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Entries by Cameron Sinclair from 06/2009

What If GM or AIG Were a Non-Profit?

| Posted 06.01.2009 | Business
Read More: Aig, Bailout, Gm, Non-Profits, Obama, Michael Moore, Corporate Social Responsibility, Jake DeSantis, Not Just for Profit Corporations, Business News

What if GM or AIG were treated like a charitable organization, non-profit or not-for-profit company? Would we prop up bad management for the sake of the mission? I don't think so.

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Unemployment and Housing Goes Boom

| Posted 06.03.2009 | Business
Read More: Baby Boomers, Rental Market, Real Estate, Recession, Echo Boomers, Business News

The drop in the US housing market is being partly compounded by a tri-effect created by the baby boomers and the echo boomers, those born between 1989 and 1993.

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Hats off to a Bright Green Future

| Posted 06.05.2009 | Green
Read More: UC Berkeley, Green, Cap and Trade, Graduation, Solar, Green News

Roland Saekow, a recent UC Berkeley graduate, helped to pass the Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) legislation on campus, which generates $200,000 annually for green projects at Berkeley.

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Home: A Truly Global Event Celebrating Planet Earth

| Posted 06.05.2009 | Green
Read More: Planet Earth, You Tube, Home, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Luc Besson, Eiffel Tower, Green News

Shot in 54 countries, Home takes us on an journey all around the planet, to contemplate and understand how humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution.

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Hacking Google: Co-opting a Competition for Social Good

| Posted 06.09.2009 | Green
Read More: Shelter, Humanitarian, Architecture for Humanity, Social Good, Refugee, Google, Sketchup, Guggenheim, Community, Internally Displaced Persons, Green News

We are hosting a complimentary challenge to Google's on the Open Architecture Network, the world's first open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design.

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