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Eco Friendly Brands, Holden And Heart Coffee, Team Up For Good Brew

Transworld Snowboarding   
February 3rd, 2012

Eco Friendly Brands, Holden And Heart Coffee, Team Up For Good Brew

Holden has always been an environmentally conscious brand and is proud to be offering Heart X Heart coffee in the first biodegradable, one-way valve coffee bags available in the Pacific Northwest.

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Indian villagers’ lives transformed by new energy delivery system

Our World 2.0   
January 30th, 2012

Indian villagers’ lives transformed by new energy delivery system

It is here in Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s largest and poorest states, far away from the country’s straining power grid, that US-born entrepreneurs Nikhil Jaisinghani and Brian Shaad have started to pioneer a wholly different energy system, designed to meet some of the most basic needs of the poorest.

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Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

Echoing Green    Yobo Member
January 26th, 2012

Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

How do I know if a business is the right way to make the difference to the area I want to explore? I’d say let it grow organically.

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Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

Yobo    Yobo Staff
January 24th, 2012

Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

We have all been told that a picture is worth a thousand words, but graduates of Peace In Focus’ Grassroots Peace Photojournalism program know that some pictures are worth much more than that.

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Empowering for the Future

AFSC    Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

Empowering for the Future

Our future is only as strong as the young people we have invested in as a community. Miafere “Mia” Jones is a young woman doing just that in Baltimore City, not just investing in our youth, but also offering herself as a resource to those in need of guidance.

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The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected

The Solutions Journal   
January 31st, 2012

The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected

The netway system promises to reverse centuries of environmental degradation by road systems and humans.

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Public Administration and the Impact Economy

Public Administration   
January 30th, 2012

Public Administration and the Impact Economy

In America today and around the world there is an increased reliance upon innovation to kick-start the economy and address social needs. Enter the ‘impact economy’ and the revitalized public administrator to take center stage in social innovation.

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Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding    Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

I recently returned from two weeks in the Sri Lankan city of Trincomalee, where we had earlier launched our year-long reconciliation program with a series of workshops within Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and Hindu religious communities.

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Info Session on NEW Science and Sustainability Expo in Greenfield

Greening Greenfield    Yobo Member
January 23rd, 2012

Info Session on NEW Science and Sustainability Expo in Greenfield

Editor’s Note:  From time to time we feature a particular event like this one in Greenfield, MA, USA Jan. 26, 4:00 – 5:30pm for  4th to 12th Grade Educators GREENFIELD, MA – This spring there will be a NEW Western MA Science and Sustainability Expo in Greenfield offering opportunities for 4th- 12th grade youth and [...]

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Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters: The CESMACH Story Retold

Equal Exchange    Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters:  The CESMACH Story Retold

This article exemplifies the difference between Authentic Fair Trade and a corporate-centered imitation of Fair Trade. The former focuses on small farmer co-operatives and a belief that Fair Trade’s mission is to support the development model of organized farmers.

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