Farm Forward is a nonprofit group advocating Americans to transform the way our nation eats and farms. They oppose the method of "factory farming" which began in the 1920's and is now prevalent in the meat, dairy, and egg industries. New farming technology has not been used positively and instead is promoting factory farming and destroying rural life.
Their website boasts their many accomplishments saying, "From years of innovative efforts to improve conditions on farms and in slaughterhouses worldwide, we have built a unique network of strong relationships with animal welfare experts, food retailers, nonprofit animal advocacy organizations, religious leaders, scholars, small farmers, and writers concerned about farmed animal welfare. This unprecedented network and our tight focus on rolling back factory farming allows us to enhance the effectiveness of existing organizations and implement comprehensive new strategies that are unavailable to other groups." Read more...
Thomas Friedman advocates for a bipartisan, revitalized definition of the term green. Read more...
Google is now allowing its users to create themes that showcase the change they are helping to create with an application called iGoogle for Causes.
You can choose to support organizations like Heifer International, Oxfam America, Ashoka, Doctors without Borders, Save the Children, charity:water, and Conservation International. Read more...
Ma'o Organic Farms is located on the island of O'ahu. They exist to help people who live in the Wai'anne region. Residents there have struggled due to scarce resources. Ma'o Organic Farms says the youth are struggling to achieve their socio-economic goals.
"The statistics suggest a bleak future for many native Hawaiian youth with the State’s highest rates of teen pregnancy, school suspensions, incidents of substance abuse, and juvenile arrests. In addition, Wai‘anae is recognized as the most food insecure region of Hawai‘ with native Hawaiians having the highest rates of preventable disease including diabetes, heart disease and some cancers." Read more...
Dan Burden, a nationally recognized authority on bicycle and pedestrian-friendly urban design, discusses some of the best communities being developed today - communities for people, not just cars. Read more...
There are many interesting conversations going on at www.themilkiswhite.com. Here are a few tidbits from the discussions going on there.
Have you ever thought about how much ink you waste? Think of your ink consumption on a daily basis...or the ink consumption of your office - just one office in one city in one country in the world.
SPRANQ creative communications was concerned about ink consumption and decided to be proactive. They created a new environmentally friendly font called "EcoFont". Read more...
After walking past street musicians outside subway stations and seeing the emotional impact they often have on even the most passive commuters, Mark Johnson decided to highlight this engaging form of music. Read more...
We Media and Ashoka have teamed up to present the We Media Changemakers $50,00 Challenge. The challenge is called, "The Power of Us," and aims to find and help launch the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology. The contest invites entries from all fields. There will be two categories, one for business ventures and one for non-profit ventures. The award will be up to $50,000 in seed funding. The contest is funded by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. Entries can be received until January 21, 2009. Read more...
You might carry a gym card, a video rental card, a subway card, a store-loyalty card. But a Taxi card? Unheard of.
What if instead of shelling out cash for every taxi ride, you were able to use a card, or to pay one flat rate for unlimited rides? Read more...
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