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March 23, 2012
Kirti Bhadresa
As non-profits and corporations alike are under pressure to become more sustainable and to inspire investors, they are turning to each other for ideas to modernize their working models. Dozens of...
Celia Lee
Mahatma Ghandi said that poverty is the worst form of violence. This is because it could be fixed by equalizing the distribution of wealth and reducing inequity and the hardships it brings. A recent...
Stephanie Jackman
It’s January and, like we do at the start of every new year, many of us are looking for ways to make positive change in our lives. Research shows that people make more resolutions to start a new...
By Emma Gilchrist Five years ago, Rob Sinclair and Lauren Mangion had big dreams when they rented a small house in Bowness. The young environmental professionals wanted to create an urban...
December 16, 2010
Book Review: The Responsibility RevolutionBy Angus Macdonell Gone are the days when there was a stigma attached to the term "tree hugger". Increasing awareness of the ailing health of the planet has...
By Angus Macdonell A community is only as successful as the people who live and work in it want it to be, but how is that success measured, or maintained? Studying a community's social economy is one...