Aafke van Sprundel is de gelukkige winnares van een gratis deelname aan een management developmentprogramma van SharePeople. Zij krijgt binnen korte tijd de kans haar eigen talenten in te zetten voor armoedebestrijding door te werken aan een real life business case van een lokale ondernemer in een ontwikkelingsland.   Read more...

Op de tweejaarlijkse Sustainable Society Index scoort Nederland dit jaar een 6,4 voor duurzaamheid. Het land staat daarmee op de dertiende plaats van de 151 geïndexeerde landen, twee plaatsen lager dan twee jaar geleden.   Read more...

Samen met de Ethiopische Debritu Lusteau startte Fransman Michel Le Roux in 2007 het project Branding Ethiopia, naar eigen zeggen ‘een nieuwe stap in ontwikkelingssamenwerking’. Doel van het project is eerlijke producten te maken die bestemd zijn voor de commerciële markt. Afgelopen zomer kwam hun eerste product op de markt: Meleya koffie. VoordeWereldvanMorgen.nl sprak met Le Roux.   Read more...

Op 1 december is De Vloek van de Tahiéra verschenen bij Uitgeverij Boekenbent, een spirituele roman waarin dromen en het bovennatuurlijke, sjamanisme en reïncarnatie op een natuurlijke manier worden verweven tot een spannend avonturenverhaal.   Read more...

You might carry a gym card, a video rental card, a subway card, a store-loyalty card. But a Taxi card? Unheard of.

What if instead of shelling out cash for every taxi ride, you were able to use a card, or to pay one flat rate for unlimited rides?   Read more...

We often hear what is wrong with the environment, and the truth is that we do need to clean up our act so that we don't find cities like Venice - which has experiences recent record flooding - under water completely in the next few years. But there are small victories for the environment every day, and there were at least 10 big ones in 2008. Check out Plantetsave's top ten list here for more info.

1. EPA Required to Regulate CO2 Emissions
2. California’s Proposition 2
3. Sumatran Elephant Sanctuary Expansion
4. 320,000 Acres of Montana Forest Protected
5. Greenpeace Activists Acquitted in the UK
6. Sea Shepherd’s Migaloo Campaign
7. Incandescent Light Bulb Bans
8. Stronger EPA Regulations on Diesel Ships
9. Removal of Two Maine Dams
10. The election of Barack Obama   Read more...

preemptivelove.org is an organization created in 2007 to help save Iraqi children from dying of heart disease after chemical attacks and other affects of war.

The organization works by selling hand-made shoes from Kurdish craftsmen we raise money for kids’ surgeries.   Read more...

The new initiative Fresh2o says that one child dies from dirty water every fifteen seconds. To reduce this statistic, they have designed a campaign to raise awareness of this problem. And since a picture is worth 1,000 words, the UK not-for-profit is using images to inspire others to become educated about water cleanliness.

A photographer named Candice has created a powerful series of underwater portraits designed to, "...connect, engage and motivate consumers worldwide, altering the globe to the fresh water crisis." Many celebrities have joined the cause and have had their underwater portrait taken for the charity. This includes actors, singers and other personalities such as Will Smith, Keira Knightley and Natalie Imbruglia.   Read more...

Playing for Change: Peace through Music is a global collaborative musical project with the goal of uniting people of different cultures, ethnicities and regions. The film and music will be available in 2009.   Read more...

Encore Careers was created for people who want personal fulfillment combined with social impact combined with continued impact. It was created for passionate people who are looking to make a career switch or come out of retirement and do something really meaningful with the rest of their lives.

Their website says, "The Encore Careers campaign is a project of Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose. Other initiatives that are part of the Encore Careers campaign include The Purpose Prize, which invests in social innovators over 60; a community college initiative to develop pathways to encore careers; an awards program for employers of people in encore careers; and a pilot fellowship program for boomers in the Silicon Valley."   Read more...