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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:12:35 -0400

Credit Card Tips for College Students

Now that you're making financial decisions for yourself, be sure to protect yourself from credit card tricks and traps. Here are some tips to consider before you break out the plastic. Adapted from "Credit Card Tips for College Students,” Consumers Union...

Blog Round Up

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:07:43 -0400

You can catch all the news at GamePolitics.com.

Thai Government Turns Against Video Games

Video game repression has surged in Thailand following last month's killing of a taxi driver by a 19-year-old man who told police he was

Ideology 101 in 2008

Political thought in the United States can't just be divided into two camps — us vs. them, left vs. right, progressive vs. conservative — it's much more complicated than that. There are actually a variety of progressive viewpoints on the economy, fo...

Hello from Big Sur - Alec Henderson

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:14:41 -0400

Hello everyone, After spending two months deep in the mountains of California's Central coast I and the majority of monks at the Tassajara Monastery have been evacuated due to the recent fires. My friends at the LA Times wrote a front page article http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-fires28-2008jun28,0,4613015,full.story on our plight and this has generated some significant publicity. I am hold up in Santa Cruz with the monastery dog, Ginger. She and I are well and blogging at http://sittingwithginger.blogspot.com/ I am only back on the grid until we can ret...

Ally Request - Common Good Finance

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:42:06 -0400

Easy Ways You Can Help Conserve Rainforests

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:54:33 -0400

1Choose foods grown on farms certified by the Rainforest Alliance

Buy coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, bananas, orange juice, g...

Summer Job with Web Startup Company

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:04:41 -0400

BetterLesson has summer jobs available in the Research and Field Organizing departments. We are looking for dedicated educators with at least one year’s classroom experience to help us dramatically improve the lives of teachers and the quality of the instruction they deliver to students.

Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to cooper@betterlesson.org

Founding Director of Product Research

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:02:37 -0400

We are looking for someone with a keen interest in education technology and policy to head up our product research team.   We are looking for someone who is anxious to immerse him/herself in education technology and policy in order to help craft the long term vision of the website. The right candidate will:

1.    Have 1 or more years of prior research experience
2.    Have prior experience in the fields of education technology and/or policy.
3.    Possess strong writing and strategic thinking skills. ...

Founding-Level National Field Director

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:37 -0400

We have begun an aggressive grassroots effort to reach out to educators across the country. We are looking to hire someone with a minimum of two years’ classroom experience to lead this effort.   The right candidate will:

1.    Have some prior experience in outreach, recruitment, or sales
2.    Be exceptionally organized, creative, persuasive, extroverted, and resourceful.
3.    Possess strong leadership, critical thinking, and writing skills.
4.    Be committed to the soc...

Feminine Face of Activism

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:46:04 -0400

WOrking from the Heart: The Feminine Face of Activism

Join women from a round the world for this life-changing 6-day gathering in Bali, with Balinese indigenous wisdom leaders as co-facilitators. WOmen of all ages will come together who all share a deep sense of "calling" to help generate the kind of world you want to leave for your children and grandchildren. Stretch into your future as a global citizen and allow this more intimate experience to open your heart and expand your capacities as a committed leader. For more information, please visit...

Development Associate

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:12:44 -0400

Development Associate
Job Description: http://lifewater.org/get_involved/documents/0805DevelopmentAssociate.pdf

Please contact info@lifewater.org for more information.

Communications and Network Associate

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:24:56 -0400

People For the American Way Foundation conducts research, legal, and education work on behalf of First Amendment freedoms and democratic values; monitors, exposes, and challenges the Religious Right movement and its political allies; identifies, trains, and supports the next generation of progressive leaders through its Young People For youth leadership programs and its Young Elected Officials Network; and carries out nonpartisan voter education, registration, civic participation, and election protection activities.

Young People For (YP4) is a youth-driven and youth-led pr...

Funding available for mentoring of children with incarcerated parent(s) through Caregiver's Choice

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:53:21 -0400

If you run a mentoring program and work with children of incarcerated, your program might qualify for funding to serve more children.

Correction of the web address! - Philip McMaster

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:22:03 -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 00:40:23 -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...

Story of Stuff - Alec Henderson

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:27:33 -0500

Greetings to all! Happy holidays! Merry Festivas (for the rest of us)! Please check out the video that Rebecca has posted here at Rethos. It is amazing! I never knew that for each garbage can of junk I throw out it needs thirty garbage cans of junk to be thrown out just to make it! So every time you haul a trash can out to the curb imagine that you are really hauling thirty trash cans to the curb! Unbelievable. This is a great video please check it out at http://www.rethos.com/news/view/911-The-Story-of-Stuff

My early Holiday gift to the Rethosaria - sharing an opportunity and recognizing your talent! - Philip McMaster

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:47:40 -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 to use and design as you wish. Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environmental Protection Association. http://www.d...

Ally Request - Bas

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:58:59 -0500

An Idea: Here Buy - Alec Henderson

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:48:43 -0500

To all my allies: First to all of you that I have not yet written to individually, I am sorry. I am trying to get to reach out to everyone and to spend some time looking at each persons posts here on Rethos. In the meantime, I have started a Wiki that I would really appreciate getting some help with and input regarding. Its called Here Buy It allows anyone to publish information regarding local merchants who are not big box conglomerate monster stores. The goal is to provide an easy way for people to find goods and services in their local ar...

EcoEverest Expedition 2008 - Interested in participating? - Philip McMaster

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:02:31 -0500

Sorry to all the schools and organizations that asked for a presentation about the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol... something very important that may help nudge the tipping point to Sustainable Thinking has arrived. ...and the Rethos.com community is the FIRST to hear about it! I'm off to Nepal to help with the EcoEverest expedition - if you are interested in participating, enjoying an amazing adventure, and helping bring a "three finger focus" to this area of the planet where climate change and global warming are having a measurable and devastating effect RIGHT NOW... please se...

Ally Request - Austin Community School

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:08:03 -0400

Ally Request - Jennifer McRae

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:33:38 -0400

New comment! - Building Green Havens [Part 1]

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:31:50 -0400

Good info, thanks.

Alliance Accepted! - Dollars for Change

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:50:26 -0400

Ally Request - Community Table

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:48:18 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Christine

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:16:07 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Book Bank Foundation

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:21:19 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Alex M Ingersoll

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:30:50 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Elias Feghali

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:22:42 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Krista White

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:44:29 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Alec Henderson

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:49:05 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Benjamin Ackerman

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:07:09 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Mary Martin

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:37:20 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Boston Vegan Association

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:36:28 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Denise Day

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:14:29 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Frank Miller

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:30:38 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:01:30 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Rainforest Alliance

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:48:53 -0400

Ally Request - Shoeboxed.com

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:59:24 -0400