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January 10, 2007 05:37 PM EST
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OneWorld's People of 2006 have been announced!
The eight finalists were chosen from nominations made
by OneWorlders across the globe and represent some
of the most inspiring and innovative . . .
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January 09, 2007 04:12 PM EST
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We invite everyone to participate in a live online chat with one of the finalists for OneWorld's People of 2006, Al Santoli, founder and president of Asia America Initiative, on Thurs., Jan. 18 . . .
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December 22, 2006 01:31 PM EST
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The richest 2 percent of adults in the world own more than half the world's wealth, according to a new study released by the Helsinki-based World Institute for Development Economics Research of the . . .
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December 13, 2006 04:02 PM EST
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Who do you think should be OneWorld's "Person of 2006"? Maybe it's someone who was working at the grassroots to bring change to their community or their country. Maybe someone working . . .
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December 04, 2006 11:24 AM EST
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In conjunction with Perspectives E-zine Farm to Table, we invite everyone to participate in a live online chat with Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher at Worldwatch Institute on Tuesday, December 5, 2-3 . . .
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December 03, 2006 10:11 PM EST
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Microfinance at Gather
Microfinance at Wikipedia
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we drove the family from Minnesota to Missouri to visit both sets of (grand)parents. At Thanksgiving dinner, a . . .
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October 29, 2006 03:46 PM EST
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Green Weddings: a Big "I Do" for the Planet!
White dresses, cakes, bells, rice, flowers, friends and family, gifts and (siiiiiiigh...) true love! Weddings can take quite a toll on your checkbook . . .
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September 17, 2006 11:11 PM EDT
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Terrain: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments has just published my article on Storytelling and Social Entrepreneurs in their latest issue, No. 19: The Music of It All.
In "Telling . . .
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August 29, 2006 07:18 AM EDT
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One Year After Hurricane Katrina
Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems are recovering, but much still needs to be done
In the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated coastal areas across the Gulf of Mexico, . . .
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August 18, 2006 12:07 PM EDT
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In the summer issue of OnEarth, NRDC's quarterly magazine, there's a great short essay on the subject of the words "environmentalist," "environmentalism," and the "environment." . . .
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July 05, 2006 11:45 PM EDT
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Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, the leading organization investing in social entrepreneurs, has recognized a conundrum. On the one hand the citizen sector has been growing at a rate of two and . . .
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June 30, 2006 11:49 PM EDT
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I've just created a Squidoo lens called Changemakers. It is designed to be a resource to social entrepreneurs, their fans, and for those seeking to apply business principles and acumen to making social . . .
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June 25, 2006 04:58 PM EDT
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When it comes to shopping I'm a mercenary. I am a woman and I love to shop – I am a connoisseur of stuff. Make all the gender based assumptions you want. I approach shopping . . .
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June 26, 2006 12:19 AM EDT
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Diverting from the path of definitions a bit, I want to muse on what I see as the trouble with microfinance.
In short, it's the same trouble I'm having these days with NGOs (non-governmental organizations) . . .
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June 24, 2006 08:47 AM EDT
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Communicate.
Come unique eat.
Under stand slow.
Over stand ride
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Others we need meet...
Aways risk be meat.
Building in mirror of others
Attack himage
Mammals we are.
Mammal...Angels.. . . .
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June 21, 2006 12:10 AM EDT
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More definitions. Microfinance is "one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty," according to Jonathan Morduch, chair of the UN Expert Group on Poverty . . .
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June 19, 2006 10:05 PM EDT
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Those of you who have read my blog, The Green Skeptic know that I have been searching for and sharing stories of people, organizations, companies, methods, and models for profound social change. You may . . .
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