Search Results for: preservation
Videos
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Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities in low-income areas throughout the country. At the 2009 Kickoff to Rebuild in Tampa Bay, a coalition of neighbors, corporations, and NFL players like Adrian Jones and Duke Preston joined together to repair 22 homes of deserving community members.
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Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together rebuilds and repairs homes to preserve affordable homeownership and strengthen communities throughout the nation. In January 2009, Rebuilding Together joined with the National Football League, corporate sponsors, and thousands of volunteers to rebuild a worthy community member's decrepit home from the ground up.
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The NBA helps to Rebuild New Orleans
Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to rebuild and repair homes in low-income areas, preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing communities. For the NBA All-Star Day of Service, players like Steve Nash, LeBron James, Deron Williams, Jason Kidd, and Dirk Norwisky joined with Rebuilding Together to rebuild homes in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans.
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The NBA helps to Rebuild Phoenix
Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to rebuild and repair homes in low-income areas, preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing communities. On the eve of the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, players like LeBron James, Joe Johnson, and Rashard Lewis joined with Rebuilding Together to repair homes of deserving residents in Phoenix. For the NBA All-Star Day of Service, players like Steve Nash, LeBron James, Deron Williams, Jason Kidd, and Dirk Norwisky joined with Rebuilding Together to rebuild homes in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans.
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Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to rebuild and repair homes in low-income areas, preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing communities. Each April, thousands of volunteers come out for National Rebuilding Day to help repair homes of neighbors in need.
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Humanity has no greater inspiration than the American Indian. For thousands of years, Indians have continued to thrive in the land we call home. Their success in living in harmony with the land springs from the way in which they think, which informs their lifeways. The Think Indian public service advertising campaign created by Portland, Oregon-based Wieden+Kennedy for the Fund depicts how tribal colleges and universities are preserving the uniquely Indian way of thinking while embracing the latest research and technology. The newest addition to the Think Indian campaign has been unveiled, and includes a 30 and 60-second television advertisement featuring the music of rock musician Neil Young.
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Christina Gutierrez from Rebuilding Together - Volunteer Spotlight
Causecast featured organization Rebuilding together spotlights volunteer Christina Gutierrez. Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. Their network of over 200 affiliates provides rehabilitation and critical repairs to the homes of low-income Americans at no-cost to the homeowner.
Articles
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Tibet House U.S.' Annual Benefit Auction To Preserve Tibetan Culture
The Tibet House U.S.' annual holiday auction is coming up. Auction items include VIP tickets to Sting, internships at Rolling Stone and more!
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Bishops In California Declare Same Sex Marriages Beneficial To Church
When people think of the official stance of churches on gay marriage, most assume they are against it. This isn’t the case when it comes to the six most se... -
Brazil Looks To Protect Itself From AIDS
Have you ever wondered where condoms come from? Well in Brazil they’ve started making them from rubber trees in the rainforest.
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Donna Karan shares her own experiences with cancer, including the loss of her husband and how it led her to create the Urban Zen Integrative Therapist program.
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How To Turn Prostitutes Into Artists
If your city is overrun with prostitutes, what do you do? It's simple, just replace them with artists.
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Mad Props - A Simple Ballot Proposition Primer for All 50 States
With the snarling of citizens, the buffoonery of political pundits, where can you get unbiased information?
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Type 2 Diabetes Doubles Among U.S. Children
Around the world, our children are dying from malnutrition and diarrhea. In this country, our children are dying from diseases caused by obesity.
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Time's Top 10 Green Stories Of 2008
Time recently came out with a top 10 list of the top green stories of 2008. Can you guess what number 1 is?
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The Bedouin Ladies of Lakia Weave Together Women and Tradition
Fair Trade and preserving local craftsmanship and culture, is an important aspect of the green movement – at least for those environmentalists who value...
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Nearly 100 Million Sharks Are Killed Each Year To Meet Demand For Shark Fin Soup
There is no animal on earth more vilified than the shark. Pop culture references and annual, over-hyped reports of attacks on swimmers or surfers have put...
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Pregnant women warned off make-up
Growing concerns over the exposure of pregnant women to chemicals that may lead to birth defects have prompted calls for a new EU-wide labeling system.
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The Top Health Stories Of 2008
Concerns about health care, food and vaccine safety added to the anxieties Americans felt this year. But it wasn't all doom and gloom -- medical advances in...
Events
- National Rebuilding Day Location: Nationwide
- Cause on the Rocks: Supporting Rebuilding Together Location: House of Shields 39 New Montgomery Street San Francisco CA Phone: 415.975.8651
- 2nd Annual Formal Affair- National Women Veterans United Location: Illinois
- Rebuilding Together's "United We Serve" Day of Service Location: Washington, DC, Metro
Organizations
People
- Urban Zen New York , NY
- Jonathan Zander Seattle , WA
- Brittany Urmstrong Los Angeles, CA
- Julie N San Francisco, CA
- StayGreen Cincinnati, OHIO
- Jessica Garden Grove, CA
- dj_wahine Redondo Beach, CA
- KY Nature Preserve
- tabbybiddle Santa Monica, CA
- val Santa Monica, CA
- Adam Ezra Group Boston, MA
- rachaeljoy
Blog posts
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A Statement from Generation Rescue
Our children are experiencing epidemics of ADD/ADHD, Asperger's, PDD-NOS, and autism. So far, our public health authorities have provided no plausible explanation for why so many of our children ar...
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Ask your Doctor do they believe in the Hippocratic oath...Did they take, sign it, and live it in its original intentions. Theses are some of the changes we have made in the last few years... Notice...
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Ask your Doctor do they believe in the Hippocratic oath...Did they take, sign it, and live it in its original intentions. Theses are some of the changes we have made in the last few years... Notice...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're...
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First National Public Opinion Survey: Americans’ Knowledge and Understanding of Autism, 2008 School of Psychology Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Florida My email to the Dr. Who ...
