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Samso island in Denmark produces more energy than it consumes - YouTube

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Samso island in Denmark produces more energy than it consumes - YouTube It is possible to build a brighter future a sustainable future!

Calling All Boomers: Don’t Start More Nonprofits - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

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Calling All Boomers: Don’t Start More Nonprofits - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas Calling All Boomers: Don’t Start More Nonprofits By Mark Rosenman Many people probably rejoiced when they heard about a study released last week showing that 12 million baby boomers want to start their own nonprofit or socially oriented business over the next decade. But it’s hard to imagine those findings cheered many people who understand the nonprofit world. More than a million nonprofit groups already exist, and plenty of for-profit ventures are dedicated in part to providing some social benefit. Adding millions more of such entities is not good for this nation... What do you think?

Google Kills Off Seven More Products, Including Wave | LinkedIn

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Google kills off seven more products including Wave Google develops many products, not all of which are hits with the public Google has announced that it is dropping seven more products in an effort to simplify its range of services. The out-of-season "spring clean" brings an end to services including Google Wave, Knol and Google Gears. It is the third time that the US firm has announced a cull of several of its products at the same time after they had failed to take off. Wave goodbye The seven latest products earmarked for the chop are as follows: Google Wave - an attempt to combine email and instant messaging for real-time collaboration Google Bookmarks List - a service which allowed users to share bookmarks with friends Google Friends Connect - allowed webmasters to add social features to their sites by embedding a snippet of code Google Gears - much-hyp

Andrew Mason, The Point, Online Collective Activism

Andrew Mason, The Point, Online Collective Activism The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations. But for online activism to reach its full potential, we need to do more than port offline tactics to the Web. We must step back, revisit the challenges of collective action, and consider what the Web offers that can help overcome them. Andrew Mason explores what the world could look like in five years with tools like The Point. Watch Andrew Mason, The Point, Online Collective Activism in Tech & Spiele | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

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Learn More | The Point Easy and Effective Group Action. Whether you're raising money, organizing people, or trying to influence change: if you can't do it alone, you can do it on The Point. Starting Campaigns on The Point from Groupon, Inc on Vimeo . Awesome!

Robert Reich - 7 Lies about the ECONOMY

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Robert Reich - 7 Lies - About the Economy The President’s Jobs Bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more equitable society – unless more Americans know the truth about the economy. Here’s a short (2 minute 30 second) effort to rebut the seven biggest whoppers now being told by those who want to take America backwards. The major points: 1 . Tax cuts for the rich trickle down to everyone else . Baloney. Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush both sliced taxes on the rich and what happened? Most Americans’ wages (measured by the real median wage) began flattening under Reagan and have dropped since George W. Bush. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke. 2. Higher taxes on the rich would hurt the economy and slow job growth . False. From the end of World War II until 1981, the richest Americans faced a top marginal tax rate of 70 percent or above. Under Dwight Eisenhower it was 91 percen

Mario Savio Memorial Lecture: Robert Reich on Class Warfare in America - YouTube

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Mario Savio Memorial Lecture: Robert Reich on Class Warfare in America I want you to listen to Robert Reich until the very END when he says THANK YOU! This is the best speech on what is going on and what has got to CHANGE! The time for CHANGE has COME! Its time for JUSTICE! More about and from Robert Reich http://robertreich.org/

Robert Reich: Super Committee is Super Trouble - YouTube

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Robert Reich: Super Committee is Super Trouble - YouTube Robert Reich explains how the Super Committee could reduce the deficit by raising taxes on the 1% and create jobs, rather than making cuts that will hurt working families.

A Life Connected: VEGAN on Vimeo

A Life Connected: VEGAN on Vimeo A Life Connected: VEGAN from NonviolenceUnited.org on Vimeo . Brought to you by NonviolenceUnited.org This is one in what we hope will be a series of our A Life Connected project. A 12-minute uplifting, positive video about the power of making Vegan choices. People everywhere are making choices more connected...

World Pneumonia Day 2011

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World Pneumonia Day 2011 - Do you know the facts on childhood pneumonia? The fight against this deadly disease can be won. Take a look at our video and learn how you can make a difference and save a life.

Be THE CHANGE!

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Greenhouse gases rise by record amount

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Greenhouse gases rise by record amount Levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago  guardian.co.uk ,  Emissions from a coal-fired power station. The output of greenhouse gases has jumped by the highest amount on record. Photograph: John Giles/PA The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide has jumped by a record amount, according to the US department of energy, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming. The figures for 2010 mean that levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago. "The more we talk about the need to control emission

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Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies | Video on TED.com

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies | Video on TED.com