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How Designers Are Housing The World's Unsheltered Population

Lee Schneider | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Build-Change, Natural Disasters, Design for Good, Global Poverty, Poverty, Shelter, Architecture for Humanity, Impact News

Why does design matter and how can it help solve the world's biggest problems? Design is everywhere, so ubiquitous that you might not even notice it....

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WATCH: We the Tiny House People: Documentary Trailer

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.19.2012

I continue to discover people who aren't even aware of this movement: iving in shipping containers, houseboats, tool sheds, former pigeon coops and treehouses. These stripped-down shelters reveal for us the essence of home.

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Dermot Mulroney Books New TV Gig

Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Dermot Mulroney, TV Canada, Banshee, JJ Abrams, TV News, Shelter, Zachary Abel, Enlightened, Tv Casting, Casting News, Malese Jow, Mockingbird Lane, Nikita, TV Spoilers, Video, Maggie Furlong, TV News

Dermot Mulroney is getting "Enlightened"! Mulroney -- who is currently romancing Zooey Deschanel's character, Jess, in a guest arc on Fox's freshm...

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What Could Be Coming To The CW This Fall

Garrett Greer | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Sex and the City, The Vampire Diaries, 90210, Joey Dakota, J.J. Abrams, First Cut, Cbs, Fall TV 2012, Cult, Amber Stevens, Green Arrow, Bad Robot, Nikita, Gossip Girl, Arrow, Josh Schwartz, The Carrie Diaries, The Selection, Greg Berlanti, Hart of Dixie. The Secret Circle David Nutter, America's Next Top Model, Beauty and the Beast, Shelter, TV Season 2012-2013, Mark Schwahn, Supernatural, Linda Hamilton Series, The WB, Fox NBC, Tv, Upn, The CW, TV News

The CW has a diverse slate this year, which gives them plenty of options as they attempt to shepherd the network towards a broader, older fan base. If they pull it off, they could very well graduate from high school.

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Rescuing the American Dream

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Working Poor, U.S. Economy, Child Poverty, Hunger, Poverty, College, Budget, Economy, Economic Crisis, Homeless, American Promise, Poor, Higher Education, Poverty in America, School, American Dream, President Obama, Obama, State of the Union Address 2012, President, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Public Schools, College Students, Homless, Shelter, Addiction, Drugs, Teacher, Addiction & Recovery, High School Dropouts, Home Foreclosures, Education, Homelessness, Teachers, Forclosure, Politics News

For decades, the cornerstone of fulfilling the American dream has been getting a good education. But that cornerstone has crumbled for millions of America's children.

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Building Change One Brick at a Time in Haiti, China and Indonesia

Lee Schneider | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Hausler, Disaster Relief, Shelter, Indonesia, China, Build Change, Haiti, Build Change Charity, Disaster Relief Charity, Building Homes Disaster, Impact News

You wouldn't think that a single brick would change the course of human events. But if you're thinking about how to make homes safer from earthquakes, a single brick or block can be the difference between life and death.

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Prices Fall For First Time In Four Months

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Video, Energy Prices, Deflation, Apparel, Shelter, Inflation, Labor Department, Food Prices, Consumer Price Index, Business News

U.S. consumer prices fell in October for the first time in four months as Americans paid less for new cars and gasoline, although prices outside o...

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ACLU: Banning Homeless Pair From Mall Is Illegal

Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Aclu, Mall, Homelessness, Shelter, Stephan Rabai, Columbia Mall, Patricia Francis, Maryland, Impact News

Providing easy access to food, shelter and warmth, malls can be ideal places for homeless people looking for refuge. However, WJZ reports that one...

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Hundreds of Dogs, Cats, and Other Animals Rescued in Arizona

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cat, Animal Rescue, Dog, Arizona, Pets, Shelter, Hoarding, Apache County, Healthy Living News

Today, The Humane Society of the United States' animal rescue team is on the scene of a 44-acre property in rural Arizona, where The HSUS responded to...

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Brooklyn Bar Mitzvah Teen Pays it Forward All the way to Japan

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fukushima, Shelter, Emergency Shelter, Brooklyn, Edsbrooklyn, Hebrew, Teenage, Japan Tsunami, Japan, Tikkun Olam, Sendai, Brooklyniac, Japan Earthquake, Bake Sale, Raise, Emergency Aid, Bar Mitzvah, Shelterbox, Impact News

For those of you who do not know, every Bar or Bat Mitzvah child is obligated to undertake a project to do Tikkun Olam, Hebrew for "repairing the world."

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Dogs Rescued From Puppy Mill In Need Of Homes

NBC New York | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal News, Animal Rescue, Shelter, Ny Impact, Rescue Dogs, Animals, New York Animal Shelters, Animal Shelter, New York News

Forty-five dogs and puppies rescued from a Missouri puppy mill are looking for new homes in our area. The North Shore Animal League America's headq...

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Changing Charity to a Charity That Changes You

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TOMS Shoes, Homeless Shelters, Habitat for Humanity, Indiegogo, Charity: Water, Acumen Fund, Gap, Jumo, Real Food Daily, Shelter, Red, Jacqueline Novogratz, (RED), Be the Change, Patient Capital, 20/20, Impact News

I'm trying to approach this whole charity thing differently -- simply by not thinking of it as charity.

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Marines Arrive In Pakistan To Help Flood Survivors

AP | By MUNIR AHMED | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sohbatpur, Marines, Poverty, Pakistan Flooding, Shelter, Pakistan, US Aid, Food, Asif Ali Zardari, Un, Pakistan Flood, World News

SOHBATPUR, Pakistan (AP)-- A shipload of U.S. Marines and helicopters arrived to boost relief efforts in flooded Pakistan on Thursday, but the prime m...

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Michelle Kaufmann: An Architect Driving Change

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shelter, Frank Gehry, Prefab, Architecture, Community, Michelle Kaufmann, Green Living, Denver, Sustainable, Impact News

It's useful to remember that architecture is for the most part a conservative profession. Innovators like Kaufmann are rare. Fewer than three percent of homes are actually designed by architects.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nasa, Coronal Mass Ejection, Super Flare, Energy, Earth, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Climate, Health, Water, Lighting, Food, Weather, Health Care, Shelter, Mobility, Safety, Transportation, National Security, Security, Communication, Hot Star, Soho, Star, Solar Flare, Sun, BP Oil Spill, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, Green, Green Energy, Green Living, Sustainability, Battery Life, Smart Grid, Batteries, Electromagnetic Pulse, Electromagnetic Radiation, Emp, Bahamas, Europe, Telegraph, Jamaica, Solar Energy, Solar Maximum, US, Latin America, Solar Cycle, Carrington Event, Hawaii, Cuba, Cme, Brown Dwarf, Space Environment Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sec, Substation, Generator, Transformer, Switching Equipment, National Grid, Electricity, Quebec, Canada, Ground Cover, Herbicides, Catastrophe, Exxon Valdez, Hemp, High-Altitude ElectroMagnetic Pulse, Magnetic Field, Electric Field, X-Ray, Magnetosphere, Fuel, Emergency, Radioactive, Gps, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Automatic Teller Machines, Credit Cards, Atm, Cash, New Jersey, 1989, Geomagnetic Axis, Heliosphere, North America, 1859, Civilisation, Alternative Energy, Infrastructure, Off Grid, Community, Astronomy, Microprocessors, Technology News

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A roof from U$Aid!

Rowan Moore Gerety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Aid Distribution, Haiti Earthquake, Shelter, Tarps, Home News

Seen from above, Port-au-Prince would seem a PR dream for the aid agencies who have been distributing tarps here--the white and orange of Samari...

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Haiti Needs Shelter From the Storm

Wyclef Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haitiblog, Haiti Earthquake, Shelter, Mother's Day, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, World News

Now that it's the rainy season, Haiti another serious problem: about a million Haitians are living in massive tent cities, struggling just to keep dry.

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Best Design for a Sense of Place: EDAR

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midnight Mission, Peter Samuelson, Homelessness, Shelter, Skid Row, Edar, Impact News

It was Peter Samuelson's sense of observation that led him to the idea for something called the EDAR, a mobile shelter for homeless people.

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In Praise of Sleeplessness

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Vladimir Nabokov, Shelter, Charity Focus, Lisa Russ Spaar, Insomnia, Michelle Kaufmann, Up All Night, Zipcar, Nipun Mehta, Sleep Deprivation, Karma Kitchen, Karmatube, Sleep, Healthy Living News

Way back when, night was dead calm if you wanted it that way. No emails, no phones; time to hug your pillow for an hour or two before work.

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The Importance Of Personal Narrative

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rwanda, The-Blue-Sweater, Girls on the Wall, Heather Ross, Jacqueline Novogratz, Homelessness, Shelter, Hypnosis, Freud, Documentary, Marriage Counselor, Relationships, Healthy Living News

There is remarkable power in telling your story. Director Heather Ross demonstrates this in her excellent film Girls on the Wall, which screened recently and will be seen on PBS stations in the coming months.

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Teen With Amnesia Found In Times Square Is Identified

AOL News | Evan Buxbaum, CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lost Teen, Shelter, Robin Hobb, Maryland, Fool's Fate, Amber, Missing Teenager, New York, Amnesia, Covenant House, Times Square, Amnesia Teen, Washington State, Teen, Police, Rian, New York News

Authorities have identified a teenager believed to be suffering from amnesia who was found on the streets of New York two weeks ago. Police say a CNN...

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Running the Numbers: Homelessness in America

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Schneider, California Failed State, Burning Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Homelessness, World Shelters, Shelter, Hexayurt, River Haven, Docucinema, Ventura, Impact News

The number one state, with the most homeless of all? California. That's amazing to me: Our once-prosperous state, home to much innovation, money and creative energy, has become the homeless capital of America.

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Denver Youth Shelter Aims to Prevent Adult Homelessness

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Shelter, Shelter, Homelessness, Housing, Runaways, Youth Homelessness, Homeless Shelters, Urban Peak, Impact News

With the rise in youth homelessness, it is more important than ever that shelters and resources are available to take in runaways and kids displaced b...

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Hacking Google: Co-opting a Competition for Social Good

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Open House: Frank's Funky Single Bedroom, Single Family

Tate Gunnerson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interior Design, Shelter, Single-Family Homes, Chicago Single Family Homes, Chicago Homes, Chicago News

"Some nutty old man owned this house ... and I want to be the next one," said Frank back in 1989 when he first toured his single family home.

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