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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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The meat industry is harmful to the environment, public health, and animal rights. This episode of Cause in 60 is a mashup of opinions supporting sustainability and a healthier well being by reducing our meat consumption. (Additional footage credit: Farm Sanctuary and Creative Commons)
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Yard sharing - Growing Resilience in Your Neighborhood
An introduction to yard sharing and hyperlocavore.com a free yard sharing community - everyone loves a homegrown tomato!
Articles
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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... -
Organic vs Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable.
Future food must also pack a greater amount of calories using fewer resources (water and energy), as well as be affordable.
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San Francisco to Become One Big Urban Farm
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is tasking city departments to turn unused land into community gardens or farms. It's the 60s again! Keep the dream alive!
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How To Eat Sustainable Seafood
Eating fish and protecting the environment don't have to be opposing interests. We can still enjoy our seafood and conserve our oceanic wildlife. Here's how.
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Is Your Sushi Habit Helping To Erase An Entire Species Of Fish?
What's your favorite type of fish when you go and get sushi? What if you found out that fish was being so over-fished that their numbers were dwindling?
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Is Tidal Power the "Wave" of the Future?
Solar & Wind energy are "so last year." Wave and tidal power are the way of the future.
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Savor the Season: 5 Tips for Creating a Healthy Holiday Meal
“Healthy holiday meal” doesn’t have to be an oxymoron. Sure, you may be surrounded by cookies, cakes and cocktails, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take...
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A Billion Frogs On World's Plates
Up to one billion frogs are taken from the wild for human consumption each year, according to a new study.
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CUBA: Women Farmers Bring Innovation to the Mountains
Aroche has become a leader in her community, where she has won respect for her innovative ideas that have helped improve economic and environmental conditions.
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Kofi Annan: Time of Crisis and Opportunity
As the world's wealthy and powerful arrive in Davos, the world looks a gloomy and uncertain place. Every day the prospects for the global economy look bleaker.
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Global Hunger A 'Crisis In Democracy'
After our interaction with the Yoder family I concluded that true sustainability in this day and age might just be a myth.
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Do Something Different for your Valentine
Try giving something more than just a teddy bear or chocolate and flowers this year. All of these gifts give back to your loved one's favorite cause!
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TIME lauds sustainable food leader Bon Appetit Management Company
Sustainable food leader Bon Appétit Management Company’s socially responsible sourcing practices are gathering speed and attracting attention, proving that sustainable food can scale to meet volume...
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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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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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Make Earth Day a Little Cooler for Animals
People across the planet are taking steps to go “green” by changing light bulbs and driving habits. Yet with the unmistakable connections between factory farming and the destruction of our environm...
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My Mom is an Eco-Conscious Warrior Queen
When I was a teenager, if you had told me that I'd be publicly praising my mom's thrifty ways and green thumb one day, I'd have poured my Diet Cherry Coke over your head and tossed the can in t...
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What Does a New Start Look Like in Palestine? Returning Home to Create Holistic Green Economy
Background Like a prodigal son, I am returning to my Palestinian homeland after 17 years of secure living, studying, and working in Germany. I am now a citizen of Germany, so I will be returni...
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My life is not more valuable...
Commencement Speech given by Paul Hawken to the University of Portland [[[When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, h...
