News : Reading and Writing
Haitian Students Celebrate New Opportunities
AFSC 
December 26th, 2011
After six months of hard work in an accelerated technical training program, youth supported by AFSC in Martissant, a Port-au-Prince community, celebrated their achievement in a graduation ceremony held in Petionville.
Read More
(+5 rating)
Loading ...A Divestment Christmas Carol
CSRwire
December 9th, 2011
On Saturday, December 3 at 11:00 AM, crowds gathered as members of Swarthmore Mountain Justice performed their own rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Read More (+8 rating) Loading ...Melon Update and My Projects in Uganda
Chrysalis School for Young Entrepreneurs
October 21st, 2011
My name is Oceng Morrish and I am 15 years old and the oldest student at the Chrysalis School for Young Social Entrepreneurs. I am in Senior 1. I am one of the members of the Butterfly Project and I live in a small village in Lamwo district of Uganda.
Read More (+5 rating) Loading ...What Will Matter
Josephson Institute
August 8th, 2011
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
(+8 rating) Loading ...7 Summer Reads to Live Green and Eco Your Summer
Taiga Company
June 24th, 2011
Now that summer 2011 is officially here, why not approach summer with a green mindset? This summer can be a great kick off or focal point for going green.
Read More (+4 rating) Loading ...New York City Public Schools Compete to Be the Greenest
Nation of Change
December 16th, 2011
Last Friday, Solar One and city officials announced the launch of a public school-wide competition that will award a total of $30,000 to schools that can achieve the most energy savings by next April.
Read More (+14 rating) Loading ...Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise of ‘Social Emotional Learning’
Dowser
November 1st, 2011
At a time of contentious debate over how to reform schools to make teachers more effective and students more successful, “social emotional learning” may be a key part of the solution.
Read More (+8 rating) Loading ...Empowering Youth in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
AFSC
August 10th, 2011
AFSC’s Youth Empowerment through Conflict Resolution Program works with school students, teachers, and organizations to promote peace and justice in Baltimore’s neighborhoods.
Read More (+7 rating) Loading ...Harry Potter Activism Group Works For Good Causes!
The Harry Potter Alliance
July 20th, 2011
The Harry Potter Alliance fights the Dark Arts in the real world by using parallels from Harry Potter. We work for human rights, equality, and a better world just as Harry and his friends did throughout the books.
Read More (+3 rating) Loading ...Giving on the Right-Side of the Brain: Beauty = Truth
The Whitman Institute Blog
June 15th, 2011
As a board member of a foundation with an unusual and explicit focus on process, I delight at the opportunities to put my right brain to use to engage in some right-brained philanthropy.
Read More (+3 rating) Loading ...What's Hot
Popular Posts
- Why Does Walking Barefoot…
- Study: 90 Percent Of Enda…
- EcoAlert: Harvesting the …
- 7 Summer Reads to Live Gr…
- Claire Lomas, Paralyzed W…
Recent Comments
- UK retail sales falter as Marks & Spencer misses targets | Competitions UK on Branson Launches Green Energy Prize
- Connecting Kids and Nature « this time – this space on Why Does Walking Barefoot on the Earth Make You Feel Better?
Archives
Dig Deeper
Environment
- Study: 90 Percent Of Endangered Species Recovering On Time
- What Makes A Gym Green?
- Branson Launches Green Energy Prize
Food & Health
- What Makes A Gym Green?
- Wounded Warrior Project Helps Veterans Relax In West Virginia
- Claire Lomas, Paralyzed Woman, Finishes London Marathon In Bionic Suit
Inspirational
- Study: 90 Percent Of Endangered Species Recovering On Time
- Wounded Warrior Project Helps Veterans Relax In West Virginia
- Claire Lomas, Paralyzed Woman, Finishes London Marathon In Bionic Suit
Peace
- Bold New World
- Wounded Warrior Project Helps Veterans Relax In West Virginia
- Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me—and My Tribe
Education
- Bold New World
- Florida Teen Starts ‘Giving Library’ for Homeless Kids
- Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me—and My Tribe
Science & Technology
Recommendations
Connect
![[Subscribe to RSS]](http://news.yourolivebranch.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/betterrssicon-e1275489633972.png "Subscribe to RSS"){kind=small}
Links
Connect / Join
Subscribe
Give feedback