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But For the Grace Of God Go Thee
Poverty, homelessness and food security affect many more people than most of us would believe: In 2009, 50 million Americans had difficulty securing adequate food for their families.
And, many of us are one step closer to these conditions than most of us would want to believe.
A new online “game” – SPENT -- shows how easily you and your family could slip into a financial crises … click here to see how close you may be.
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A Sustainable City in the Desert |
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"Promoters of Madsar, a city under construction near Abu Dhabi, says that it will be the world's first carbon-neutral city. It will be home to a research institute focused on renewable energy and sustainability, and eventually, if all goes as planned, to various clean-technology companies, and to a projected 45,000 residents and another 45,000 commuters."
Click here to see the full story.
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A new restaurant type gives many the chance to eat.
By: Stephanie Strom and Malcolm Gay
The New York Times
Pay-What-You-Want Has Patrons Perplexed
"The country's latest experiment in pay-what-you-want eating started last weekend when a cafe run by Panera Bread, one of the fastest growing chain restaurants in the country, began refusing payments from customers in this affluent St. Louis suburb and politely asked them instead to "take what you need, leave your fair share" on wood-and-plexiglass lockboxes.
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"In an age of childhood obesity and children tethered to electronic consoles, playgrounds have rarely been more important. In an age of constrained government budgets, playgrounds have rarely been a harder sell. Fortunately, the cost of play doesn’t have to be prohibitive. In creating the Imagination Playground in Lower Manhattan — a playground with lots of loose parts for children to create their own play spaces — we realized that many of the elements with the greatest value to children were inexpensive and portable.
Click here to read the full article.
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Good to Great and the Social Sectors |
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Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and the Social Sectors: Why Business Thinking is Not the Answer has a great site where you can view excerpts from his work.
Here's an excerpt from the reading:
"When you compare great companies with good ones, many widely practiced business norms turn out to correlate with mediocrity, not greatness. So, then, why would we want to import the practices of mediocrity into the social sectors?
I shared this perspective with a gathering of business CEOs, and offended nearly everyone in the room."
We encourage you to check out his website here.
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