New York City's Newest Urban Park Opens


NEWS:  The High Line is a model of 21st century urban (re) development.   More »

40 Shocking Facts About Water

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CONSERVATION:  Feeling thirsty? So are millions of other people.   More »

How to Write About Plights Without Falling Prey to "Plight Syndrome"

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CULTURAL CRITICISM:  5 tips for writing about the world's social problems more effectively .   More »

First Person Dispatch: Volunteering for Animal Rights in Greece, Part 2


VOLUNTEERING:  Stephanie Downs sends a first person dispatch from her animal rights voluntourism experience in Greece.   More »

Money for Clean Energy Innovators

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CHANGING THE WORLD:  Two $10,000 fellowships to be awarded to fund the best ideas for clean energy.   More »

Togo Abolishes the Death Penalty

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TAKE ACTION:  Togo becomes the 94th country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.   More »

Organizational Profile: What Took You So Long


PROGRAM/ORG PROFILES:  What Took You So Long sets off on a 14,000+km. journey in Africa to document hopeful stories and help NGOs.   More »

Latin America-Based Bloggers Wanted


NEWS:  If you're volunteering or working on community building projects in Latin America, Idealist wants to hear from you!  More »

First Person Dispatch: Volunteering for Animal Rights in Greece

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VOLUNTEERING:  Stephanie Downs looks ahead as she prepares for a voluntourism trip to Greece.   More »

Open Debate: Can the Internet Really Solve the World's Problems?

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CHANGING THE WORLD:  Could Twitter have prevented the Rwandan genocide? That's what Gordon Brown thinks.   More »

Iran's Tiananmen: 5 Reasons We MUST Support Iranian Citizens on Saturday

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CHANGING THE WORLD:  70% of Iranians are under the age of 30. A change in government now could have dramatically positive results for the lives of all young Iranians. Now is their chance.  More »

6 Ways the Western World Can Support Iranian Activists

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TAKE ACTION:  6 steps you can take right now to support Iranian activists.   More »

Organizational Profile: Journeys Within Our Communities

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VOLUNTEERING:  A profile of Journeys Within Our Communities.   More »

Citizen Diplomacy in Iran

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PROGRAM/ORG PROFILES:  Formal diplomacy is important. But citizen diplomacy may be even more powerful.   More »

East v. West: Who's Responsible for World's CO2?

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CLIMATE CHANGE:  George Monbiot of the Guardian says East v. West is a false debate.   More »

Photo Essay: Demonstration in Solidarity with Peru's Indigenous People

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CHANGING THE WORLD:  A cynical commenter leads me to question: Can holding a protest sign help solve the world's problems?  More »

Panama's Model Tourism Program

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CHANGING THE WORLD:  Panama's Minister of Tourism transforms tourism, the economy, and--oh, yeah--locals' lives through an innovative program.   More »

The Problem with E-Waste

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TAKE ACTION:  What happens when the reuse-recycle part of the "three Rs" equation poses serious threats to human health?   More »

Shame on Shell: Settlement Reached in Wiwa v. Shell

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NEWS:  That rumor about a settlement in Wiwa v. Shell wasn't unfounded. Here's the latest.   More »

BREAKING NEWS: Peaceful Protesters in Peru Attacked, Killed

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TAKE ACTION:  With reporting directly from the scene.   More »