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Documentaries on social communication for sustainable innovations and development

Documentaries on social communication plays a significant role to propagate the message of sustainable innovations which leads to sustainable development. Potka Developmental Block consisting of 20…

Tagged: sustainable innovations, ramgarh, jharkhand, west bengal, puruliya

Started by SUSANTA BISWAS in Uncategorized May. 16, 2009.

David Beans

Who Inspires you? 1 Reply

I took a couple of days off this past week to do some early spring cleaning. As I was going through my closet, I found a book written by Horace Carter, and the book was inscribed to me by Horace la…

Started by David Beans in Sample Title. Last reply by Darkwinter Mar. 15, 2009.

Bridget Kathleen Burns

Do you want to be a leader in a sustainable world? - LEAD Europe 2009 Programme 1 Reply

Dear Colleagues, Following a successful debut in Brussels, LEAD Europe is inviting applications for our ‘Leadership for Sustainable Development’ Programme 2009. I have attached a flyer, a 2009 Appl…

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Volunteer Voices

El Grillo Y El Mar

El Grillo Y El Mar is a folk tale told to Coverdell World Wise Schools by Monica Fitzgerald who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 1986 to 1988. Today's podcast is read in Spanish by Michael Garcia, who also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 2003 to 2005.

Des Ailes a Ses Pieds

Des Ailes a Ses Pieds is a folk tale told to Coverdell World Wise Schools by Adam Price who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Haiti from 1996 to 1998. Today's podcast was translated and read in French by Tim Quinn.

I Had a Hero

Mike Tidwell served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the chiefdom of Kalambayi, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), as an agriculture extension agent.

Declaration (of a Kgomotso Girl)

Peace Corps Volunteer Katie Pepiot served in South Africa as an elementary education Peace Corps Volunteer. Hear Katie read her poem, "Declaration (of a Kgomotso Girl)."

Green

NYT: China report shows more water pollution

Residents walk by a heavily polluted river in the town of Zhugao in China's southwest Sichuan province on Feb. 4. NYT: The world's most populous country reveals that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as had been reported in the past.




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China - Water pollution - Environment - Pollution - New York Times

Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons

In this photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 collide in the waters of Antarctica Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. It was the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue.




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Loan guarantees recharge nuclear debate

The Calvert Cliffs power plant near Lusby, Md., is high on the Department of Energy's list of projects that could receive federal loan guarantees. The plant's operator, Constellation Energy, wants to add a 1,600-megawatt nuclear reactor to the existing plant.President Obama’s push to triple federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants has recharged the debate over the viability of nuclear energy. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.




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Chris Jarvis

How Volunteering Changed My Life: An Interview With Chris Jarvis

The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth.

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Posted by Chris Jarvis on January 24, 2010 at 5:58pm

Chris Jarvis

Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (3 of 7)

The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth.

Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” answer for everyone? (Part 3 of 7)
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Posted by Chris Jarvis on January 5, 2010 at 9:07am

Chris Jarvis

Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (2 of 7)

The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth.



“We want an activity that can be done together as a team”

Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profitsContinue

Posted by Chris Jarvis on December 14, 2009 at 8:44am

SOCIAL Innovation Pod Casts

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Welcome!
This social network was designed to have people share their success stories on how they took their talents, knowledge and experience to help others. I ask that you share your ideas on the best ways to help those in need and also feel free to ask questions in the Forum tab at the top of this page.

Thank you for visiting the Business Professional Volunteer Network and for bringing a positive movement to light.

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