employment, cleans city, produces power and fertilizers. I will write more about this later.

Easy Being Green, Australia: Makes homes more environmentally friendly by reducing the gas consumption through solar energy, and collecting rainwater to raise the water table level.

The consistent theme is that even non-profit-organizations should think big.