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TEDx42ndStreet - Alastair Ong - Lessons in Happiness from a 40 Year Old Social Entrepreneur

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2011 · Howto & Style

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Alastair Ong, CEO/Co-Founder, GreenSoul Shoes

Alastair, trained as an attorney, is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of GreenSoul Shoes, a social enterprise whose mission it is to shoe underprivileged children around the world in an eco-beneficial way. They do this by working with local artisans and manufacturers in developing nations to produce 100% recycled sandals and for each one sold, he donates one back to the community that made them.  His goal is to shoe 1 million children in five years.

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