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Why Do You, or Don't You Eat Meat?

Have Fun - Do Good

Because of how animals are treated in factory farms , the connection between meat-eating, climate change and poverty , and for health reasons , I want to eat a more plant-based diet. For example, when we went to Spain last fall , I ate more meat and cheese than I've probably eaten in my life. Now I think of myself as vegan-ish.

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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

Toan Lam is a multimedia consultant, university professor, thought leader, and former TV reporter and host who is on the forefront of the changing landscape of multimedia. He is the creator and host of GoInspireGo.com (GIG), a multimedia platform that "uses social networking for social change."

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. This month I'm exploring the topic of digital games for social change. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change?

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Interview: Ricard Espelt on Copons 2.0

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ricard Espelt to learn more about the various projects he’s working on in Spain leveraging new technologies for public engagement, government transparency and community building. Even drafting of this writing, is manipulated to criticism and change. Learn more in the interview below.

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Delhi University

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So, I was able to stay for several nights at less than one tenth the price in the University's International Guest House, which was a great change of pace. Sena is a retired English Literature professor who has been visually impaired all of his life and continues to work avidly for people with visual impairments. I came to Delhi U.

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Win a Sony PS3 and Support Young Homeless People from the UK

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. I'll also forward his post to some of the gamers I know by using 06-g4c tag and forwarding it to the games for change list. Check out Nick's post and let's send a little blog buzz his way.

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An Interview with Lorene Straka, Joanna Eng, and Mari Velasco from the Idealist

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to get involved in social change issues or work with nonprofits anyplace on the globe, the Idealist is one of the first desinations on the web you should visit. Mari Velasco: We have made some recent changes to expand our use of new web tools, but there's always more we could do!