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  • Fellow Travelers!

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    I will forever be grateful that I was introduced to the utility and beauty of hand crafted items early in life – from the symbols and motifs sewn onto the coarse linen fabric of Croatian traditional wear to the colorful kilim carpets that decorated the parquet floors in my grandmother’s living room. I treasure the…

  • The Cathedral Within

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    Bill Shore’s book The Cathedral Within affected me profoundly. It described…..”a new movement of citizens who are tapping the vast resources of the private sector to improve public life.” In 1999, when it was released, you felt like you had only two choices: to make money in the private sector or do good working in…

  • Fighting Terrorism With Jobs

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    In a Nigerian hotbed of terrorist activity, entrepreneur Kola Masha founded Babban Gona to bring jobs and stability to his home country. The north of Nigeria is the hotbed of terrorist activities owing to the operation of Boko Haram and other bandits. Also, the Niger Delta area is another hotbed for homegrown insurgents. There are…

  • East Side Freedom Library On-Line Launch of “Grocery Activism”

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    Video premiere on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Craig Upright will join East Side Freedom Library’s Peter Rachleff in conversation on Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. for the launch of his new book, Grocery Activism: The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota. The event is part of the Ramsey County Historical Society’s History Revealed…

  • Toward a Circular Economy: Trash Picking — Green Life Blue Water

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    Toward a Circular Economy: Trash Picking Over half of the world’s population doesn’t have a formal waste disposal scheme in place. One hundred years ago, when the ubiquitous material known as plastic had not yet been invented this may have been okay. People composted; containers were made of paper, cardboard, cloth, glass, and other materials […]…

  • Avishi Organics Combines Ayurvedic and Wellbeing Elements in New Pregnancy and Baby Skincare Collection

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    BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Avishi Organics today announced the launch of its skincare line that combines deeply nourishing plants and herbs exemplified in Ayurvedic texts, with aroma-therapeutic oils to provide a wholesome, luxurious experience for pregnancy, new mamas and babies.

  • Antiquarian Book Fair

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    The antiquarian book world’s first major gathering of 2020 entails three book fairs, one auction, and several related exhibitions. The biggest of the three book fairs, the CA International Antiquarian Book Fair in Pasadena, is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage in its social media campaign, its special exhibition, Votes for Women,…

  • Picture of the Day

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    A member of an unspecified Brazilian indigenous tribe pictured  April 25, 2018 in Brasilia. (Photo by EPA/MAXPPP)

  • Wholesum Fair Trade

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    Wholesum Farms  came up in my news feed again today.  I was thrilled to read they are expanding their fair trade offerings. A portion of the proceeds from these products, as well as others in their Fair Trade line will be funneled into Wholesum’s community development fund.  This is a great example of how an…

  • Socially Relevant Film Festival

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    Did you know there is a socially relevant film festival in New York? The festival was started by Nora Armani in 2015 to focus… “on socially relevant film content, and human interest stories that raise awareness to social problems and offer positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema. SR believes that through raised awareness,…