Avatar Posted by kodysworld 16 hours ago (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Arts & Crafts | Tags: weavers arts and crafts economics artisans
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You may be aware of the crisis silk weavers from Varanasi are facing. (http://www.varanasisilk.org). The reasons are several including competition from powerlooms, Chinese copies of Varanasi silks being sold in India, and many others. This is a problem of intellectual property r read more »
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Avatar Posted by yatinsethi 16 hours ago (http://www.changemakers.net)
Category: * Needs & Opportunities * | Tags: ashoka human trafficking slavery competition
Ashoka's Changemakers and Humanity United are launching a global online competition to identify innovative approaches to exposing, confronting and ending modern-day slavery.rn read more »
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Avatar Posted by sphoorti 2 days ago (1)
Category: Child Welfare | Tags: sphoorti www.sphoorti.org
One of the biggest mistakes that many charities, especially orphanages and similar organizations do is adopting a scarcity thinking vis-a-vis abundance approach.

Most people behind charitable organizations view the Universe of Donors as fixed and imagine that they live in a world where resources read more »
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Avatar Posted by sphoorti 2 days ago (1)
Category: Others | Tags: sphoorti www.sphoorti.org
An act of kindness towards a fellow human being is as commendable as an act done without expectation. People who have chosen the path of self-sacrifice come to be regarded as saints and are attributed Divinity. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mynk 2 days ago (http://video.google.com)
Category: Environment & Ecology | Tags: environment renewable energy electric cars
A splendid presentation on a moving from gasoline cars to electric cars. A far fetched dream - for most people! Shai Agassi has a neat plan in place and show how this is feasible. rnrnI would personally think there is no point in moving the pollution from individual cars to "thermal" power s read more »
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Avatar Posted by laliltk 3 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Others | Tags: energy
some interesting points raised in the article about energy efficiency. the biggest challenge lies in convincing people to pay (money and time wise) more for products to get the benefit in terms of energy, which is subsidized and cheap in many parts. on the other hand its interesting to see lot of a read more »
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Avatar Posted by ameetdesh 3 days ago (http://www.positivityblog.com)
Category: Online Resources | Tags: advice gandhi selfhelp inspiration
read above story for full description. In nutshell,
1. Change yourself.
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.”
2. You read more »
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Avatar Posted by lniyer 3 days ago (http://ismailimail.wordpress.com)
Category: Governance
The microfinance movement in Pakistan followed a unique evolutionary path over the last decades
Each phase represents entry of new institutional forms and structures in the Pakistani microfinance sector. The adjacent diagram shows some of the highlights of this 30 year old history. read more »
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Avatar Posted by lniyer 3 days ago (http://www.apraca.org)
Category: Others
The International Fund for Agricultural Development has provided APRACA with a five–year technical and financial assistance grant covering the period January 11, 2007 to March 31, 2012, under the IFAD-supported APRACA Regional Programme of Accelerating the Financial Empowerment of Poor Rural Commun read more »
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Avatar Posted by lniyer 3 days ago (http://www.scoop.co.nz)
Category: Governance
The New Zealand government has come out in the aid and aupport of the families who lost their loved ones in the cyclone and has promised a grant of $500,000 to Myanmar and this is made available from NZAID’s Humanitarian Action Fund. read more »
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Avatar Posted by lniyer 4 days ago (http://www.pcworld.com)
Category: Governance
NGOs and private entities that work with grassroots organizations and citizens' groups are key to economic development, but their management and technology resources often fall short, according to Michael Rawding, Microsoft's vice president of the Unlimited Potential Group. That's why the compan read more »
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Avatar Posted by laliltk 4 days ago (http://www.sfgate.com)
Category: Environment & Ecology | Tags: environment
article states that groundwater is depleting at an alarming rate in punjab, india. one of the reasons is subsidized electricity to farmers who are pumping as much water as they can. is it really the reason? how can ground water be replenished? read more »
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