New York City's Newest Urban Park Opens
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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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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 »
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