At least maybe not the way we volunteered before taking a job with so much travel, working long hours, starting a family, paying down a mortgage, etc., etc.
Well, we've stumbled ... MORE
"The system doesn't know what to do with a movement."
That remark on Seth Godin's blog reminded me of Hannah's earlier post about GoodGuide, a service that provides "the world' ... MORE
You're walking down insert street name here in insert city name here, and you come across a homeless man. He's scruffy-looking, smells of sweat and pavement and appears anxious. He ... MORE
Have you ever wondered if your sunscreen contains a toxic chemical? Or been concerned about the social impact of your shampoo? Or the environmental impact of your dish soap?
If ... MORE
For all of you on the lookout for social-impact grad schools, check out Idealist's newly launched Grad School Blog Project. The Project features a dozen bloggers who write about g ... MORE
Whenever I talk with a group of people about how they are conducting their job search, I like to start with a series of questions. I ask, "Who has sent off at least five resumes th ... MORE
When 28-year-old Anmar Abdulla received a threatening letter with a bullet in it, he knew it was time to leave his home country of Iraq. He closed up the translation bureau he was ... MORE
Things have calmed down a good deal in the United States now that the election is over. After ooohing and aaahing over the many remarkable features of the event (some great, some ... MORE
What do Shakespeare, the Beatles, and fish and chips all have in common?
If you know the answer, then this post might be of interest to you!
For the last couple of months, I ... MORE
We all know that there is a lot for volunteers to do in our own communities, whether it’s pitching in on conservation efforts, delivering meals, helping people register to vote, o ... MORE
You may have seen an email or blog post that begins with the sentence: "If yuo can raed tihs, you hvae a sgtrane mnid, too." The whole point of this paragraph is to make you stop ... MORE
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