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America's Best Places To Live

DailyFinance | Special to DailyFinance | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Lifestyle, Money, Dailyfinance, Best Places to Live in America, Employment, Communities, Best Towns in America, Best Places to Live, Home News

With the current state of the economy -- and the dispiriting sight of the nation's leaders endlessly battling about how to fix it -- the phrase "small...

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Creative Capitalism, a CEO's Viewpoint

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Mit, Creative Capitalism, Microsoft, Communities, Paetec, Corporate Responsibility, Philanthropy, Bclc, Impact News
Akhtar Badshah

Corporate social responsibility is a strategic weapon. If you're not doing CSR, then you're not going to be as successful, and you're not truly engaged with all your team members.

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Lifting Up America's Voices on Education -- and Acting on Them

Brian Gallagher | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Communities, United Way, Education, Education Reform, Schools, Mobilization, Education News
Brian Gallagher

If ever there was an issue on which Americans can mobilize for change -- on which they yearn to engage -- it is education.

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Inception Under Threat

Lucy P. Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Corporate Sustainability, Technology, Funding, Risk Management, Future, Sustainability, Culture, Politics, Energy, Director, Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Research, Education, Science, Corporate Social Responsibility, Investment, Communities, Non-Executive, Economic Growth, Startups, Stakeholders, Economy, Corporate, Business News
Lucy P. Marcus

companies are making tough decisions about where money is spent, and they are having a hard time justifying investing in their future when their present looks so shaky.

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Travelers of the World Unite: Stop the Wars

Judie Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Passports, Leadership, Political Parties, Somalia, Pakistan, Laid Off, Peace, Gandhi, Politics, Muslim, Old, Travel Advice, Ireland, Portugal, Religious, Top Chefs, Libraries Closed, Tunisia, Luggage, Natonal Museum of the Marine Corps, Brazil, Mandela, Afghanistan War, Behind-the-Scenes, Business Owners, Sustainability, India, Teachers, War Machine, Egypt, Proteecting Animals, Outback, Patagonia, Norway, Iraq, Thailand, Countries, Culture, Restored Sites, Government, Off-the-Beatenpath, New Hotels, Vietnam, Values, Vietnam War, Travelers, Off-the-Beaten Trail, Greece, Italy, Customs, Young, Extreme Sports, Foreign Wars, War, Yemen, Habitats, Facebook, Environmental Protection, Actors, France, War in Afghanistan, Muslims, Wait Staff, Blog, Financiers, Museums, Sex, Non-Military Solutions, Communities, Secular, Iraq War, Afghanistan, Aboriginal, Travel News
Judie Fein

In short, we are opinion leaders, opinion makers, the vanguard of the modern wave of exploration.

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Dancing to End Female Genital Cutting

Julia Lalla-Maharajh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Lalla-Maharajh, Davos, Orchid Project, World Social Forum, Human Rights, Africa, Dakar, Communities, Fgc, Gambia, Molly Melching, Female Genital Cutting, Senegal, Tostan, Bill Clinton, Unicef, Cultural Differences, Impact News
Julia Lalla-Maharajh

Communities are changing, shifting, abandoning. The very people who have perpetuated the practice of female genital cutting for centuries are choosing to change.

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Neighborhood Sites Can Awaken Community Involvement

Michael Wood-Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Community, Neighborhoods, Local, Social Media, Local Neighborhoods, Social Networking, Communities, Community Engagement Online, Community Engagement, Social Media Local, Healthy Living News
Michael Wood-Lewis

Finding quality, timely and accessible local information is a daunting task in our current environment, with traditional media's convulsions and new media's fits and starts.

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Too Many CEOs Need A Reminder About Layoffs ... They Really Hurt.

Frank Koller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communities, Layoffs, Unemployment, Workers, Profits, Business, Economy, Business News
Frank Koller

People who lose their jobs can suffer "large and persistent earnings losses that last over twenty years." In other words, if you lose your job in mid-career, you will likely never earn as much as you used to.

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America's Top 10 Best Green-Built Neighborhoods

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pringle Creek, Forest Preservation, Trails, Earth Advantage, Geothermal Heating, Buy Local, Healthy Homes, Garden Atriums of Poquoson, Native Plants, Top 10 Green Cities, Mosier Creek, Organic Farms, Shop Local, Infill Sites, Green Communities, Solar Panels, Affordable Green Neighborhoods, Northwest Crossing, Top 10 Green Communities, LEED Housing, Parks, Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Community Gardening, Green Space, Efficient Homes, Best Green Housing, Natural Home, Healthy Neighborhoods, Top 10 Green Housing, Madison Street, Green Apartments, Drought-Tolerant Landscaping, Locally Owned Shops, Green Rooftops, Photovoltaic Systems, Green Shelter, Mixed-Use Communities, Top 10 Green Neighborhoods, Mueller, Rainwater Harvesting, Affordable Green Housing, Afforable Apartments, Brownfield Sites, Pine Ridge, Public Transportation, Kalahari Harlem, Communities, Community Gardens, Issaquah Highlands, Low-Income Housing, Vegetable Gardening, Wind Turbines, Net-Zero Homes, Green Roofs, Natural Home Magazine, Zipcars, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Natural Home just published its Top 10 Green-Built Neighborhoods list, applauding forward-thinking, responsible housing developments.

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FCC Launches Examination of the Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities in a Digital Age

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Future of Media, Digital Age, Communities, New Media, Future of Journalism, Democracy, Community Information Needs, Journalism, Knight Commission, Media News
Peter M. Shane

The FCC just released a public notice, FCC LAUNCHES EXAMINATION OF THE FUTURE OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES IN A DIGITAL AGE. It quo...

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Village Green: The Year's Top Stories for Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Communities, Sustainability, Development, Neighborhoods, Global Warming, Smart Growth, Cities, Transportation, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

All in all, we had a mixture of good, disappointing, and great news for smart growth and sustainability in 2009. Taking a long view that considers where this issue was fifteen or even ten years ago, I remain very optimistic.

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Fear of A Double Dip Recession

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Driving, Pattern Language, Cars, Integral Thinking, Obama Economy, Metrosprawl, Oil Economy, Recession, Permaculture, Christopher Alexander, Density, Oil, Communities, Double Dip Recession, Diabetes, Cities, Business News
Stephen C. Rose

The enemies remain the car, the superhighway, the notion of endless oil and the willingness to grit teeth and accept the constraints of what passes for life in metrosprawl.

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Fix the Roads to Fix the Economy

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Teachers, Taxes, Jobs, President Obama, Amtrak, Airports, Communities, Transit, Obama, Congress, Teamsters, Bailout, Stimulus Bill, Economy, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

President-elect Barack Obama wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild this country's neglected infrastructure. He's right. It's really a no-brainer.

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Poverty in America: The Problems and Solutions

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yunus, Poverty, Check Cashing, Louisiana, Microlending, Nobel, Payday Loans, Obama, Mccain, Western Union, Rural, Teen Moms, Bush, Education, Clinton, South, Palin, Public Transportation, Communities, Shreveport, Economy, Business News
Vivian Norris

We need to make communities strong again. Our local money does not need to be mixed in with some guy's hedge fund abstract tranche of nothing all to make a fee for some banker in New York.

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Gender Apartheid

Amy Coen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Corruption, Foreign Aid, Women's Rights, Fgm, Apartheid, Foreign Assistance, Ethiopia, Violation, Prenatal, Conflict, Prevention, Africa, Aids, Racism, Female, Development, Developing Countries, Public Health, Hiv, Gender, Ngo, Contraceptives, Female Genital Mutilation, Health, Sex, Health Programs, Hospitals, Communities, Sexual Education, Condoms, Healthy Living News
Amy Coen

Boge explained her biggest challenge decades earlier was to convince the first mother that her 'uncut' daughter would have a good life; she would be an acceptable wife, bear children and be healthy.

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