 September 2008 On Newsstands Now   
in this issue:
A sucker for conspicuous consumption A UK-based activists main target is the consumer society. In pursuit of peace Rio de Paz organizes event to raise awareness to Brazil's violent crime problems that occurred more than a decade ago. A pretty picture A 14-year-old boy from Peru becomes an internationally acclaimed photographer. A different kind of sit-in A group in London is fighting back to save public street seating.  |
 
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 Request for help in creating a public utility district
The island that I live on is presently involved in seeking to create a public utility district (known by that cute acronym PUD). The conversation is morphing towards setting up our own energy generation through solar, wind, tide and geothermal methods. I would be interested in any feedback from people having gone through or in the same process. Read more... Tata train to educate India's future entrepreneurs
On December 24th, 400 Indian youth will leave Mumbai India on an adventure that will lead them through 13 Indian cities and over 8000 km. The students will travel throughout India to meet with business leaders and innovative social entrepreneurs in an effort to inspire a new vision for India's future. This journey, called the Tata Jagriti Yatra 2008, is sponsored by Tata Group, India’s renown, socially minded business conglomerate, and Jagriti Sewa Sansthan, an NGO based in India that promotes entrepreneurship. (Ode covered the Tata Group and social capitalism in the May 2008 issue.) Read more... Power to the people
I'd like to 'Float' this idea... The purpose of the project is to help reduce peoples dependency on mass produced unsustainable energy sources through the provision of locally sourced and produced solar/wind energy packs that could be fitted to existing houses. Read more... ZapRoot 053: Bush neuters Endangered Species ActThe Bush Administration endangers the Endangered Species Act, searching online becomes green & charitable with Good Search, and check out some new Green Gadgets. Read more... 2008 Maine literary festival on the environment
“For This Earth: Visions in Literature” is the theme of the Maine Literary Festival, to be held November 7 - 9, 2008, at the Camden Opera House. The Festival explores the roles of writing, poetry, nature, and science in shaping the way we treat the planet and live our lives. Professor Verlyn Klinkenborg is the 2008 E.B. and Katharine White Memorial Lecturer. University of Vermont Professor Emeritus of Biology Bernd Heinrich and Gourmet magazine Editor in Chief Ruth Reichl headline the Saturday and Sunday sessions, respectively. Read more... Follow the One Dollar Diet Project
More than 1 billion people live on $1 or less a day. Christopher Greenslate, M.Ed. graduate of the Institute for Humane Education (www.humaneeducation.org) and his partner Kerri -- both social studies teachers -- have embarked on a project to each eat on a food budget of $1/day. As they say in their first post: "When we first started talking about doing this, we didn’t really have an agenda, or any developed sense of why we wanted to do it. It just seemed like an interesting challenge; one that would force us to see things differently. Read more... |
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