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    CouchSurfing Becomes a Benefit Corporation
    September 8, 2011, 2 Comments

    After four years of unsuccessfully petitioning for 501c3 non-profit status, co-founder and CEO, Casey Fenton, has announced that the popular online traveler’s community, CouchSurfing, will move to embrace the B [...]

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    Two Must-See Sex Trafficking Specials
    June 27, 2011, No comments

    This month marks the premiere of two very important sex-trafficking documentaries, an issue that consistently struggles to remain in the spotlight. On Sunday, CNN’s Freedom Project aired the special “Nepal’s [...]

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    The Ethical Shopper’s Creed
    June 21, 2011, No comments

    The ethical shopper is one who thinks about the social impact of the products they buy. They consider the environmental, social and economic consequences of the products, processes and brands [...]

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    IDEX Fellowship India
    June 3, 2011, No comments

    Start Some Good is a social venture that connects social entrepreneurs with the financial and intellectual capital they need to transform an idea for improving the world into a reality. [...]

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    The Disengagement Factor
    April 20, 2011, 1 Comment

    I’ve been thinking a lot lately about who I was in college and who I am now, mostly in relation to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and where I stand on [...]