So the G-8 is coming up soon, and there's a bit of concern over the lack of pro-capitalism picketers. It's no wonder either, given the U.S. standing on the whole global warming issue. Bush...
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by Miche on May 30, 2007
There's a lot to watch out for when you're checking out a corporation. It's not just their green practices, budgeting, or volunteer work. Remember Enron? Tyson? MCI? Martha Stewart? Yeah,...
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This is pretty neat - Vodafone is really trying to provide a service to developing countries. Not only are they offering handsets at super cheap prices, but the users can do really useful stuff - like...
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by Miche on May 26, 2007
A teaspoon of sugar may help the medicine go down, but Mary Poppins will find herself in a load of trouble if the U.S. FDA gets their newest bill passed. They want to make it so that anything you...
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by Miche on May 25, 2007
I have already mentioned there's a problem with corporate transparency on the matter of organic food - and apparently there are zero regulations on natural personal care products. I hadn't...
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Remember that post on the AIDS pandemic in Africa - it looks like there just might be a solution on the way! It would take a massive effort, and that is exactly what PBS's Enterprising Ideas is...
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The World Bank has a problem - capitalism. So much so, the World Bank is being called a failed model. The trail of travesty is so vast, rumors of Tony Blair taking charge, with his "reverse Midas...
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by Miche on May 21, 2007
You need to read this today, because if you have anything to say about it, today is your last chance. They only gave the public a 7-day review process, and this only crossed my desk about 10 hours...
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Modern day agriculture in developed countries is really flourishing - but only because the small farms are being oppressed and put out of business. Nowadays it seems farmers can only get along if they...
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by Miche on May 18, 2007
Forget "Don't Ask" - the US government is adopting a policy of flat out "Don't Tell." Or at the very least the military is - but if the military can do this, how can we...
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by Miche on May 17, 2007
Isn't it amazing how doing one thing right can be so gosh derned beneficial to everyone? The new trendy thing for corporations to participate in is volunteer work. Of course corporations would...
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Apparently not-for-profit organizations are popping up all over the place - so many, in fact, that philanthropists are having a hard time keeping up. So these non-profits are starting to seek out ways...
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by Miche on May 13, 2007
Jim Talent and Arianna Huffington on the FH NCL Corporate Social Responsibility Panel. Photo courtesy of Fleishman-Hillard, rights reserved. A few days ago I was contacted by Rachelle Lacroix at...
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Amidst the famine, water shortages, and other huge socio-economical problems in Africa, there is yet another monster rampaging through the continent. Countless thousands have died. Thousands of whole...
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by Miche on May 11, 2007
It would appear that higher education is gradually losing sight of their social bottom line, seeking instead to increase their financial profits. Financial aid advisors at certain colleges and...
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by Miche on May 10, 2007
Do you like where you work? What you do? ...Why not? I've mentioned before at LoanShak that I stopped working in the mortgage industry because it didn't agree with my ethics. I hated my job -...
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by Miche on May 09, 2007
Some cities in the U.S. are taking big moves to make moving around greener. In LA County California, MyGo Pasadena is giving $500 rebates on electric bikes. For those of you in flat areas, bicycling...
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You wouldn't take food from any random stranger, would you? Of course not, that's what the grocery store is for. After all, the food there is regulated and checked ...right? Technically yes,...
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by Miche on May 07, 2007
In reality, nearly every chemical that touches the skin finds its way into the body and into the bloodstream. It certainly may do so in small quantities, but fact is families don't use fabric...
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by Miche on May 06, 2007
If you're looking for a way to fund your next big idea, but have been coming up dry so far, you might want to look into social lending networks. Prosper.com publicly launched just over a year ago,...
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As reported by Reuters, by 2025 about one third of the world's population will be scraping for water, according to The United Nations Human Development Report for 2006 [pdf]. I read the report...
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I keep running into the same problem - where are all the real, unbiased, credible facts? Between the press being censored by the government, and so-called news on the television being flooded with...
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Here we have a debate on who to believe. On one hand, we have Media Matters, a not for profit "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and...
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