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The bad Bush years are behind us, and the golden era of Obama is underway. You cast your vote - great! - but it's not enough. It's time to think smart, stay involved, get active. Together we can overcome the problems of the world.

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ZIMKIDS: Feed Zimbabwean Orphans, Body and Soul - GlobalGiving

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ZimKids is all that stands between 160 orphans and starvation. Food baskets from Botswana are delivered to the orphans and their caretaker families each month. The donations are generated primarily through the USA sales of hand made dolls created by the children. With more donations, more children can be brought into the program.
While the emphasis is on the living, there was also the sad story of a child who died of AIDS-- the sale of his dolls paid for his funeral.
This is a fantastic organization - I've been aware of it for several years.
Now they are listed on globalgiving.com and need to raise $4000 from 50 donors. Won't you donate $10 or more today? You could change a life.

Updated Aug 20, 2009

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Idea: Launch Community Supported Energy (CSE) - Ideablob: where ideas grow

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Please vote for this idea on ideablob.com. It will put low-income people to work, and help end dependence on fossil fuels.
You have to register, receive a confirmation email, then follow the link - all to ensure a fair voting process. -- only a few minutes of your time.

Updated Aug 20, 2009

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Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail

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This is the most brilliant book I've read in a long time. If you're looking for a career, consider designing for "the other 90%". The author views poor people as potential customers and has lifted 13 million families out of dollar a day poverty by offering them affordable innovations.

Updated Aug 10, 2009

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Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century

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Did you know that John D. Rockefeller was behind Prohibition? Did you know that all cars and farm implements used to run on alcohol? Did you know you're still being fed lies about ethanol? These step-by-step instructions can help anyone build an ethanol plant (from a few hundred gallons to a hundred million gallons per year) or convert your car into an alternative fuel vehicle. The history of alcohol. Which plants are best to grow. For true self-sufficiency.

Updated Dec 20, 2008

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Cluster**** Nation

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Every Monday, James Howard Kunstler, the author of The Long Emergency, adds to his blog about the imminent demise of the U.S. as we know it. It's a good idea to keep an eye on the extreme Peak Oil rants, because they're probably right... but the future isn't set in stone, either. Kunstler prophesies the end of the "happy motoring society," and who knows -- maybe it will be a good thing. Or maybe we can put our collective heads together, and come up with a new world that's totally unexpected.

Updated Jun 11, 2009

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Zipcar

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The new trend - ditch car ownership, live in a small city that has mass transit, and join a car rental club like Zipcar for those occasions when you must have a car.

Updated Nov 1, 2008

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Green Drinks International

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Socialize with greenies in 470 cities worldwide. Find your city on their site.

"Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network."

Updated Jan 28, 2009

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The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich: Timothy Ferris

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Imagine outsourcing the more boring parts of your job to someone in Bangalore, India. The author tells you how to open up your mind to possibilities so that you have more time for real life. And what I really like about him is how it's not about materialism, but more about travel, and volunteering, and making a difference. Start living your life to its fullest now.

Updated Jun 10, 2009

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Buckypaper Could Replace Steel | EcoGeek - Clean Technology

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Stay up to date on the latest innovations by subscribing to EcoGeek emails.

Updated Oct 31, 2008

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What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

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In spite of the serious subject of this doc, I found myself laughing out loud at the hilarious old film clips the director chose to illustrate his ideas. Some of his words are so inspiring, I wrote them down:
"Will we be lovingly remembered in the songs of our descendants as they recount the story of this lost and very wounded tribe that stepped back from the abyss and found its way home to the community of living souls?"

Updated Aug 12, 2009

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