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Jan 19, 2006

"Learn from the lowliest in the earth, in the birds, in the trees, in the grass, in the flowers, in the bees -- likewise listen to the birds, watch the blush of the rose, listen to the life rising in the tree." --Edgar Cayce

Honey Bee Network

Think of a honeybee: it collects its pollen from the flowers, but benefits them rather than improverishing them. Much in the same way, Anil Gupta -- a professor at Indian Institute of Management -- started the HoneyBee Network, a grassroot entrepreneurship program where ideas are produced by village entrepreneurs. Under Professor Gupta's inspiration, the network has captured thousands of inventions, ideas and applications of age-old folk wisdom in rural India.