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"The Money Issue: What Makes People Give?" Fund-raisers swear that gimmicks like matching grants, challenge grants and rewards increase donations. But do they? |
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"Why Does the Kyoto Protocol Matter?" Recently, the Bali Climate Talks generated a lot of media attention about global warming and the Kyoto Protocol. But amid the talk of technology transfer and carbon caps, it occurred to me that it's easy to get lost in the details. The basic premise of the Kyoto Protocol and its intended purpose are not always clear. So I asked my friend, Sikina Jinnah, a doctoral student in Environmental, Science, Policy, and Management focusing on International Environmental Politics at the University of California, Berkeley three simple questions:
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"Disposing Light Bulbs: A Green Answer" I recently discovered that every time I throw a light bulb into my garbage can, I am breaking the law. When I've tossed a blown bulb as if I were shooting a basket, I have always had residual guilt about where it went beyond the trashcan, but didn't know exactly how my shots might be affecting others and myself. My household basketball waste game profoundly affects the environment, not to mention the well-being of pregnant women and in turn, their newborn babies. The CDC reports that mercury passed from mother to fetus can create brain damage resulting in mental retardation, incoordination, blindness, seizures, and the inability to speak. Mercury poison can also affect a newborn's nervous and digestive systems. In 1997, the EPA listed mercury as number three on their list of hazardous substances... DivineCaroline.com s a website where changemakers like you can read and contribute stories, reviews, and forums. Please visit our vibrant community soon. |
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"Dress for Success Provides More Than a Business Suit" Putting on a new suit for your first interview can be exciting. Sometimes it's a revelation. At Dress For Success, a non-profit serving women in the U.S. and internationally, women help women put on a new suit-and build a career in the process. Dress for Success (DFS) clients come from a range of backgrounds; many come to DFS from welfare to work programs, domestic violence shelters, recovery programs, or programs for the formerly incarcerated. For Adrian, a single mother who once struggled with alcohol and drug addiction, she learned about DFS while staying at Phoenix House, one of DFS's partner agencies. By the time they come to DFS, women have already had some job training. Clients are required to have at least one interview lined up... DivineCaroline.com is a website where changemakers like you can read and contribute stories, reviews, and forums. Please visit our vibrant community soon. |
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"How to Volunteer" So you want to save the world? Sure, you're tackling your career with gusto. Squeezing out-of-town business trips between grocery runs, exercise, and paying the bills. And don't forget your desire for carefree moments-a night out with girlfriends, reading a ridiculously good book, or taking a long, drawn-out bath with candles and bubbles. Your desire to impact your community can seem like the icing on the cake, but it's the life-sweetener without which the end of your days, weeks, and months might taste a little too bland. And self-centered. And not infused with meaning. So how do you do it all? How do you find the philanthropy to fit your interests? Your time constraints? Your moods and dreams? Here are some tips for getting started... DivineCaroline.com is a website where changemakers like you can read and contribute stories, reviews, and forums. Please visit our vibrant community soon. |
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"LEED: Measuring the Sustainability of Buildings" I recently read an article in New York Magazine like nothing I've ever read in a newspaper or magazine: a comparison of the "green-ness" of various new construction projects in New York City. The article used a kind of green-o-meter to rate ten new residential projects throughout the city, comparing the features and attributes of each building. In a single page, the projects were summed up and stacked from most green to least. The writing was most interesting to me because it is one of the first frank comparisons that I have seen which not only discussed whether projects were "green" or not, but also challenged each one to be better than the others. It also negatively compared projects making only small gestures towards sustainability to those taking significant action. One of the measuring elements used in the building comparison was how well each project... DivineCaroline.com is a website where changemakers like you can read and contribute stories, reviews, and forums. Please visit our vibrant community soon. |
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"Making Lemonade: A Micro-Grant Program for Sierra Leone" Nancy Peddle lived next door to Sierra Leone's Minister of Defense, whose house was fired on for hours during the bloody coup of 1996. Peddle, who still lives in the country and runs a micro-grant program called the LemonAid Fund, writes in response to my questions while the electricity is running. Which, of course, is only part of the time. Ten years earlier, Peddle was evacuated from the country while others she'd gotten to know and love had to stay and endure the bloodshed. She tells a story of her friend, Frances, whose house was burned to the ground. She and her daughter were chased into the bush, where they hid for three days. Frances recalled this memory to Peddle while they watched a bootleg copy of... DivineCaroline.com is a website where changemakers like you can read and contribute stories, reviews, and forums. Please visit our vibrant community soon. |
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"Through You, I Am a Gem" Are philanthropic endeavors narcissistic? Selfless? Do the motivations even matter? When I pose these questions, I immediately think about the South African family who hosted my husband's stay in the Peace Corps. His family did not have much, but they shared their food, and even their dinner table, with anybody from the village who needed a meal. They did not think of their actions as selfless, because they adhere to "ubuntu," a term that means "I am a person through other people." In essence, philanthropic acts are not external, because we should see others as extensions of ourselves. Ask people who have given time or money about their experiences, and they almost always note the ways in which their experiences helping others made them, in turn, more fulfilled. Dr. Lisa Nastasi, a DivineCaroline columnist who co-developed the Mindfulness Program... DivineCaroline.com is a website where changemakers like you can read and contribute stories, reviews, and forums. Please visit our vibrant community soon. |
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"Target Green: Collaborating for Change" |
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"The Green Life Newsletter" |
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"A New Generation Reinvents Philanthropy" |
