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Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Echoing Green, Jobs for Change, Julia Cameron and 29 Gifts

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NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast. LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. It's been a been a busy few weeks!

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Van Jones Testifies Before Congress on Green Collar Jobs

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Over the past month, many of you have posted comments or sent me emails about my interview with Van Jones, the President and Co-founder of Oakland's Ella Baker Center , that I posted here, and on the Big Vision Podcast. The Select Committee held a special hearing, entitled: "Economic Impacts of Global Warming: Green Collar Jobs."

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

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Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a civil rights and restorative justice organization for prisoners and for Oakland young adults. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills.

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Interviews with 69 Changemakers: 6th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

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They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names! Women, Girls, Education and Global Health. Women, Girls, Education and Global Health. Please note that because the conversations take place over six years, some people's work and lives have changed. Happy listening!

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Bay Localize & Green Roofs: An Interview with Ingrid Severson

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Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. This is in response to global warming and peak oil. Britt: For people who aren't familiar with green rooftops, what is a green roof? But literally they're green because it's a garden on a roof.

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Interviews with 56 Changemakers: 5th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

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They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names! I've also listed all of the interviewees with photos and links below. Please note that because the conversations take place over five years, some people's work and lives have changed. 2011 Aneesha Raghunathan, Owner, Hope Line Fashions Coming soon!

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Interviews with 30 Social Changemakers: Big Vision Podcast 2nd Anniversary

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Please note that since the interviews take place over two years, some people's work has changed and they may have new job titles, or may be working somewhere else now. Scotlan Youth Program in West Oakland.

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