The Investors’ Circle 2008 Spring Conference & Venture Fair is a premier meeting place for angel investors, professional venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, and entrepreneurs who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable future.
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KarmaTube connects a global network of volunteers using simple digital video cameras. While the stories produced may be polished and professional or diamonds-in-the-rough, the crucial through-line is this: they celebrate the work of local change agents, demonstrating the ways "do something" moments can be "tipping point" experiences for individuals and communities. To complete the circle,
The Person-to-Person (P2P) lending marketplace is an exchange where outsiders are allowed to lend at market rates and anyone who passes the underwriting is allowed to borrow. This space has grown in part due to the tightening of the conventional credit markets. Forbes recently posted a fantastic overview in their Entrepreneur’s Guide to Person-To-Person Lending
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Ben Worthen of the Wall Street Journal recently wrote an interesting Blog Post on a study that says larger computer monitors can make you more productive. So yes, you should buy the gaming monitor you want, because now it kills two birds with one stone!
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The Aspen Institute and National Geographic magazine are pleased to announce that video and audio clips from the first-ever Aspen Environment Forum are now available online. A powerful, four-day gathering of more than 350 thought leaders that began on March 26, 2008, in Aspen, CO, the Aspen Environment Forum was designed to stimulate open-minded dialogue
For the past 35 years architect Michael Reynolds has been creating self-sustaining buildings from simple natural materials and the detritus of consumer society: tires, beer cans, glass and plastic bottles. Click here to see the trailer for "Garbage Warrior".
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." ~ Ronald Reagan
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“The Story of Stuff” is a 20-minute film, narrated by activist Annie Leonard, that examines the social, environmental and global costs of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. Her illustration of a culture driven by stuff allows her to isolate the moment in history where she says the trend of consumption mania began. The “Story
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In recognition of Financial Literacy Month in April, Capital One Financial Corporation offers consumers 10 helpful tips on managing their money. "Whether you are buying a home, saving for retirement or for your children’s education, or even to effectively manage the family budget, understanding the basics of personal finance is a critical skill," said Diana
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Since September 2007, Leonardo Academy has been promoting awareness of the development process of the Draft American National Standard for Trail Use for Sustainable Agriculture Practice, intended for subsequent approval as an American National Standard. National meetings have been held in Berkeley, California and Arlington, Virginia, in addition to three national teleconferences, to inform interested
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The Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy is a 501 (c)(3) organization devoted to educating the public about the need to guarantee our access to the affordable energy that drives our nation forward.
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Voters at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference have chosen VolunteerMatch.org, the Web service dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer, as "Best.org Web Site" in its annual People’s Choice Awards. Hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), the Nonprofit Technology Conference is one of the largest venues where mission-driven charities can learn
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ACCION Savings & Loan, a microfinance bank formed through a partnership between ACCION(R) International, a pioneer in microfinance program development, and ECOBANK, the leading pan-African bank, has received its license to begin microfinance operations in Ghana. EB-ACCION will open its doors today, April 1st, delivering microcredit, savings and micro-insurance products to the Ghanaian market, thus
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The Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship Program recently announced its 2008 Class of Henry Crown Fellows. The Henry Crown Fellowship is designed to engage the next generation of leaders in the challenge of community-spirited leadership. It brings together entrepreneurial young executives and professionals under age 45 who have already achieved conspicuous success in their chosen
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Let us know if you’d like to write a column or feature reflecting your experiences or opinions in the sustainable business world. The IE will pay $10 for 500-1000 words; $15 for 1000-1500 words; $20 for 1500+ words. Articles may not exceed 2,000 words. PHOTOS/ART: Send in digital format, 72 dpi, .GIF or .JPG format.-$1/photo.
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Today the Open Society Institute (OSI) is launching a new fellowship program to support outstanding idea entrepreneurs from around the world. The Open Society Fellowship will enable innovative professionals — including journalists, activists, scholars, and practitioners — to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within OSI.
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“I believe in a secular spirituality… A place of awareness where we can all experience the same truths… where we can feel love, compassion, creativity, inspiration and imagination and most importantly that we are all of the same Divine Spirit.” ~ Deepak Chopra
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Global Water Challenge (GWC) and Ashoka’s Changemakers invite everyone to join "Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis," an online competition to discover and support entrepreneurs with groundbreaking approaches to the world’s water and sanitation challenges. Also today, director of Oscar-winning films, Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Shekhar Kapur launches a blog
"Two voices are there: one is of the sea, One of the mountains,-each a mighty voice." ~ William Wordsworth
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For the second year in a row, the Citi Foundation is funding summer interns to work with 20 organizations across the country that help entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. Known as the "Citi Microenterprise Researchers Program," the interns will help collect data on clients, while also learning about the microenterprise development field, which supports budding
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To foster a dialogue on employing public policy to create jobs that lift working families out of poverty, Local 32BJ, together with the Community Service Society, the National Employment Law Project and NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, will bring together key government, academic, civic and labor leaders and policy makers for The Summit on
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In an unprecedented effort to provide market stability to both crop growers and livestock producers, Organic Valley Family of Farms is opening its membership to organic crop growers with the introduction of its Grower Pool. With more than 1,200 member farms, Organic Valley is America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and is one of the
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