Changing the World

A Palace of Trash and the World It's Changing

Auren Kaplan | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Communitere, Changing the World, Ubuntu Blox, Earthquake Test, Harvey Lacey, Haiti, Trash Building Blocks, Trash Bag Building Blocks, Alternative Building Materials, Video, Impact News
Auren Kaplan

2012-04-18-imagepull.jpgOn its face, the idea sounds wonderful: get trash out of the oceans, and use it to make building blocks for homes that can then be built in the poorest of communities.

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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Inspiring Role Models, Tawakkul Karman, Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize, Persistence, Life Purpose, Tenacity, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Changing the World, Women News
Marcia Reynolds

The words described how Jobs lived his life. He didn't live to fit into the system. He lived to create what he thought was possible.

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A Long Overdue 'Thank You' to Youth Service America

Grace Li | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Youth Service, Youth, Inspiration, Passion, Steve Culbertson, Youth Service America, Harris Wofford, Changing the World, Impact News
Grace Li

Passion is what lets 15-year-olds walk up to a podium and speak of inspiration, hope, possibilities of changing the world and starting a revolution.

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When Should You Be A Full-Time Volunteer?

Dev Aujla | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Non-Profits, Jobs, Startups, Internships, Changing the World, Salary, Volunteering, Nonprofit Jobs, Working for Free, Impact News
Dev Aujla

I interviewed hundreds of people searching for that ideal job and distilled down three critical questions to consider before you decide to work for free.

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Change Yourself, Change the World

Birju Pandya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Be the Change, Inner Transformation, Make a Difference, Changing the World, Impact News
Birju Pandya

What if real change came not from attacking a global problem directly, but by focusing first on changing ourselves internally?

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The Cardinal Sins - and the Cardinal Virtue - of Our Time

Ervin Laszlo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Butterfly Effect, Activism, Complex Systems, Chaos Theory, Changing the World, Religion News
Ervin Laszlo

Informed activism is the cardinal virtue in these critical times. It's our best hope for taking control of our destiny: for creating a world we can live in, and can leave in good conscience to our children.

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A Kick in the Career: R.I.P. Public Access Television

Thomas Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Access Tv, Careers, Media, Economy, Grassroots, Career Path, Jobs, Youtube, The Village People, Illinois, Public Television, Los Angeles, Michigan, Changing the World, Media News
Thomas Stern

Can I honestly say that by virtue of my station in life that I am inherently contributing more to civilization than a woman in a spangly tutu dancing in front of blue screen projections of herself dancing in a spangly tutu?

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