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Book Review - Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

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Not a very peaceful life for a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Her new memoir, Unbowed , is the kind of book that you put down every 50 pages and say to whomever is listening, "You're not going to believe what happened next." Because of the Green Belt Movement's work, more than 100,000 women have planted 30 million trees across Kenya.

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Twitter’s Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause

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As I reflect on what Literacy Day means, I can’t help thinking about the origins of my interest in Room to Read as an organization, and one particularly sticky literacy-for-development related issue that came up during that season of my life. She had a bag for us, a bag which originally had held both running shoes and books.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

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Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. " Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. " to pursue your grassroots agenda in Africa.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. We have a woman in Africa who is helping to convene women for the World Social Forum.

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The Good Gift Ideas Keep Coming

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My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. She described it as, "a green story about preserving the Earth and protecting the animals.

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How to Make Your Big Vision Real: Jennifer Lee of Artizen Coaching

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She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. She was also featured in the book, The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear and her art visioning work is showcased in The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life. How does it work?

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

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” Sickle cell is kind of a low, you know, visibility, but a high mortality rate in East Africa, and it’s not being addressed. We just recently we’ve got a project in Kenya with our partner Valley Light and their funding partner in America, Just One Africa. I’m a huge fan of the book “Essentialism.”