Longtime Social Venture Institute alumnus Mickey McLeod, CEO of Saltspring Coffee, was recently featured in The Tyee. Please read on for the article.

Ubiquitous in television ads that began 30 years ago, Chia Pets were called “the pottery that grows.” Mixing chia seeds and water on the outside of an animal-shaped terra-cotta figurine produces a plant resembling green hair almost overnight. Now, chia is having a second life as a nutritional “it” item. Whole and ground chia seeds are being added to fruit drinks, snack foods and cereals and sold on their own to be baked into cookies and sprinkled on yogurt. Grown primarily in Mexico and Bolivia, chia, like fish, is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, though of a different sort. It also has antioxidants, protein and fiber. Recognition of its nutritional value can be traced as far back as the Aztecs.

Please read on for GreenBiz's article about how Social Venture Network changed America. Carol Newell and Joel Solomon were recently inducted into Social Venture Network's Hall of Fame.

On November 13, 2012, Renewal Partners founders Carol Newell and Joel Solomon were inducted into Social Venture Network's Hall of Fame. Please read on to hear what the Vancouver Sun had to say.

In mid-September, 140 business leaders and social entrepreneurs gathered on Cortes Island to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers during the 17th Annual Social Venture Institute (SVI) at Hollyhock. Here is what this year’s participants had to say about it.

On October 21, TEDx Vancouver brought together 2,300 people for a day of ideas worth spreading. The Social Venture Institute community was well-represented, with SVI 2012 participants Joel Solomon, John Izzo and Mark Brand each taking the stage to deliver the talks of their lives. Please read on to hear what Vancouver is Awesome had to say about the event.

The Real Estate Institute of BC and the Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative are pleased to announce a research project to benchmark the real estate rates, terms and conditions in which the social purpose/not-for-profit/cultural sector functions in Metro Vancouver. 

Alexandra Staseson's recent article in The Province highlights how Hollyhock, Canada's Lifelong Learning Centre on Cortes Island B.C., can restore body, mind and soul.

Article written by Camille Jensen, Axiom News. Kate Storey has seen both sides of the financial spectrum having worked at a large Canadian investment bank, and now joining Renewal2, which invests in businesses at the forefront of social and environmental innovation. We caught up with Kate, who was attending Social Venture Institute (SVI) Hollyhock, to hear more about what she’s seeing in impact investing, and what she’s learning from a gathering of 140 social entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship@UBC will be offering several interesting workshops this fall. Please read on for information.