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11-12-09
Chef One Presents Dumpling Festival Proceeds to Food Bank For New York City
On October 24th, Chef One, a Brooklyn food manufacturer, hosted the first ever New York City Dumpling Festival at Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan, benefiting the Food Bank For New York City. The park was filled to capacity and the event successfully raised $17,092.87, wh...
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11-12-09
GfK Custom Research North America Identifies New 'Age Of Green Pragmatism'
Market research firm GfK Custom Research North America has identified a new "age of green pragmatism," finding Americans' attitudes towards environmentalism is shifting away from altruistic motivations towards more practical drivers such as saving money, health, getting valu...
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11-12-09
Nike and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Collaborate to Empower Kids Through Design
Nike and OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital are uniting for the sixth year to create the Doernbecher Freestyle footwear collection, which pairs young patients with Nike designers to raise money for Oregon's premier children's hospital. The young Doernbecher patients work a...
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11-12-09
ACCION Takes Equity Stake in Saija Finance, a Microfinance Institution Serving India’s Poorest
ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in global microfinance, announced today that it has invested $500,000 for a 49.5 percent equity stake in Saija Finance Private Limited, a microfinance start-up that provides financial services to microentrepreneurs and low- and midd...
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11-12-09
Greenbuild 2009 Conference Goes "Carbon-Neutral" with the Help of Renewable Energy and Offset Donations
Leonardo Academy announced today that the emissions resulting from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)'s annual Greenbuild International Conference & Exposition have been offset through the generous donations of carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs)...
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11-12-09
U.S. Chamber Seeks Nominations to Recognize America's Most Sustainable Communities
In an effort to recognize innovative community programs that can serve as national models for sustainable development, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) today began seeking applicants for the third annual "Siemens Sustainable Community Aw...
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11-12-09
8th Annual Green Festival Partners with Green Bash LLC to produce first official After Dark Parties in San Francisco and celebrate 35th anniversary of Common Ground magazine November 13-15, 2009 ~ 3 nights, 4 shows, many worthy causes
An estimated 45,000 members of the Bioneers, Burning Man, Harmony Festival and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) community are expected to attend the 8th annual Green Festival in San Francisco November 13-15, 2009. But for the first time ever, ...
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11-12-09
Caterpillar-Sponsored EMBARQ Wins Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government Environmental Partnership Award
The World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Transport, EMBARQ, has been awarded the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from Harvard University. The honor is recognizing EMBARQ's Mexico City Metrobus transit project that is designed to address...
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11-12-09
The Nation's Best Math and Science Students Earn Top High School Honors and Strive for $100,000 Scholarship
WHAT: Could tomorrow's Albert Einstein or Alexander Graham Bell currently be a student in high school? What did the next generation of innovators come up with this year? Find out when the regional finalists of the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science &...
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11-12-09
The Nation's Best Math and Science Students Earn Top High School Honors and Strive for $100,000 Scholarship
WHAT: Could tomorrow's Albert Einstein or Alexander Graham Bell currently be a student in high school? What did the next generation of innovators come up with this year? Find out when the regional finalists of the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science &...
