Articles tagged “Charity”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Brother, Can You Spare 1% for the Planet? By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2011 A media empire called Outside is the latest edition to 1% for the Planet. One percent may seem small, but a little added up to $20 million last year. + READ MORE

Diversity, Vegetables, Peace and Brett Dennen for President By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Jul 14 2011 Brett Dennen is into backyard veggies, music, and helping out kids and causes. Check out a partial roster of other Artist Ambassadors. + READ MORE

Four Ways to Write Off a Trip, to Anywhere By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 18 2011 Where in the world would you like to travel? Choose your spot, come up with an idea around water conservation, and hit send. + READ MORE

Idaho's No-Kill Animal Shelter Needs Help; A Look at Shelters Around the U.S. By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Feb 5 2011 If you're in the market for a pet, remember to visit a shelter before a breeder. You could truly have the power to save an animal's life. + READ MORE

Donate Sewing Scraps to Schools By NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 31 2011 Kids are back in school, and that means teachers will be looking for cheap or free materials for students to explore art and design. Scraps of fabric as small as tiny squares and triangles left over from quilting can be useful in the classroom. + READ MORE

South Carolina Couple to Run Across Ethiopia To Build Schools By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 10 2011 But while the idea of running 250 miles in 12 days across Southern Ethiopia should seem quite daunting, the couple's real fear came in raising their goal of $30,000 in a seriously depressed economy. + READ MORE

Anonymous Donors Inspired By Depression Era Giving and How Charity Extends Your Life By Sara Novak IN Work & Connect Dec 24 2010 For Christy Nelson the Christmas season looked bleak. A mother of two and nursing student, the struggling single mother was about to have her utilities turned off with no way of paying the bill. Until she wrote into a local newspaper asking for a $100 donation from a Christmas fund created two years ago by three retired businessmen. + READ MORE

Jumo Combines Social Networking with Social Do-Gooding By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Dec 6 2010 Jumo is a social do-gooding website that helps connect people with projects working on the issues most near and dear to their heart, making online activism even easier. + READ MORE

Canadian Couple Wins $11.2 Million and Gives It Away By Sara Novak IN Work & Connect Nov 7 2010 The couple feared the headache of dealing with the cash and even more than that have realized with age that money won't bring them happiness. Violet recently finished undergoing chemotherapy and it's made the couple of 35 years realize now more than ever, that all they need is each other. + READ MORE

Oxfam and Nokia Make Disaster Relief As Simple As Pressing "Send" By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Oct 19 2010 Oxfam and Nokia have partnered up to create an app that allows anyone with a Nokia cell phone to get updates on when donations are needed, make a quick donation, and follow the fundraising efforts of Oxfam in real time. + READ MORE

Help Save Tigers with One Text (and $10) By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 9 2010 The World Wildlife Fund's Year of the Tiger Campaign aims to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, and they're calling on everyone to donate $10 to the cause with a simple text message. + READ MORE

George Soros Donates $100 Million to Human Rights Watch By Michael Graham Richard IN Work & Connect Sep 23 2010 Massive philanthropic donations by the mega-rich are part of a very positive trend that has been gathering strength in the past few years. The most high-profile examples are no doubt Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, donating billions of dollars to make the world a better place (and they aren't just throwing money at problems, they are using various processes to make sure their donations are effective and have maximum impact). + READ MORE

Kiva Offers Student Microloans with New Marketplace Program By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Sep 21 2010 Kiva has made it possible to loan money to students in developing countries, allowing more people to get an education who might not otherwise be able to finish school. + READ MORE

Man Builds Cat-Sized Village for Homeless Cats By Jerry James Stone IN Home & Garden Sep 8 2010 Craig Grant doesn't like cats. But that all changed when his son moved out, leaving his pregnant cat Pepper behind. He now owns 30-acres of cat sanctuary with over 600 cats! + READ MORE

Geeks Without Borders Set on Saving Lives With Technology By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Aug 31 2010 Most everyone is familiar with Doctors Without Boarders, a humanitarian organization saving lives of people who lack access to healthcare. But what about people whose lives are threatened by a lack of access to technology and the information that technology provides? Geeks Without Borders hopes to be that solution. + READ MORE

Moon Bears Tortured for Medicine Have an Unexpected Savior: Alice Ng (Interview) By Leah Lamb IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 14 2010 Taking bile from bears is a cruel process. When Jill Robinson first visited a Moon Bear Farm, she felt an unexpected tap on her shoulder to find a paw reaching through the bars of the cage. Although in retrospect she thought it was a stupid move, her first reaction was to take the bear's paw in her hand, and the bear squeezed her fingers rhythmically in return. + READ MORE

iuMAP Tracks and Maps Global Social Good Projects By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Aug 10 2010 There are thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands of projects in the works across the world that help alleviate poverty, but finding them so they can be utilized can be problematic. A new project called iuMAP, however, is fixing the issue by tracking and mapping all the market-based solutions projects around the globe. + READ MORE

Designers: Be A Biographer of Women and Children Escaping Sex Trafficking By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Jul 26 2010 The Blind Project, a collective of volunteers that empower survivors of the sex trade industry in Southeast Asia, has created Be A Biographer, a project that allows you to take part in giving new lives to women and children who are escaping enslavement in sex trafficking. + READ MORE

Too Glamorous To Be Environmentalists? By Aysia Wright IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 21 2010 Not. That was the theme of the evening at the EcoStiletto 2nd Anniversary bash hosted at Rolling Greens nursery in Hollywood. According to Eco Stiletto founder Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, “Someone at the event said to me that the guests didn't look like environmentalists--they were way too glamorous!” That's the mission of EcoStiletto in a nutshell--to show people that you don't have to sacrifice style for sustainability—and they illustrate that mission well. + READ MORE

Yogis Come Together For the Global Wristband Project By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jul 8 2010 Yogi Christina Sabatini organized the fundraiser, which sells bracelets and anklets made from recycled materials. The fundraiser actually supports two causes because the wristbands are initially purchased from a small nonprofit in Phang Nga, Thailand, which serves those displaced after the 2004 tsunami and then the additional profits go toward Global Seva Challenge 2010: South Africa. + READ MORE