The Future of Philanthropy: Innovation, Networks, Thought Leaders and the Fringe:
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006796.html

I just ordered 2 of these Make your Own Charity Box craft kits, for my niece and nephew to do as an activity this Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

"Question: What does your vocabulary skill have to do with third world hunger? Until now, not much. But thanks to the good folks at FreeRice.com, now you can help alleviate malnutrition in developing nations by simply testing your vocab skills.

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"Kiva.org, a micro-finance organization, has funded nearly 17,0000 loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries and last week crossed the $11 million rank. Kiva.org has already had a very big year, funding about $9 million worth of loans so far, and having been featured in the mainstream media including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, ( Read more... )

I find it hopeful that What Should a Billionaire Give - and What Should You?was the cover article of the New York Times Magazine (December 17, 2006). just some more food for thought/discussion on philanthropy and the individual ( Read more... )

I've been delaying a write-up on this because it felt so immense and I didn't know how to begin...but I realize as more and more time passes it does not seem easier so I'd better just give it a try and get out some of the highlights, even if just to sketch it out and fill in later...please check back from time to time as I fill-in and edit- I'm ( Read more... )

"...Omidyar is pioneering a third way, a philanthropy that's fanatically bottom-up. It's anti-vision. Anti-dictate. And, in a sense, Omidyar isn't even choosing how his $10 billion is given away -- or to what causes it goes. He wants you to do that. How? For starters, there's omidyar.net, where Pierre and Pam recently opened up a conversation with ( Read more... )

So after the my moodcrash yesterday I went to the gym to run out some of the frustration on the gerbilwheel (treadmill). And halfway into my run, the treadmill just stops. Completely ( Read more... )

As you may have noticed, I hadn't been able to post about the tsunami. Been working up to it I guess?....*sigh*...trying to find perspective.
The tsunami is a recurring element that I've been dreaming about for many many years. And though I dreamt that NYC was destroyed exactly one month before 9/11....and I've dreamt so many strange encounters the ( Read more... )