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The Healing Touch Of The Wild

Positive News
April 12th, 2012

There is something therapeutic about spending time outdoors and practitioners of wilderness therapy place this at the very heart of their work.

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Help Us Win a Grant to Create Shareable 2.0

Shareable
March 23rd, 2012

Shareable is in the running for a $300,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to redo our site using an open design process.

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Women’s Work for Change Celebrated in Atlanta

AFSC Yobo Member
March 22nd, 2012

Atlanta hosted a powerful discussion in celebration of Women’s History Month, when AFSC staff gathered women activists for “A Woman’s Place: In Peace & Politics,” in conjunction with an exhibit by renowned photographer Jim Alexander.

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Let’s Get This Garden Started!

Our Daily Green Yobo Member
March 20th, 2012

One of the most instantly gratifying vegetables to grow is a radish. Radishes mature in about 3-4 weeks and can be planted throughout the gardening season.

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A World of Difference: Fair Trade in the Banana Industry

Equal Exchange Yobo Member
March 19th, 2012

This March, as part of Equal Exchange banana Month, we are featuring news from our farmer partners, producer profiles, and articles written by those retail partners who had the opportunity to accompany us on our visit to Peru.

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Negotiating Difficult Life Transitions

Ezine Articles
March 26th, 2012

Life is a process of beginnings and endings. In both life and nature, there are times when things move slowly and don’t seem to change very much. Then, suddenly, things change quickly. Moving from August to September, the weather changes gradually at first, and then it seems that suddenly summer is over. It is the same in our lives; transitions are as natural as the changing seasons.

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Announcing a New Partnership with Insight on Conflict

Ashoka Yobo Member
March 22nd, 2012

After 18 months of blogging at the intersection of peace and social innovation, and leading a field-wide initiative on this subject, Ashoka Peace is excited to announce a new partnership with Peace Direct and its Insight on Conflict initiative.

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Ripples of Peace in an Island Nation: Training the Trainers in Grenada

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
March 21st, 2012

Our group members are trying their best to address all of these forms of violence, and hopefully are planting new ideas and seeds of peace in their families, workplaces, church groups, police stations, and associations.

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Top-ranked Polo Players Hail from Philadelphia’s Inner City

CNN
March 20th, 2012

Tucked away in the heart of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, the stable has become an urban oasis for at-risk youth hailing from the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods.

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Of Carrots and Life

Earthfire Institute Yobo Member
March 19th, 2012

We shared our thoughts about when, if ever, does one euthanize an animal? He had worked on big ranches where the animals were generally put down rather than nursed, especially if they were no longer “useful.”

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