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Women Advocates Place Gender and Guns on UN Agenda

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:10:21 -0400

violence against women included in a major United Nations initiative to regulate the global small arms trade.

The UN Programme of Action on small arms (PoA) was launched in 2001, and reviewed last week at the Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS), held at UN headquarters in New York. After intense lobbying by advocates, gender was mentioned by several governments at the meeting. In addition, the final outcome document refers to both gender and civilian possession of weapons.

Advocates hope that this will open the door to the inclusion of other concerns,...

Inconvenient Bag at EarthNow Expo

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:11:00 -0400

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EarthNow Expo Highlights

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:23 -0400

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Opportunity for Bloggers - A New Book By Huffington Post

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:04:54 -0400

Reposted...: I'm pleased to announce that the editors of The Huffington Post are producing their first book -- "How to Blog." It will have loads of advice for newbies and veteran bloggers looking to take their blog to the next level. We want to include lots of advice and stories. If you'd like to contribute, please consider answering any of these questions (or any others we forgot) and send your responses to the writer, Laura Vanderkam (lvanderkam@yahoo.com). We'll use your name and your blog name unless told otherwise. Thanks!...

Ally Request - Common Good Finance

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:59:42 -0400

Nepalese basket-weaving

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:06:38 -0400

Woman weaving a basket in Nepal.

Nancy Easton, Co-Founder WITS

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:47:02 -0400

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Wellness In The Schools: Benefit Evening Highlights

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:02:08 -0400

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Going Green At The Banyan Resort

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:58:17 -0400

Eco tourism is increasingly gaining buzz as one of the hottest parts of ‘green-living.’ It sounds great - enjoy the benefits of a vacation away from the busy working life, and do it in a way that respects the environment during your escape! While the word ‘eco-tourism’ might make you think of roughing it in the great outdoors, thanks to some innovative social entrepreneurs, it is now possible to enjoy palm trees, exotic surroundings, and room service without doing what most of us do on vacation: take a break from the real world, and the stress we might feel ...

GoGreen Expo Highlights

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:23:11 -0400

Highlights from the GoGreen Expo.

"Go Green Expo" NYC

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:50:23 -0400

NYC's largest Eco-Friendly Trade Show appropriately called "Go Green Expo" !

www.gogreenexpo.com

It has now become a Full Weekend of Green next weekend - April 25 - 27 and we wanted to make you aware of this historic event. Visit www.GoGreenExpo.com for full details.
There will be 3 elements of this weekend if you are interested and please forward this on to friends that may also be Eco-minded these days.
BUSINESS SUMMIT • GALA AWARDS DINNER •...

Correction of the web address! - Philip McMaster

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:21:44 -0500
Sorry, CORRECTION... the web address is: http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.COM hope to see you online February 1st --- Don't forget to invite 3 people to share a 3 finger Photo!

You're invited to Celebrate the One Year Anniversary of 3 Finger "Peace Plus One" - Philip McMaster

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:40:04 -0500
Hello Sustainability Symbol Friends around the WORLD (Especially in Beijing) - IT'S A PARTY / CELEBRATION of the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol... and we're having a WEB-CAM World Party connecting YOUR town with Beijing China, site of the 2008 Olympics. You are most welcome to attend our party celebration for the One Year Anniversary of the 3 Finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol on February 1st at 7pm - 9pm Friday, Feb 1st The Bookworm Building 4, Nan sanlitun Road Chao Yang District, Beijing Tel: 65869507 www.chinabookworm.com Plea...

Support Darfur, Earn Money & Help a Student at the Same Time

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:51:33 -0500

OneBigU (http://www.onebigu.com) allows users to help a struggling student, earn some money, and support a Darfur Charity at the same time.

OneBigU (for One Big University) helps Darfur in the following way:

- Person answers a question asked by any student around the world

- Person gets a little amount of money for every accepted answer

- Person sends the money to a partner Darfur charity, unless he/she wants to withdraw the money

OneBigU is partnered with Help Darfur Now (HDN), a US-based student charity in support of Darfur. All d...

Check out this article... - kiadso

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:53:32 -0500
Hi allies- Thanks for being my ally- I look forward to reading more of your writings. I wanted to ask that you all read the article here. I think it's important and I hope you will rate it and leave a comment... Thanks for your time... kiadso

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:14 -0500

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

My gift to you this season are some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains I’ve collected over the years.

All I ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol around the world and brings attention to at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.

Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environ...

I'M GIVING AWAY MY DOMAINS (Free) for you to create powerful communication portals

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:26:08 -0500

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

My gift to you this season are some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains I’ve collected over the years.

All I ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol around the world and brings attention to at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.

Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environ...

Water Hyacinth and Lake Victoria

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:31:27 -0500

Seems the water hyacinth is a nuisance with a lot of enemies, but with the water pollution issues, why not make lemon out of lemonade? Using the weed to pre-filter the water and then harvesting the weed to use as compost seems like it would kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:34:51 -0500

Will Ferrellâ€™s Green Team Will Save The World, Kick Your Ass

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:39:03 -0500

Leave it to Will Ferrell to take going green to a whole new level through his â€œFunny Or Dieâ€ video website. Enter The Green Team. A trio of aspiring eco-activists played by Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Adam Mckay.

Google expands into alternative energy

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:29:44 -0500

‘We are going to be in the (electricity) business in a very big way’

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company’s voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.

As part of a project announced Tuesday, the Internet search leader and its philanthropic arm will pour hundreds of millions of dollars into a quest to lower the cost of producing electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind...

Let's build an Institute of Ethical Entrepreneurial Commerce - starting with a few Pennies in the Jar

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:45:35 -0500

Here’s an effort that’s starting to take off!

Let’s build an Institute that promotes Ethical Commerce – based on sharing a few Pennies in the Jar to keep things going.

The McMaster Institute for Sustainable Commerce is a grass-roots effort which is attracting people and interest from every political, social, economic and environmental spectrum.

The Institute is committed to encouraging Ethical, Entrepreneurial, Eco-Commerce and welcomes anyone who is willing to share their efforts and support the efforts of others.

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McDonald's - open for discussion

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:48:13 -0500

At the end of a video posted on rethos.com on McDonald’s CSR there is a URL that flashes on the screen directing viewers to McDonald’s CSR blog

Here it is: http://csr.blogs.mcdonalds.com/default.asp

It is amazing that of the billions served by Micky D’s – including myself a couple of times a month – there are so few people engaging in the discussion on how McDonald’s can be a vehicle to feed billions in the best way possible for the planet and all species ...

Alliance Accepted! - kiadso

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:57:41 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Frank Miller

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:52:08 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Lili Vieira de Carvalho

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:29:40 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Cornel West

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:25:48 -0500

Ally Request - Freedom Williams

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:53:18 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Scott Allen

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:19:20 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - John Wesley Hutchinson

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:44:02 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Eric

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:34:39 -0400

Are you a great designer, or translator?

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:15:45 -0400

We are in the process of translating the word/concepts/phrase of

1. SOCIETY

2. ENVIRONMENT

3. ECONOMY

... into the languages of the world, and adapting the different ways of writing to the three fingered hand symbol.

You can see a sample of the Sustainability Symbol in Chinese script on this message.

Your name will be forever associated with the chosen modification of the symbol that represents “Society, Environment, Economy” in your lingui...

Convert website into something attractive

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:51:00 -0400

The three finger Sustainability Symbol is beginning to attract attention on and off the internet. This is a double-edged sword.

On one hand, more and more people are learning about the campaign (personally passing it along from one individual to another),

on the other hand, our website stinks.

It’s homemade, and as you will see, I’m no web designer!

If there are any talented web designers out there in the Rethosarian community, please have a look at www.DragonTHINK.com and make a suggestion of how we could use some of the existing conte...

Alliance Accepted! - Jesse Smale

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:08:54 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Shelley

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:08:16 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Jason Boyer

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:05:34 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Progresswear

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:21:41 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Josh Cohen

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:37:54 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Tom Buckley

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:09:31 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Hannah

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:25:34 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:26:29 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Jim Cochran

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:57:36 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Alex

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:51:13 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Glenn Toby

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:37:58 -0400

intern/vounteer to build peace though education in southern sudan!

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:05:37 -0400

New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI) is looking for talented people who are dedicated to rebuilding southern sudan. We belive this rebuilding is though education, education, education. We are a non-profit based in burlington, VT and we need you to help us compleate our vision of peace for Southern Sudan. please contact us as nesei.us@gmail.com if you are intersted in doing some rewarding grassroots level work in a wondeful state!