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UpEnergy: cool for-profit social enterprise

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The rise of for-profit social enterprises has been quite exciting. He's joined forces with other social entrepreneurs in the field to found UpEnergy , a new for-profit social enterprise that wants to scale the impact of their successful pilot projects. I love to see projects like this going to scale, that's true innovation!

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Go Holiday Shopping with Your Global Girlfriend

Have Fun - Do Good

Global Girlfriend is an online fair trade store that sells handmade gifts made by women's non-profit programs and cooperatives. The creators of Global Girlfriend's merchandise come from all over the world: Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Nicaragua, South Africa, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

We're bombarded by messages in this country and so for a small, non-profit organization like ours. And I found that very exciting, and so I went back after I finished college thinking I would stay in Nicaragua and work with farmers for a year and get my field experience and then figure out what I wanted to do with my life.

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Collective Lens: Photography for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project's intent is to educate and inform the public on important issues around the world, and connect individuals to organizations. The photos are organized by category, and viewers can then quickly find out information about relevant organizations, non-profits, and NGOs. It uses images to promote social and humanitarian causes.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

charity: water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Ewaso Lions is a focused conservation research project in Samburu, Kenya that is working to conserve Kenya’s lions while improving livelihoods of local people. amfAR :: @ amfAR. charity: water :: @ CharityWater.