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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

I tried to picture a bench like this in a “Western” classroom. This research took me immediately to Sally Matthews, senior lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. One even sat in it during an entire lesson. I couldn’t do it. We say, “it’s better”.

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Be Sweet: Creative Products with a Conscience & More Do-Good Gifts

Have Fun - Do Good

While window shopping in our neighborhood this weekend, my husband and I went into a store that was selling the beautiful handmade bag pictured here. Most of Be Sweet's products are made by artisans who work in job creation programs in South Africa. If you have more ideas for do-good gifts, please post them here.

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8 Ways Nonprofits Can Help P2P Fundraisers Meet & Exceed Their Goals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That’s why we added in a general profile picture and some text around the organization’s impact beforehand, all in the voice of the fundraiser, so that the page is engaging even if it’s not updated by the individual fundraisers. For people who you know can’t afford a large gift, make a more targeted ask that makes it easier to give.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

So, that's our kind of big-picture understanding of what is going on. So, for us, that is kind of like our bigger picture. That ability to stand in awe and reverence for what a precious gift it is, just to be alive, and just to share this planet with so many other beautiful sister and brother species and nations and neighborhoods.

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