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Majora Carter’s Eco-Entrepreneurship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Majora realized that creating green projects and jobs empowers communities to see themselves in a different light, and that beautiful things happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being. Brainstorming what these jobs might look like was one of the highlights of our conversation.

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The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones: Help Me Spread the Word

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I'm helping Green for All get the word out about Van Jones ' new book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Two of Our Biggest Problems. In order for The Green Collar Economy to have the biggest impact, the best time for folks to buy the book is now , or any time before the Tuesday, October 7th on-sale date.

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Favorite Have Fun Do Good Books of 2009

Have Fun - Do Good

I also recommend listening to a podcast interview with Safran Foer on Vegan.com The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Van Jones was talking about "green jobs" way before it became a buzzword. I gotta say it. Don't listen Glenn Beck. Listen to Van Jones. Read the book.

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Senator Hillary Clinton at the Service Nation Summit!

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As the world becomes more complicated and problems more intractable, we are called to serve." Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Sen.Christopher Dodd (D-CT)) that she is a part of who will be pushing the Serve America Act of 2008. "We Senator Clinton talked about the bipartisan coalition of Senators (Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen.

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Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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I was busy starting my green communications consulting company, Aequus Green Communications , and working with clients to pay the bills and increase the portfolio. Six months later, and despite being delayed again by work, a new template for GBK, and eventually several additional green sites, is almost done.

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

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You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. Looking for a job can be a lonely, frustrating experience. I get a degree in X, I get a job in X), can be extra challenging. Sign up for it.

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Steve Bridger's slideshow " Charities and the Social Web: Does It Mean We Have to Change Our Jobs?

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