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India loves Pakistan 27 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
Photo: Joshuahsong/ Flickr By Daniel Hills Amrit Sharma is a software engineer with one soul purpose in life: to allow love with no boundaries. Sharma, native Indian and entrepreneur, founded IndiaL...
In A Conflict Environment, Look To Universal Principles Of Law 24 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
Photo: Inkyhack/Flickr By Sakena Yacoobi I founded the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) in 1995 in the refugee camps of Pakistan when there were over 7.5 million refugees. Although the Soviet Uni...
Noodles Help The Hungry 23 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
Photo: goblinbox (queen of ad hoc bento)/ Flickr By Tatiana Goncalves Often made popular by college students in the US, ramen noodles are helping a greater cause: fighting global hunger. Ramen noodl...
“CAN WE SHOP TO END POVERTY?” 22 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
Photo: GlobalPOV (youtube) By Isaac Otto The digital world makes it easier for us to do good through everyday actions, but often these acts, done without real engagement, feed our egos more than the...
High Tech Farms 20 Aug 2013 | 07:38 am
Photo: Bytemarks/Flickr By Daniel Hills The American farmer is a dying breed. The average age of the American farmer is 58, and less than 1% of the U.S. population identifies farming as their occupa...
How To Stop Global Child Trafficking 17 Aug 2013 | 03:51 am
Photo: United Nations Photo/ Flickr By Jennifer Silberman We are a world on the move. Since the beginnings of humanity, we have lived and died by our freedom to walk across continents, scale mountai...
Why Sharing News About Solutions Is A Revolutionary Act 16 Aug 2013 | 07:56 am
Photo: Teckie Kev/Flickr By Frances Moore Lappé “If it bleeds, it leads.” Ever hear that maxim of journalism? If you want readers, go with the scary, gruesome story—that’s what gets hearts pumping a...
Childhood Obesity Rates Fall In US 15 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Photo: nick see/Flickr By Daniel Hills For decades the number of obese children in the U.S. has been on the rise. Lower-income children are at the highest risk of developing obesity, and currently o...
More To Life Than Profit 15 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
Photo: Gara/ Flickr By Daniel Hills Profit margins have long reigned supreme as the benchmark of business success. More recently companies have been taking their corporate responsibility one step, s...
Maggie Doyne Went From High School Graduate To Surrogate Mother Of 40 In Nepal 14 Aug 2013 | 08:42 am
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Doyne By Rich Polt One morning at the age of 18, fresh out of high school, Maggie Doyne awoke with the feeling that she was not yet ready to move into her freshman dorm. In...
