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Chadwick Stokes Combines Music, Activism

Hermosa Beach Patch
February 27th, 2012

The story behind one of Chadwick Stoke’s favorite songs to perform, “All My Possessions,” remains just one example of his ongoing efforts to create not only music, but also social change.

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Carlsbad: Pair Plans To Paddle From San Francisco To Coronado

NC Times
February 16th, 2012

Walking Eagle and Warner, both of Carlsbad, are gearing up to paddleboard nearly 500 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to the San Diego-Coronado Bridge in an effort to raise awareness for Charity: Water, a global nonprofit that raises money to install wells in underdeveloped parts of the world.

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One Family, Six Continents, Twelve Good Deeds

Parade Magazine
February 8th, 2012

The Lewis family’s journey began with a single question. One day in the fall of 2010, Jackson asked his dad, “Why aren’t we doing more to make a difference?”

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Indian villagers’ lives transformed by new energy delivery system

Our World 2.0
January 30th, 2012

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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Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

Yobo Yobo Staff
January 24th, 2012

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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Turning Art Into Activism

New York Times Blogs
February 21st, 2012

Leslie Thomas, an architect turned activist, is the founder of Art Works Projects, which uses photography to raise awareness of human rights concerns and spur action.

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Women As Peacemakers – Activists Share Success Stories At Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard Gazette
February 14th, 2012

When three women, including Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, an alumna of Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), received the Nobel Peace Prize in October, it was more than just a testament to their work. The prize was also a clear signal to the many unheralded women around the world that their peace building efforts were not only noble but necessary.

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Making the World a Better Place, One Awesome Idea At a Time

Yobo Yobo Staff
February 7th, 2012

If you were given $1000 dollars to create something awesome, what would it be? A giant hammock? A remote control boat that cleans pollution from water using plants? A mushroom farm made from recycled phone books? One organization is proposing that very question and turning these once hypothetical ideas into a reality.

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Three creative ways people are bringing hope and healing to Sendai

Ode Magazine Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

Even though the initial intensity of the March 11 disaster has subsided, many people still feel a deep tugging to help Japanese disaster victims. Since that subtle pull is strong and persistent, people are finding very creative ways to bring hope and healing to this part of the world.

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Ecosystem Services in Support of a Greener Revolution in Africa

New Agriculturist
January 11th, 2012

In particular, the research team wanted to test the hypothesis that a diversified system would offer improved ecosystem services, and that these would contribute to enhanced food security among a broad base of Malawi’s rural poor.

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