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1Sky, Or Too Many?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Activism, Organizations, Responsibility | No Comments »

A friend from Show My Progress sent me a link today to 1Sky, a group that "was created in 2007 to focus the power of millions of concerned Americans on a single goal: bold federal action by 2010 that can reverse ...

Junk Mail Begone!

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in Environment, Ideas, Organizations | 4 Comments »

A friend of mine sent me an email regarding a site called GREENDIMES, which is the Internet face of a company focused on helping the environment by reducing junk mail. Essentially, they provide a service for a small fee that ...

A New Capitalism? Not Just Yet

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Organizations, Philanthropy | No Comments »

I've argued on these very pages (right here in fact!) that ventures born of social entrepreneurship need not be structured as not-for-profit, though I'm also not naive enough to think that for-profit social entrepreneurship will become mainstream any time soon. My ...