Tag: good work
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June 17, 2009 05:55 PM EDT --
That could be my theme song today for the weather is very warm and I do feel good.
This morning I got online and the Coral Ridge Mall Club had sent me an email for a free $10.00 gift card. All . . .
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August 21, 2007 10:41 AM EDT --
For the past two years I’ve worked with Habitat for Humanity to build simple, decent housing for low-income families in the West Puget Sound area. It’s been fun, educational, . . .
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July 15, 2009 10:53 AM EDT --
A couple months ago, Sara wrote a great post about water privatization , and it got me thinking more about bottled water.
You see, a few weeks ago, my friends and I took a trip to Istanbul for . . .
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January 08, 2009 08:36 AM EST --
Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:16
God's word teaches that we should share with those in need, and give . . .
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August 04, 2009 10:25 AM EDT --
In last Friday's Wall Street Journal, a cancer patient wrote an impassioned entreaty to American health reformers . Her message: the system ain't broke so don't fix it. She places particular emphasis . . .
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July 14, 2009 09:34 AM EDT --
I watched replays of today's Tour de France stage with a skeptical eye. Seeing the riders outrace pace cars up the Pyrenees made me wonder how many of the riders were taking steroids.
These thoughts . . .
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July 10, 2009 10:05 AM EDT --
Climate change deniers have frequently pointed to regional weather patterns to provide irrefutable evidence against climate change. Back in January Gerald Warner of the Telegraph, for example, was quick . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:25 AM EDT --
I've written in a number of previous blogs that issues over fairness and conflicts between teaching and preaching would become ever more apparent in the lead-up to Copenhagen. Last week, during . . .
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October 27, 2009 11:54 AM EDT --
To be clear. I'm a R.E.G. - A Renewable Energy Gal - and proud of it. I've got a particular fondness for Renewable Energy Guys- men who can look at a wind turbine and know how its made, fix a solar . . .
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July 13, 2009 08:37 AM EDT --
How should your company be using social media to engage your customers, employees, activists, and other stakeholders online? What are the best tools, platforms? Should you be on Facebook, . . .
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July 22, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
It baffles me that so much attention is paid to where a wine comes from, how it was grown, aged, stored and this scrupulous attention to the like in what we eat has only begun to come about recently. . . .
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November 03, 2009 10:56 AM EST --
In an attempt to encourage sustainable investment, approximately 2.2 billion dollars were released by the United States treasury in new bonds. This move is being considered a great kick-start for the . . .
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July 20, 2009 10:01 AM EDT --
This week the UK government announced that it would move forward with its plans to create four new 'eco-towns'. The details of these towns are fuzzy but the general idea is that these towns will be . . .
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August 04, 2009 10:24 AM EDT --
A few people have asked me what I, as an ethical consumer, think about the Cash for Clunkers program. This extremely popular program allows individuals to receive a federal subsidy when they trade in . . .
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October 07, 2009 11:14 AM EDT --
If the UK government wants to increase food production in the coming 20 to 30 years, it will have to stop soil erosion. Every year, over 2 million tons of topsoil gets eroded from forests and farms due . . .
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July 22, 2009 11:50 AM EDT --
The weekend Financial Times has a fascinating article for anyone interested in the technology of social change: how termite structures are shaping the future of print-on-demand sustainable architecture. . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:23 AM EDT --
The idea of a 'border adjusted carbon tax' or import tax on carbon-intensive goods has been floated in various discussions since Kyoto. Such a tax would have two benefits to countries that are seeking . . .
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August 04, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
The Financial Times has published a profile of how MIT is incorporating field work into classes on international development:
Global health delivery is an emerging field that looks at how healthcare . . .
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August 05, 2009 12:02 PM EDT --
By now, we should all know that the Chinese character for 'crises' entails both 'danger' and 'opportunity'. And , thus, that the Financial Crisis was an 'opportunity'. An opportunity for what? - . . .
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August 06, 2009 11:53 AM EDT --
I just got back to the U.S. after close to ten months away, so visits to all-American favorites like Trader Joes and Starbucks have been in order. Perhaps this explains my recent fascination with . . .
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