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What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: “they need our help” in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed and how her work with micro loans has brought new power to people who live on a […]
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“Is about finding the right formula between conservation, communities and commerce. Great Plains Conservation’s model takes stressed and threatened environments, surrounds them with compassionate protection and intelligent management. It’s an initiative to help curb the downward spiral of our threatened natural world by being proactive today, and by applying what they know best. This is […]
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