Articles tagged “Do-Gooding”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Animal Rescue in Japan: Efforts Build for the Helpless and Voiceless in the Hardest-Hit Areas By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 26 2011 There have been some incredible animal survival stories: a dolphin rescued from a rice paddy one mile inland, for example -- but many have not been so lucky. + 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

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

Get on the Secret 'Do Good Bus' By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Nov 12 2010 The 'Do Good Bus' puts people on a secret road to community awareness. + READ MORE

Senate Votes to Help the World's Poor By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Sep 30 2010 With almost a billion people lacking access to clean drinking water around the world, the Senate has just taken an important step. + READ MORE

Improve Your Vocab and Send Free Rice to Flood Victims in Pakistan By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 22 2010 An online game that tests your vocab while donating rice to people who need it has launched a new, more social media-friendly version of the site -- and is currently working to help feed flood victims in Pakistan. + READ MORE

Farming Helps Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Heal By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Sep 12 2010 Nature has an immense power to heal, and an interesting trend is building among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: some are turning to the land to heal the emotional damage wrought by war. + READ MORE

Campus Kitchens Project: Helping Schools Eliminate Food Waste and Combat Hunger By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 9 2010 The Campus Kitchens Project is doing what it calls a no-brainer: gathering would-be wasted food from school campuses and delivering it to people in the community who need nourishing meals. + READ MORE

WaterAid Says: Dig Toilets, Not Graves By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Sep 8 2010 If the current rate of progress keeps up, millions of people will be living without sanitation until the 23rd century -- 200 years after the UN's Millennium Development Goals are supposed to lift the developing world out of poverty. + READ MORE

The Rita Fund: Helping Women Activists Around the World By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 31 2010 Kurland wants to fill the funding gap where women are overlooked by most foundation funding, and to put money directly in the hands of women around the world who are finding solutions. + READ MORE

Puppeteering for Education: Madrid Festival Builds a School in Bolivia By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 30 2010 58 percent of children in Tacara, Bolivia do not finish primary school because the commute (15 km) is too far -- but that may soon change, thanks to a puppet show in Madrid. + READ MORE

TrustLaw: Reuters Promotes Do-Gooding Legal Services By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 18 2010 A free online service from the Thomson Reuters Foundation that connects nonprofit groups with pro bono legal assistance. + READ MORE

UN to Vote on Water as a Human Right By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 27 2010 A vote at the UN tomorrow may finally recognize water as a basic human right. + READ MORE

To Support the Oceans, Support Oceana By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 15 2010 Oceans cover the majority of the earth's surface, but we rarely every visit them. They are the ultimate fly-over country. Oceans, however, contain an abundance of life, including phytoplankton which generate most of the oxygen that we breathe. So, you see, we kind of need oceans. + READ MORE

From Lego Art to Naked Activists: Six Green Campaigns That Really Caught Our Attention By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 6 2010 Some of the most creative, clever, and compelling campaigns around for enviro issues, from coal to endangered species to construction of the Gibe 3 Dam in Ethiopia. + READ MORE

Beagles and Primates Celebrate Independence Day from Research Lab By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 6 2010 120 beagles and 55 primates, once used for medical research, are now free. + READ MORE

Companies Profit When Employees Volunteer During Work Hours By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Jul 6 2010 It seems like such a simple connection: knowing that your company supports you helping your community makes you more dedicated to your job while you're in the office, both out of appreciation for the company as well as simply feeling more joyful in your own life. + READ MORE

Gulf Oil Spill Videos to Renew Your Activist Spirit - 5 Things You Can Do Right Now By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Jun 29 2010 If you're starting to feel the drain of hearing about the oil spill and you're losing perspective on the size of the problem (don't worry, we completely understant - we can only hack so much bad news at a time), Take Part is showing a video series that will refresh your empathy and sense of urgency. + READ MORE

Manute Bol, 7' 7" NBA Star Who Put Sudan Before Himself By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jun 25 2010 Manute Bol died recently and his life seems worth celebrating here not because of his role as an athlete, but because of his dedication to a cause. Manute Bol let himself be ridiculed on behalf of people suffering in Sudan. + READ MORE

What's Wrong with Monsanto Helping Post-Earthquake Haiti? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Jun 23 2010 It isn't hard to see how Monsanto will benefit from the donations it is sending to Haiti in the name of earthquake recovery assistance. + READ MORE