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Enviro-Spoof: Am I Allowed to Laugh... A Lot?

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Last week, Huffington Post readers had the following conversations in response to the above "Green Team" video: Green Team on FunnyOrDie.com Balzac...

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Freelancers Need Universal Health Care, Too

GOOD Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, Health Care for Freelancers, Health Care Options, Freelancers Rights, Living News

Words By Daniel Brook Illustrations By Ted McGrath As heartening as it is to see universal health care back on the national agenda, it's puzzling ...

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Saving the World (Starting With the South Bronx)

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Making Cities Sustainable, Sustainable South Bronx, South Bronx Activism, Make a Difference, Saving the World, Local Activisim, Making Cities Green, Green the Ghetto, Community Activism, Living News

When people ask me what I do for a living, my short answer is, "I'm working to save the world, starting in the South Bronx." Yes, the South Bronx is...

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Can Your Christmas List Make A Difference?

E. A. Hanks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Can someone who orders a particular kind of coffee bean for their latte say they're seriously supporting free trade? Is an executive who buys carbon offsets to make up for that private plane trip to Milan doing something to stem the tide of Global Warming?

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Thanksgiving Was the Only Holiday They Celebrated

Tim Giago | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, First Americans, Family Traditions, Native Americans and Thanksgiving, Make a Difference, Living News

Every year at Thanksgiving time I get nostalgic and think about San Francisco and long to celebrate this one holiday with my friends and then I remember that they are both gone.

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Richard Corman: A Photographer's Look At The Special Olympics

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Since 1991, Corman has contributed his talent to the Special Olympics, documenting the passion and potential of the athletes.

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Urban Entertainment Needs To Change Its Tactics

GOOD Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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There's nothing quite like the traditional pleasures of minstrelsy mixed with the euphoria of making a virtuous consumer choice.

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Own Your Impact

Paula Goldman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Sexism, Giving, Make a Difference, Imagining Ourselves Project, Living News

We have far more power to make a difference than we believe we do. Small positive actions have huge impact, often in ways that aren't even visible to us when we take these actions.

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Teaching Public Schools To Rock

David Wish | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Music in Public Schools, Kittle Kids Rock, Make a Difference, Living News

I took it on as a personal challenge. The twenty second-graders in my class were going to learn to play the guitar.

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Talking With Diana Meehan, Co-Founder Of The Archer School

E. A. Hanks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Sex Education, Diana Meehan, The Archer School for Girls, Feminism, All Girls Schools, Make a Difference, Living News

Girls in classrooms were consistently undermined and overlooked. They're taught to behave, in every stage of learning, in every sort of school. Except in girl's schools, of course.

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Quick Questions With Jesse Berst Of X Prize

Jesse Berst | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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What were you doing 10 years ago? I was on my fifth publishing start up. ZDNet Anchor Desk had nearly 3 million daily email subscribers and was the ...

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Don't Be A Turkey: Get Your Thanksgiving Feast Green

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Organic Eating, Organic Turkeys, Organic Thanksgiving, Make a Difference, Green Thanksgiving, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

With few exceptions, 178 million plus turkeys will come from animal factories,1 while the vast majority of our fruits, vegetables; even vino will travel hundreds of miles from foreign farm factories.

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Making Change Happen And Helping Women Move Millions

Helen LaKelly Hunt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Today my sister and I launched Women Moving millions, an initiative for the advancement of women's lives through a massive change in giving to girls and women.

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Father Figure

GOOD Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Father Greg Boyle wants to stop the causes of gang violence, instead of waiting to clean up the results.

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Micro Lending Is Sweet

Jaime Acosta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, Micro Lending, Kiva, Micro Loans, Living News

This is what so distinctive about Kiva: it allows lenders to find entrepreneurs who they can connect with.

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Video: Building A Better Green House

Kelly Meyer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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People can come and tour the house to see how beautiful, but also how possible it is to live green.

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Shooting Cancer: An Interview With Filmmaker Lori Benson

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, Lori Benson, Dear Talula Film, Make a Difference, Living News

I think the hardest thing in the world is to hear the words 'you have cancer' because you immediately wonder 'how long do I have?'

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Making Cities Sustainable

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

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Why aren't we trying to build monuments to hope and possibility, rather than tributes to our collective failures?

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Education Equalizer

GOOD Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Mickens should be jaded by now, or simply worn out. Instead, he sounds almost giddy as he talks about his new job as the principal of the high school at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas.

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From Taliban Fighter To Girls' School Teacher

Ode Magazine | Karin Ronnow | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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This post originally appeared at Ode Magazine. Make sure to check them out to read more fantastic and interesting stories Going from Taliban fighter ...

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The Value of Success

Clare Marnham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Geneva Global Philanthropy, Make a Difference, Living News

Neighbors and friends came and sat with Stella, who had lost her young son; singing songs, comforting her -- sharing in her grief. Other friends took it upon themselves to stay at the home, cooking for the endless stream of guests and family members who journeyed to the village for the funeral. Nothing was too much.

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Howard Ruby's Polar Bears Give A Face To Global Warming

Willow Bay | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Climate Change, Howard Ruby, Global Warming, Make a Difference, History Channel, Living News

Howard Ruby, Founder and Chairman of Oakwood Worldwide, the leading global temporary housing provider, is an accidental environmentalist. Or perhaps I should say award winning, accidental environmentalist?

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