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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teachgreen hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Interview with Carol Baroudi, Author of Green IT For Dummies

Tech Soup

This piece is part of an occasional series we do at GreenTech to profile leaders in the Green IT field. publication, Green IT For Dummies. There are now many general books on green IT, but Green IT For Dummies remains one of the most readable and practical introductions to the field for people in small and medium sized offices.

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. A Few Book Suggestions: Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , a publication of Echoing Green. My advice: 1. Follow your curiosity.

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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One thing I am definitely going to do is write the book I've been kicking around for the last five years. By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done! The great news is how much attention social entrepreneurship is getting.

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People are Ready for a Vision-led Movement

Have Fun - Do Good

They were brought together by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights' Reclaim the Future program to talk about how to make Oakland a model city that uses the growing green economy to lift its low-income residents out of poverty. are going to make Oakland the new Silicon Valley for green capital."

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A Little Bit of Gloom Between Two Slices of Hope: Diet for a Hot Planet Author, Anna Lappe

Have Fun - Do Good

Reading books about changing the world can be inspiring, but they can also be overwhelming and depressing. Not Anna Lappé's books. I talked with Anna about her new book via Skype for the Big Vision Podcast earlier in the month. In fact, one of my closest friends read the book and had the same reaction that you had.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

Have Fun - Do Good

His first book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , which he co-authored with Anna Lappe , won a 2007 Nautilus Award for Social Change. You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast : Or read the edited transcript below. You have a new book coming out, Vegan Soul Kitchen. Kellogg Foundation.