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August 2008: Healthcare update from Nepal

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:38:46 -0400

The village of Thulo Syabru, located in the Rasuwa District of Nepal, has been working with The Mountain Fund for the past three years, to turn their idea of a health clinic into reality. This past March, TMF Founder, Scott MacLennan, and ...

Our Photo Gallery

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:33:20 -0400

Check out our new photo gallery!

Click HERE to see our projects and volunteers in action.

~ The Mountain Fund

"Small Projects - Big Results"

Volunteer in Nepal

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:27:18 -0400

If you've travelled to Nepal, and fallen in love with its people, and have a desire to help them, now you can. The Mountain Fund has a visitor center in Kathmandu that assists people in finding an appropriate place to volunteer, and supports them while they are volunteering. Our staff in Kathmandu can help make any volunteer experience go more smoo...

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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Help the Children of Nepal

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:03:57 -0400

The Social Development Centre Nepal has been in effect since 2006. It's a small home for orphans, and half-orphans (single parent invalid or not capable of caring for the child), located in the Kathmandu neighborhood of Khusibu near Naya Bazaar. Here, these children receive nourishment, shelter, education and medical attention.

At the time of this blog, there are currently 12 children at the centre, and one more will arrive within the ...

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!...

PERU 2008

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:30:33 -0400

Join us in PERU ! Aug 9-22, 2008. www.trek4good.org

Your trip fee will help support The Mountain Fund and it's programs in Peru.

The mission of The Mountain Fund is to organize grassroots non-profit and non-governmental organizations from a diversity of disciplines, and to support and coordinate these organizations' efforts to eliminate poverty, its causes and symptoms, in developing mountain communiti...

ChicoBag founder Andy Keller on landfills, Bikram Yoga and his beef with plastic

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:32:45 -0400

There is no shortage of entrepreneurs inspired by the movie Wall Street or the stories of Sam Walton or Steve Jobs. I recently had the opportunity to interview Andy Keller, whose inspiration is a little more, shall we say, down to Earth.

CA -- Tell us about the origins of ChicoBag.

AK -- I used to sell software for an enterprise software company down in the Bay Area. I ended up getting laid off when the company was bought out by a company in the UK. The community and lifestyle in Chico (California) really appealed to me, so it was important...

Treehuggers to descend on Montreal

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:43:44 -0400

More than 165 exhibitors and 35,000 visitors are expected to descend on Montreal's Old Port for three days beginning June 13th, to share ideas about living more sustainably.

The "Salon national de l'environnement" (SNE) was developed out of a citizens’ initiative in 2006. The event looks at the current challenges to the environment and offers visitors concrete solutions. The event describes as its objective "to make visitors aware of today’s environmental challenges, while proposing solutions and tools for people to have a better understanding and to encourage beha...

Correction of the web address! - Philip McMaster

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:22:19 -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 00:40:29 -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...

Carpooling Application

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:47:52 -0500

With carpooling in a steady decline despite the highest gas prices ever and record traffic congestion, two new online firms want to revive ride-sharing by piggybacking on social networking sites.

The startup services, through the popular Facebook.com, attack obstacles that have held back ride-sharing programs: the fear of sharing a car with a stranger and reaching the “critical mass” of numbers required to effectively match up people for rides. Related Stories

The site’s core users, college students and recent grads, could turn out to be the perfect ...

The $10 per Gallon World

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:40:29 -0500

c/o Adei Ressi Blog (see link below)

We are already living in a $10 per gallon of gasoline world. Did that get your attention? Here are some things to think about:

The average yield of gasoline per barrel of oil differs widely based on the quality of the oil (logical), ranging from 5% to 30% of the 42 gallons in a barrel when using straightforward conversion methods. The price per barrel of oil that you read about is normally the â€œgood stuffâ€ (Texas or Arabian grade), yielding over 12 gallons of gasoline per barrel and as much as two thirds in prime conditions.

Doing Philanthropy the Google Way

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:27:07 -0500

This is a great article about the changing landscape of philanthropy. As it has the worlds of search, advertising and online media, Google is disrupting and evolving the nature of corporate philanthropy by taking an entrepreneurial approach as opposed to a charitable approach to solving societal problems. Says Susan Raymond, senior managing director for research and chief analyst at OnPhilanthropy, about Google.org and its new, entrepreneurial attitude towards philanthropy: “Instead of just giving a man a fish, or even teaching him to fish, a social entrepreneur would invest in hi...

NYC PASSES PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING BILL

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:11:38 -0500

NYC PASSES PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING BILL

Last week, New York City took a giant step forward in the fight against plastic. New York’s City Council passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle plastic shopping bags. According to a New York Times report: “New York is by far the largest American city to enact so broad a measure to limit the environmental impact of the bags. Altogether, each year the country is estimated to use 86 billion bags, which end up blowing down city streets, or tangled in the stomachs of wh...

Solar Power Plants

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:27:43 -0500

In this modern era, our lives revolve around newer and newer technology. With the development of newer technology the things that we use everyday to carry out the functions of our daily lives now required more sources energy than ever before. That gas powered snow blower used to clear driveways in the winter replaced that hand powered shovel in the corner of the garage.

The biggest problem that comes from using these modern devices is the energy consumption of it. There is only a limited amount of resources available on the earth that can provide energy. One of the biggest prod...

Hummer Ad

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:41:04 -0500

While Hummer is often held up as the poster child for corporate irresponsibility this ad offers an interesting perspective that defends Hummer’s service as a disaster rescue vehicle.

Any thoughts on this new perspective?

Nau's Thought Kitchen: Cutting Through the Crap

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:35:37 -0500

From Nau’s Thought Kitchen (see link below) -

I recently spoke with Zoe Cameron, who hails from Toronto but is currently living in London. She works as an award-wining freelance journalist specializing in science, environmental, and health-related stories. When I went to check out her blog Zoetic I found the following post pertaining to the United Nations Development Programme report: â€œFighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World.â€ Zoe contends that â€œthereâ€™s no better way to cut through the crap and get right to the point than with some simple stat...

"For Yubaraj"

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:14:11 -0500

In May 2006, Yahoo! Hot Zone journalist Kevin Sites wrote about Yubaraj Khadka, a Nepalese boy who had been supporting his family by parking motorcycles on the streets of Kathmandu. Many people who read about Yubaraj wanted to find a way to enroll him in school, to reward him for working so hard and to give him the means to build a better life.

Big Oil lets sun set on renewables

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:39:58 -0500

Shell, the oil company that recently trumpeted its commitment to a low carbon future by signing a pre-Bali conference communique, has quietly sold off most of its solar business.

The move, taken with rival BP’s decision last week to invest in the world’s dirtiest oil production in Canada’s tar sands, indicates that Big Oil might be giving up its flirtation with renewables and going back to its roots.

Shell and BP are among the biggest producers of greenhouse gases in the world, but both have been keen to paint themselves green through a series of cle...

Clean out your closets!

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:31:53 -0500

Got Gear? If you’re cleaning out your closets, and come across any unused outdoor gear that you’d like to dish, then here’s a great source for you to donate to: Gear4Good.

The Gear4Good program of The Mountain Fund began through inspiration of Osprey Packs and the "Pass on the Passion" program, which started in 2007.

In the U.S., there are dozens of outdoor programs for at-risk youth, which can use packs, sleeping bags, boots and outerwear. Trekking Porter support programs in Nepal, Peru and Tanzania always need good sturdy gear. Search-and-rescue teams ...

CSRwire Reports Top Corporate Social Responsibility News of 2007

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:08:04 -0500

CSRwire Reports Top Corporate Social Responsibility News of 2007

Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize helps validate business case for addressing climate crisis, Sudan divestment progresses, Starbucks agrees to Ethiopian coffee trademarks, and much more…

In 2007, corporate social responsibility (CSR) continued the momentum of the past several years, shifting this year from mainstream recognition to widespread action. The scale and scope of business-led solutions is rising to meet the severity of the monumental environmental and social challenges facing us, from the...

Displaced Fleeing War in Somalia Face Humanitarian Crisis

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:18:50 -0500

Tens of thousands of Somalis are living in camps like this one north of the capital, Mogadishu, suffering from a lack of water, food, and access to medical treatment.

The violence in Somalia escalated this year to some of the worst levels in over 15 years, causing an unknown number of civilian casualties and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people from the capital. Many of those remaining in Mogadishu are staying in makeshift camps with little more than ripped cloth and plastic sheeting for shelter and are exposed to a high degree of violence

Against Hypocrisy

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:26:23 -0500

Against Hypocrisy

My friends work at corporations. My family invests in corporations. I eat at corporations. The corporation is an organization of human activity â€“ both inside the corporate entity and to those it serves.

What am I to think on the corporate model if I was raised on â€˜corporate milkâ€™ (literally and figuratively)? What am I to think about the same corporation that I grab my fries at or that I gas up my car (donâ€™t actually own one), or that I wear to the gym? I believe that the corporate model is a fundamentally efficient model of organizing human...

The Story of STUFF

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:41:53 -0500

THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AND IMPORTANT VIDEO! CHECK IT OUT!

What is the Story of Stuff?

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable ...

GLOBAL ROAR - URGENT: Global Emergency! Sign Petition and Share Sustainability Symbol

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:20:11 -0500

Please take a moment right now to sign the new global emergency petition at this link, then tell all your friends:

http://www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/3.php

Take this opportunity to join the virtual climate change march in Bali, and hold your 3 fingers of the Sustainability Symbol high above your head. Sign the global petition, share the Sustainability Symbol (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com) and consider encouraging more allies on Rethos http://www.rethos.com/?token=8de60be286974a0aa3c4bd22de135f9a9cc29e38

I just joined a virtual climate change march on Bali&#...

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

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

King or Queen of your own sustainability domain!

We'd like to offer you some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains collected over the years.

What we ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol (the 3 finger symbol) around the world and brings attention to, and supports 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 two years ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainab...

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...

Alliance Accepted! - Benjamin Ackerman

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:49:51 -0500

Ally Request - War Child Canada

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:27:09 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Frank Miller

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:26:26 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Michael Johnson-Chase

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:29:50 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Alex

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:25:51 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Chris Advansun

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:16:16 -0500

Ally Request - alex budman

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:15:21 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - What will you have stood for?

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:27:19 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:00:33 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:29:11 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - The Mountain Fund

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:45:55 -0500

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 linguistic communi...

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...

Volunteers needed for Medical Trek to Peru

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:51:35 -0400

Trek4Good is a volunteer program of The Mountain Fund. This program was started in order to address the need of volunteers to both see the country of Nepal, and to also contribute their time. By hosting volunteer visits that are close to the people and the cultures of the country, we help to prepare them to be more effective volunteers with a deeper understanding of the issues. Every Trek4Good trip either has a volunteer component built in, or is organized to raise funds for a particular project we support. It is another way that we can support our community-based partners around the world ...

Rethos.com - Adam's Global Feed

August 2008: Healthcare update from Nepal

Our Photo Gallery

Volunteer in Nepal

Inconvenient Bag at EarthNow Expo

EarthNow Expo Highlights

Help the Children of Nepal

Opportunity for Bloggers - A New Book By Huffington Post

PERU 2008

ChicoBag founder Andy Keller on landfills, Bikram Yoga and his beef with plastic

Treehuggers to descend on Montreal

Correction of the web address! - Philip McMaster

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

Carpooling Application

The $10 per Gallon World

Doing Philanthropy the Google Way

NYC PASSES PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING BILL

Solar Power Plants

Hummer Ad

Nau's Thought Kitchen: Cutting Through the Crap

"For Yubaraj"

Big Oil lets sun set on renewables

Clean out your closets!

CSRwire Reports Top Corporate Social Responsibility News of 2007

Displaced Fleeing War in Somalia Face Humanitarian Crisis

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007

Against Hypocrisy

The Story of STUFF

GLOBAL ROAR - URGENT: Global Emergency! Sign Petition and Share Sustainability Symbol

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

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

Alliance Accepted! - Benjamin Ackerman

Ally Request - War Child Canada

Alliance Accepted! - Frank Miller

Alliance Accepted! - Michael Johnson-Chase

Alliance Accepted! - Alex

Alliance Accepted! - Chris Advansun

Ally Request - alex budman

Alliance Accepted! - What will you have stood for?

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Alliance Accepted! - The Mountain Fund

Are you a great designer, or translator?

Convert website into something attractive

Volunteers needed for Medical Trek to Peru