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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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Climate Leadership From American Colleges and Universities

Huffington Post
April 30th, 2012

In 2007, a small group of visionary college and university presidents gathered to form the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Five years later they have achieved some remarkable results.

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Living Green: Smaller Farms Finding New Economic Foothold In Agriculture World

PJ Star
April 27th, 2012

For the Brockman family, agriculture is a sustainable way of life grown on smaller acres than the typical mass producer of corn and soybeans. The family plants hundreds of vegetables, fruits and herbs on the kind of farm that, 15 to 20 years ago, was about as common to find as a local community college student rushing off to operate a farm.

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Enhancing Indigenous Knowledge In Rice Terraces

Our World 2.0 Yobo Member
April 24th, 2012

Mountain rice terracing is practiced widely in parts of the Asia-Pacific. Rice terraces are deeply intertwined with indigenous cultures, traditional practices and the ecology of many mountainous areas.

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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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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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George Lakey: Nonviolent Warrior

Peace news
April 30th, 2012

Co-founder of the ground-breaking radical community, the Movement for a New Society, which laid the basis for many of the facilitation and decision-making systems in common activist use today, George Lakey has spent much of the last 40 years training people – 1,500 people on five continents.

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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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This Earth Month, Seventh Generation Empowers You to Make a Difference With a Live Like The Lorax Sweepstakes

CSR Wire Yobo Member
April 23rd, 2012

This Earth Month, the leading brand of green and eco-friendly household and personal care products, Seventh Generation, is inspiring people across the country to make a difference in their own communities through the Live Like The Lorax Sweepstakes.

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6 Reasons Organics Can Feed the World

Huffington Post
April 18th, 2012

Buying organic is a powerful change-making action, but it’s also a relatively easy one. You put the organic food in your cart, hand over the cash, and head home with a bag full of food you can feel good about. Defending your choice to support organic can sometimes be a little trickier.

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