If you need to stay focused this New Year, Melbourne, Australia is the right place to be to write those edgy resolutions. Why? Because Melbourne has been making some pretty eco-impressive resolutions of its own lately. Their fresh, innovative Melbourne Plan outlines their aim to be one of the most livable cities in the [...]
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I’m going to try to write this post in 350 words exactly as my own contribution to the International Day of Climate Action, approaching on October 24th. I’m giving you a 3-day heads up so that you can figure out your own action to save our planet.
Why now? Because NASA climatologist James Hansen and [...]
When people think of climate change they usually picture images like decrepit cattle factory farms, vast rain forest devastation and heartless big oil and coal companies. Sun Come Up, an inspiring documentary by entrepreneurial filmmakers Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger, presents a different perspective — a perspective that could be all too common in [...]
Today, we wanted to pay tribute to the absolutely amazing work that Kiva has done during the past 3+ years. Kiva, Swahili for unity or agreement was founded by Matt and Jessica Flannery in November 2005 and quickly became the world’ leading micro-lending website. During this short period of time, Kiva has literally changed [...]
While we may take clean water for granted, there are hundreds of millions of people around our world who are short of this basic necessity. In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22nd of each year as World Water Day.
The goal of World Water Day is to create awareness about the importance [...]
Twitter is here to stay. In the past few months site usage has increased dramatically, over 55% from January 2009 to February 2009. Users include Barrack Obama, CNN, and TechCrunch.
Twitter is a microblogging platform which connects users and allows them to share what they are doing- in 140 characters or less. The site empowers [...]
“Ashoka envisions a world where everyone is a change maker: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change.”
Since 1981, Ashoka has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship with a core belief that society’s [...]
Lift Kids is a Minnesota-based non-profit organization taking action on the plight of impoverished children via a philanthropic franchise model centered on what they call a Lift Kids Village. By partnering United States immigrants with local non-governmental organizations in host countries, they create sustainable village communities according to a model that can be replicated [...]
The mission of this non-profit association (One Laptop Per Child) is to develop a low-cost laptop – the “$100 Laptop”
