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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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Fight hunger. Invest in women.

Prosperity Candle Yobo Member
March 2nd, 2012

Oxfam America and Prosperity Candle have teamed up to create the new Sisters on the Planet travel tin, a 3-wick candle that supports the Sisters on the Planet initiative with 10% of every purchase.

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May Boeve: Friendship to Carry Us Through Crisis

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

15 extraordinary people transforming the way we live: The worldwide climate-change movement started with the dreams of a few college friends.

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Using Conflict Resolution to Help Stop Global Warming

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
October 25th, 2011

Karuna Center Associate Eileen Babbitt and I recently co-facilitated the “Green Summit on Carbon Pricing,” a meeting of some 50 environmental leaders and advocates in the U.S. We were asked to apply our experience in conflict resolution to a new area: climate change solutions.

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Mexican Fisherwomen Organise Against Climate Change

IPS News
September 1st, 2011

Every night, Adlemi Marrufo goes out to catch bait crabs used to fish for octopus in this small seaside town and others along Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, as part of a women’s cooperative that is working to adapt to and fight climate change.

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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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Does the U.S. Have a Legal Responsibility to Stop Climate Change?

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
February 29th, 2012

Seven teenagers set a new precedent for environmental action in May 2011 by suing the federal government for not taking measures against climate change. They claim that the government’s policies regarding climate change are squandering natural resources.

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Over 35,000 Trees Planted As Caravan of Hope Sets Off

All Africa
November 15th, 2011

Residents of Kigali Sector in Nyarugenge District in Rwanda, together with representatives of various private and public institutions, Thursday planted over 35,000 trees.

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OneReef: A New Solution to the Age-Old Coral Reef Problem (Q&A)

Rare Conservation Yobo Member
October 6th, 2011

Hidden under the ocean’s surface, most of us do not realize that coral reefs represent one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. They are often referred to as the “rainforests of the oceans.”

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Lions, Tigers, and Bears – Sustainability Risk and What to Do About It

Taiga Company Blog Yobo Member
July 11th, 2011

Given two footpaths leading home (one riddled with lions, tigers and bears or another with butterflies, bunnies, and deer), which path would you choose?