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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

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Freecycle is a nonprofit that facilitates people giving and getting stuff for free in their own towns. But I think it's grown way beyond that, and it's become a real solid community-building tool. There's a study done in Iowa. DB: I will add that when I set it up, it was for purely, let's say, selfish tree-hugging motives.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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The Engage Network is a nonprofit social venture that facilitates the power of small community groups to create social change. For me, what was key about him is he was the person, when Howard Dean was building living room circles, that was building the leadership of each of the leaders who was running a living room circle.

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