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Yoga Without Borders To Host First Take Action Summit

Healthzone.ca
February 1st, 2012

Forget the yoga mat. For a group of Toronto yogis, what’s important is taking the message out of the studio and changing the world.

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Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

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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Empowering for the Future

AFSC Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

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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You All Make the Impossible Possible

Ashoka Yobo Member
January 13th, 2012

I started working at Ashoka 10 years ago – incredible, isn’t it?! And the most important thing these last 10 years is meeting so many special and wonderful people like each of you.

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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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Lily Yeh: Beauty in Broken Places

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
January 31st, 2012

Using art to bring about healing, self-empowerment, and social change.

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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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Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters: The CESMACH Story Retold

Equal Exchange Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

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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The Seventh Responsible Sourcing Summit: Refocusing the Lens on Human Rights

CSRWire Yobo Member
January 12th, 2012

Be on hand at the Seventh Annual Responsible Sourcing Summit: Refocusing the Lens on Human Rights, to be held in Los Angeles, February 9, 2012.

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The News Is Getting Better All The Time

Ode Magazine Yobo Member
January 9th, 2012

The Melbourne Age reports this week that, despite the European debt crisis, faltering Chinese economic growth and uncertainty in North Korea and the Arab world, there are lots of reasons to be optimistic about 2012.

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