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China Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One had to assume there's a lot going on in China, too, but it's hard to connect with. In April 2008, 1KG More registered as a company and aimed to operate as a social enterprise model. On my recent visit to Hong Kong, I was able to see the amount of excitement and interest in social entrepreneurism.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

Have Fun - Do Good

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is providing leverage for Tibetan, Darfurian, Burmese and Chinese human rights campaigns: The International Campaign for Tibet created the Race for Tibet. Both the IOC and the Chinese have argued that the Games will "improve human rights in China" and therefore Tibet. Claire of Free Aung San Suu Kyi!

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The Problem of an Electronics Recycler and False Environmental Claims

Tech Soup

ERI's co-founder and chief marketing officer recently addressed the World Scrap Metal Congress in Shanghai, China on the importance of responsible electronic waste recycling, and the company is also on the 2010 e-Stewards Leadership Council. Much of it was labeled as reusable electronics.

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Social Networks to Replace Email? NOT!!!

Care2

In China it grew by 1500%. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. In fact, between 2000 and 2009, email in the US alone grew 138% according to the World Internet User Statistics. In India it grew by 1250%. In the UK it grew by 203%. In Mexico it grew by 917%. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: First in 2010!

NTEN

That's the warning coming through the NTEN Discuss list this week when someone asked the list for advice about their domain, which someone from China emailed them they should "protect" by registering other like-domains through them. Robert Weiner has been documenting this type of SPAM and sharing with the community since 2008.

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What do mobile phones, baseball, and pediatric Diabetes have in common?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" In a May 2008 post in Read/Write Web about Text to Give Campaigns : Mobile Giving is certainly a growing trend meant to capitalize on the ubiquity of cell phones and their heavy use by members of the younger generation. s Super Bowl launch of a United Way fund-raising campaign using mobile phone text messaging.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

Have Fun - Do Good

April 6-13, 2008 human rights groups like Genocide Intervention Network , STAND , Amnesty International , and Save Darfur are using the Global Week for Darfur to raise awareness about the continuing violence and need for action. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur."

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