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Indigenous peoples are similar to our globe's flora and fauna in one key way - many of them also face extinction. The systematic suppression of Tibetan people and culture by the Chinese government has been well documented. What is much less well known is that indigenous Tibe...

The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce partnerships with Dole Food Company in the Philippines and PT Freeport Indonesia to expand our groundbreaking English Access Microscholarship Program, to fund scholarships for young people in these countries to study Englis...

- 2 de Diciembre 2008 - El Comité Directivo para la Evaluacivn de Impacto sobre Derechos Humanos (HRIA por su sigla en inglés) recientemente concluyó una reunión de dos días con el asesor del HRIA, On Common Ground Consultants y el equipo de supervisión del proceso por exper...

I recently wrote the opening chapter for a collection of essays from Awareness Into Action called The Sustainable Enterprise Report (it will be published in paper format soon, but you can get it now in digital...

Obama's decision to skip the first summit of leaders of the G-20 in Washington, November 15-16, 2008 reflected his understanding that the world economic order has changed. His emissaries, former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa w...

Washington, DC - November 13, 2008 -The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group (YES GROUP) will launch the "I Said Yes" campaign and release the nation's first policymaker guide on youth entrepreneurship on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at the Rayburn House Office Building, Roo...

NAPA,CA. "“ November 12, 2008 - In response to global economic meltdown brought on by the country's largest financial institutions, Harrington Investments, Inc., (HII) a socially responsible investment (SRI) advisory firm, announced today that they have submitted bind...

PORTLAND, OR -- (MARKET WIRE) - November 12, 2008 - Today, Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: UMPQ), and Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc., an independent nonprofit organization, unveiled low-interest financing for energy-saving improvements and solar en...

The decline of financial systems around the world results primarily from the fundamental misalignment of economic and political systems with nature and reality. These root causes receive relatively little attention due to high complexity and low public awareness.

TORONTO, ONTARIO "“ November 11, 2008 "“ KLD Indexes and Jantzi Research, Inc. announce the introduction of the Global Environment 60SM Index. KLD and Jantzi developed the GE60 to support investment strategies that help build a more sustainable global economy. Canada’s Clay...