Community

Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green


Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

I Swear This Has To Stop

Jim Watkins | Posted 08.24.2009 | New York


Jim Watkins

In a place like New York City, where people are packed together so closely that private conversations can become community events, I see very little concern about having bad language overheard.

New Money: Nine Virtual and Alternative Currencies

Piers Fawkes | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business


Piers Fawkes

Buying and selling still remains at the fore of the online world. Many entrepreneurial minds have envisioned new ways to facilitate our transactions, and bring business beyond cash and coin.

North Country Blues: Michael Jackson, Media, Community, and a Small Town Murder

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living


Georgianne Nienaber

It seemed as though Jackson chose his own path to death while there are so many others who are literally thrown into the Grim Reaper's grip like carrion to the wolves.

The Corporate Freshman: Your Community is Your Most Valuable Tool

Alexandra Levit | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


Alexandra Levit

Although I don't meet with them on a schedule, the people in my "lifeline group" are the people with whom I can be vulnerable, candid, and accountable.

Contraconception

Paula Gordon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living


Paula Gordon

A tightly held secret is being kept from today's young people. Not having children can be great!

Obama Says Service Is A National Duty, Volunteers With Family At Fort McNair

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged all Americans Thursday to find a way to serve their country this summer. The president and first lady...

Portland Tries a CAP-and-Prosper Plan for Climate Change

Diane Dulken | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green


Diane Dulken

Real climate solutions are about turning a dire threat into new opportunities for restoring stability and also creating new prosperity, economic and community health and well-being.

Village Green: New Numbers Prove Smart Growth Reduces CO2, Cost-Effectively

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green


F. Kaid Benfield

Suddenly people who two years ago wouldn't give smart growth advocates the time of day are talking about things like transit-oriented development and growth boundaries.

DC Corporate Types Help Inner City Kids Learn to Spell

Debbie Lister | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living


Debbie Lister

I was able to channel my inner fourth-grade self, tap into the spelling bee movement, engage professionals with the community and help underserved kids all at the same time.

The Prisoners' Professor

John Lundberg | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

Richard Shelton's first interest in a prisoner's poetry was born from curiosity rather than charity. In 1970, a convicted murderer named Charles Schm...

Giving Made Simple - HuffPost Readers Tell How They Give Back

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living


So many of us would like to volunteer, but feel we lack a valuable resource - time! But giving back doesn't have to mean making huge sacrifices. Ch...

Co-housing Communities Gain Momentum

nytimes.com | Chris Colin | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living


VICKI SETZER and her cats inhabit a small ranch home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Visalia, Calif. Connie Baechler leases a split-level house in Smyrna, Ga...

The Kindness Of Stangers: Community Chips In To Help Pizza Guy Replace Stolen Car

Gimundo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


Last week, as pizza delivery driver Steve Walker was heading to an apartment building in a Chicago neighborhood with an order to deliver, he was robbe...

Hacking Google: Co-opting a Competition for Social Good

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green


Cameron Sinclair

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.

Top "10" Green Twitter Tweeters (Who You Should Follow)

Waylon Lewis | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


Waylon Lewis

Just three active months on Twitter later, I've gained 4,900 followers -- and, more importantly, Twitter is among my web site's top ten traffic sources.

NY Store Owner Pities Bat-Wielding Thief, Gives Him $40 And Loaf Of Bread

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living


GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A rifle-toting convenience store owner said he decided to show mercy on a would-be robber after seeing the man collapse into...

Online Social Networks Empower Older People

nytimes.com | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living


Like many older people, Paula Rice of Island City, Ky., has grown isolated in recent years. Her four grown children live in other states, her two marr...

Village Green: Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (Part 1)

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green


F. Kaid Benfield

Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is poised to become one of America's greatest revitalization stories, in the process creating a national exemplar of sustainable development.

Michelle Obama Touches On The Importance Of Role Models For Girls

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living


Michelle Obama recently spoke with Time Magazine's Michael Scherer and Nancy Gibbs about her role in the White House. The First Lady described how she...

Social Networking with a Purpose: Introducing BraveHeartWomen.com

Ellie Drake | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living


Ellie Drake

We've built a platform that lets women come together to share and receive inspiration -- to become, declare, and celebrate that they are BraveHeart.

Village Green: Putting the "UD" Back in HUD, Sustainably

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green


F. Kaid Benfield

Let's be honest -- HUD has become the Department of Subsidized Housing, and that must change. We've got to put the "UD" (urban development) back in HUD.

Security Central to Tackling Poverty in the 21st Century

Douglas Alexander | Posted 05.28.2009 | World


Douglas Alexander

In countries afflicted by conflict we must now add to that core mission a commitment to build peace and to build functioning states.

Three Steps To Ending Homelessness

Christine Schanes | Posted 05.26.2009 | Living


Christine Schanes

It is possible to end homelessness. How? There are three steps to ending homelessness. These steps can be approached individually or at the...

Help Identify the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media


Peter M. Shane

A national study on the information needs of communities in a democracy needs your help.