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Can There Be “Good” Corporations?

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
May 1st, 2012

When companies are owned by workers and the community—instead of Wall Street financiers—everything changes.

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Textile Recycling Added To Sustainability Festival In Amherst

Hampshire Gazette
April 26th, 2012

Even though people frequently use collection boxes to drop off used clothing for agencies that distribute and sell it, many of the items still end up in landfills and incinerators. The Recycling and Refuse Management Committee is trying to change that, and also help the Fisher Home Hospice Shop and the Amherst Survival Center’s free store, by sponsoring Amherst’s first textile collection at this year’s Sustainability Festival on April 21.

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A Former Chicago Meatpacking Plant Becomes a Self-Sustaining Vertical Farm

Good
April 24th, 2012

Had Willy Wonka had been fascinated by industrial ecology instead of cocoa beans, his factory may have looked something like The Plant, Chicago’s first entirely self-sustaining “vertical farm.”

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For Apple to Make a More Ethical iPhone, Garment Industry Offers a Fitting Example

The Jakarta Globe
April 20th, 2012

In the world of global manufacturing, it seems that multinational corporations are destined to take their turn in the sweatshop spotlight. Apple’s turn, merely the latest, has taken an unusual twist.

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Zimbabwe: Public Sector Has a Role in Environmental Sustainability

All Africa
April 9th, 2012

Over the past years, practical environmental sustainability response has been driven by the private sector. Active participation of both the private and the public sectors is crucial for national economic performance and welfare of the society.

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Birthing Justice: The Link to Humanity – Gift Economies

Other Worlds Yobo Member
May 1st, 2012

All of Coumba Toure’s work is aimed at keeping African values alive. As part of this, she is deeply involved in a women-led movement to keep the gift economy thriving. West African gifting is based on the interrelated values that all humanity is linked and that one’s well-being is only as strong as that of one’s neighbor. Pro?t and exchange are trumped by a commitment to care for community.

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Coming Together For Environmental Restoration In Haiti

Other Worlds Yobo Member
April 25th, 2012

In honor of Earth Day, we run an interview with Yves-André Wainright, who discusses ways that poor governance and the role of foreign donors have contributed to the country’s environmental catastrophe. He also lays out a blueprint for what could turn the situation around, effectively mobilizing both government and the population to begin restoring the environment.

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TheTreeGeek.com to Celebrate Online Grand Opening from Earth Day through Arbor Day

Virtual Strategy
April 23rd, 2012

In the hope it will lead to healthier trees and a better planet, the certified arborists and certifiable “tree geeks” who are the producers of a new tree care site, TheTreeGeek.com, have announced they are celebrating their new site’s official launch with a week-long grand opening event from Earth Day, Sunday April 22nd, to Saturday, April 28th – the day after Arbor Day.

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How Biking Benefits Everyone

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
April 12th, 2012

Just because someone doesn’t bike, doesn’t mean they can’t benefit from cities and towns making biking a priority.

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Good Profile – Zack Matere (Leo Pamoja)

Good Generation
April 5th, 2012

Good Profiles feature members of our Good Generation who are either out there in the field doing interesting work or still in the trenches of schools and institutions waiting to make their mark on the world.

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