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Global Service Corps Tanzania Sustainable Agriculture and HIV/AIDS Programs
Global Service Corps offers volunteer opportunities and internships year-round ranging from 2 weeks to up to one year. We offer volunteer vacation packagesto compliment your vacation or service learning programs for those seeking a more intense volunteer experience. Help us fight against world poverty and hunger while making new friends and memories that will last a lifetime! Visit our Global Service Corps Website for more details on our programs and packages.
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I would like to see less fossil fuel in our diet
Articles
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Oklahoma Attorney Speaks Out Against Industrial Agriculture
Industrial production of meat is damaging our environment. One brazen Attorney General is taking up the issue with lawsuits against Oklahoma meat producers.
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Food And Agriculture Organization Calls For Hunger Strike Leading Up To World Food Summit
Leading up to the global Summit on Food Security in Rome this week, the Food and Agriculture Organization has called for a world fast over the weekend.
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Factory Farming Practices Ruled Inhumane
Just because they're commonly used, does not mean they're humane. Or so that was the argument of the New Jersey Supreme Court in a recent ruling that struck... -
Setting up Safe Areas for Sheltered Children in Haiti
With tens of thousands of homes destroyed or damaged and a delay in the start of school, Haitian children may face a more lengthy stay in temporary shelters ... -
India: To Industrialize Or Not To Industrialize?
Many in India are trying to change from an agricultural culture to an industrial powerhouse, but some are not so keen on this concept. Tata, one of the most ... -
Kenya Prepares To Roll Out Genetically Modified Food
Some people are all in favor of genetically modified food while many others are vehemently against it. The Ministry of Agriculture in Kenya is all for it. Th... -
Africa Undergoing A "Green Revolution"
Due in large part to crop breeding, soil management, irrigation and diversification, Malawi has undergone a huge change in its agricultural conditions over t... -
UN World Food Day Sees Food Crisis on Horizon
Kenya marks World Food Day as gas prices drive up the price of food.
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YES! Prop 2: We're Ending Animal Cruelty
Humane Society President and CEO Wayne Pacelle congratulates Californians on voting YES on Prop 2!
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The pitfalls of Africa's aid addiction
Where I come from in West Africa, we have a saying: "A fool at 40 is a fool forever", and most African countries have now been independent for over 40 years.
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Kingsley prison grows tons of food for poor
Camp Pugsley, the minimum security state prison camp near Kingsley, Michigan, generated over 18,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for local food banks.
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Some 691,000 US children went hungry last year, a 50% increase
Some 691,000 children went hungry in the US in 2007, an alarming rise of 50 percent over the previous year, Agriculture Department reported.
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- International Medical Corps Volunteer Opportunity Location: 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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- aglimmerofhope Austin, TX
- saveH20 Denver, CO
Blog posts
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A collection of articles, views and opinions on India's agricultural crisis: http://www.indiatogether.com/agriculture/suicides.htm "Over 1,500 farmers in an Indian state committed suicide after...
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For decades, industrialized animal agriculture has acted with reckless self-entitlement, abusing animals and bullying those who challenge their routine cruelty. Factory farms mistreat workers, pol...
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The United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) explicitly allows diseased animals to be slaughtered and used for human food. It has taken a “don’t look, don’t find” approach when it comes t...
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I am fifty six years old, and for the first time in my life i registered to vote. Living in Iowa, the campaign seems to have been going on for years now. I have learned a lot about the political pr...
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When I was looking for an internship, I would never have thought I stumble onto Causecast. After learning more about Causecast, I knew this internship was definitely for me. So why I choose Causeca...
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Earthkeepers: The Real Green Party
If the kitchen is the heart of a home, then a garden can surely be the heart of a community. Grow Food Party Crew believes so, and they aim to spread that gospel to the rest of Ventura with Growing...
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Case Finally Closed on "Downers" Loophole
Written by Wayne Pacelle It’s been a long fight, and today, we closed another chapter on it. Since the mid-1990s, The HSUS has been working hard to stop as a matter of public policy the abuse of...
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Change-Maker in Women's History: Dolores Huerta
From DoSomething.org When you hear about the movement for the rights of farm workers, the first mention is Cesar Chavez, but a woman, Dolores Huerta, was just as essential to the struggle as was...
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Next spring break skip Cabo, or chilling on your parent's couch and head down to Costa Rica for the volunteer experience of a lifetime. Goodbye blackberry, hello mono titi. I first traveled with ...
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I have known Susan for a while, a lovely woman in her 50's. When I saw her last fall after not seeing her for a year I stopped in my tracks. She looked completely 100% vibrant and different. Her sk...
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Our entrenched industrialized farming system needs to be reformed, both through combating inhumane and harmful practices, and through promoting better alternatives. I recently visited Michigan S...
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February and March were busy months on the site of our Children's Village and Community Center in Dennilton, South Africa! NextAid is fortunate to be working with water expert, Dan Tormey of the Lo...
