Of all the things you use and have in your home, the last thing you have is time to see if every last item was produced in a socially responsible way. And since you can't expect pure honesty from...
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I just recently moved to North Carolina (yesterday), and happened upon a couple excellent publications. One of them is Indy, a free weekly publication that focuses on social activism and human rights...
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Imagine having a super smart search engine, where all you have to do is put in a broad topic and it will come up with everything and everyone important relating to that topic, and what they have done....
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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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(Pic) A rather large cleaning out of my e-mail today to end the week and year ... here are the headlines of some stories you may have missed. Google is looking for candidates to help drive their...
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For those looking for "green gifts" and environmentally conscious items for the holidays, check out E-Magazine's listing of holiday items, including candles, tea, fragrances, dog toys,...
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It's been a while since I did a Great Reads post, so what better time than the present. Here are some forthcoming books to look out for in the areas we cover ... maybe a gift for someone on...
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I'm not sure yet how or if I even can post YouTube videos up on this blog, but I'll be looking into it soon. In the meantime I just wanted to point people to a few that I've come across......
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Picture from Old Books) A roundup of books and resources for your Sunday. See back compilations in the Books and Resources section of Audeamus. From the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group...
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A book review of mine about Bjorn Lomborg's How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place is up at In The Fray: While Lomborg's instinct to create order of the chaos makes sense,...
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It's been a few weeks since I posted any reading resources, so here are a few new ones. *Social Funds takes a look at the book International Documents on Corporate Responsibility which documents...
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A simple resource run down for you today on microfinance case studies and other info: *Beware the pdf on this one as it comes out to 118 pages. From Catholic Relief Services comes Mergers in...
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(Picture from Microfinance Gateway) I've been trying to figure out how to use these microfinance links that I've been saving up, but haven't come up with an adequate solution. So instead...
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(From Census.gov) A few books and other items today. *At Kumarian Press, out this month is Development and the Private Sector by John Sayer. *David Richards at Defeating Global Poverty reviews White...
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(Picture from Yvonne Bynoe) First off this week is an annoucement of the "Agent of Change Award" established by activist and writer Yvonne Bynoe in association with Soft Skull Press. You can...
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(From Shama, Inc.) Here's an update on books and resources in the fields of social entrepreneurship and international development. Prior 'Great Reads' can be found here and here. If you...
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