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Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice

Free Rice is an interactive online game that allows you become a little bit smarter while also doing the world some good. It's the fourth entry in our six part series, Innovative Giving.READ»

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Innovation in Large Organizations: How the UN's Richard Ragan Doesn't Get Stuck

Ragan has seen it all, from North Korea to Nepal, but even at the United Nations people can end up "just doing their job."READ»

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Nepal's First Openly Gay Member of Parliament Doesn't Stop Innovating

From TV shows to new NGOs, Nepal's Sunil Pant teaches a lesson or two on innovating in restrictive environments.READ»

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My Nepal My Pride

Nepal is a place of heaven on earth.This place is really very beautiful and people whi have visited this country know's the natural beauty of this place.There are many festivals and cultures here in Nepal.The songs of Nepal are really ...READ»

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Rhinos Mate, Zoos Innovate

Inside one zoo's quest to make two members of an endangered species fall in love -- by building a "honeymoon suite."READ»

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Design with Heart

When it comes to championing workers, Stephanie Odegard is a tour de forceREAD»

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Building a Home for the Children of Nepal

At 19, Maggie Doyne left home to go backpacking--and found her life's calling halfway around the worldREAD»

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The Changing Face of Energy, as seen from an open source advocate

Today, I’m writing to discuss a paradigm that may be comprehended immediately by some, or require intense mulling by others. With no further ado, here it is. Solar Energy is the “open source” energy generation method.READ»

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Here's How to Make It to the Top

Arlene Blum has climbed the world's highest peaks. Now she teaches executives the secrets of high-altitude leadership.READ»

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Tasmania Welcomes Married Gays, Not Gay Marriage

The Australian state recognizes same sex marriages made outside the country, which sounds too formulaic to not be an immigration incentive to boost population and woo a free-spending demographic.READ»

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John Wood Turns the Page

He struck it rich at Microsoft. Then he bought a one-way ticket to Kathmandu in search of a richer life. He found it -- building schools and libraries in the poorest places on earth.READ»

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Innovation in Fair Trade: One Designer's Take

Chris Haughton's popular book in Asia is now out in the U.S.READ»

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PR Smackdown: You Pick the Winner

I received three intriguing PR pitches yesterday. You pick the winner: Contestant #1: UPS delivers a copy of Thomas Friedman's new book, "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century." The book is mounted in a ...READ»

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Metaphor Marketing

Harvard Business School professor Jerry Zaltman makes pictures that reveal our deepest feelings about your favorite brands. Can he scan your brain and unlock the images that lie within?READ»

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Nepalese Teen Swaps Silicon for Human Hair in $38 Solar Panel

Kids these days--they just keep inventing new technologies to secure our energy future. The latest comes from Milan Karki, an 18-year-old resident of a rural village in Nepal. Karki has purportedly devised a way to dramatically ...READ»

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Debt Management

Debt Management is meant for all those people who are struggling to pay towards credit cards, store cards, overdrafts or unsecured loan. A recent report suggested that in UK around 6000 people need help every day. These astonishing figures make debt management companies all the more quintessential. All you need to do is fulfill minimal obligations and be a part of this campaign. These companies know debt management requires much more than asking loan but enough hard work is done to reduce or consolidate your debts. In case there is default or poor credit ratings then also they provide customized solution.READ»

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Do Something: Six Tips to Reinvent Non-Profits

Not-for-profit work is draining Nancy Lublin and driving passionate talent from the sector. What can we do?READ»

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Stinking It Up: Lessons From a PR Failure

We had a big party, but got no buzz. Lessons from a PR failure.READ»

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Habitat for Humanity Announces New MicroBuild Microfinance Fund

Microfinance just got sexier.READ»

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Causes of Child Deaths Hiding in Plain Sight

New Save the Children and UNICEF Reports reveal how financial mismanagement and environmental insensitivity led to the deaths of four million children.READ»

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Your Average Pharmacy Zinc Product to the Rescue for Developing World Kids

Think zinc is just a health food store supplement? Think again. UNICEF and the International Zinc Association are rolling out a zinc campaign to help prevent more than 800,000 deaths.READ»

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Fast Blurbs: April 2010

It's Tax Time Tax Day has fallen on April 15 (or the next business day) since 1955. Before that, the deadline to file U.S. income-tax returns was March 15. It's a Milestone Turning 50 this month: San Francisco's Candlestick ...READ»

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Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners

Organization What It Does Results Grade ACCION International CEO: María Otero www.accion.org Winner's Statement Trains banks around the world to be microfinance partners, making small loans ...READ»

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Trade Gap

Do we need to close the trade gap -- or clothe it? The Gap's suppliers indicate just how widespread the global economy is.READ»