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Book Review: How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate

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April 29, 2015 Laura Asiala no comments

Science is standing in the way of action for climate change-but maybe not the way you think. In his latest book, How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate, Andr...

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The Joint Initiative for Village Advancement Looks Beyond Numbers

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March 12, 2015 Virendar Khatana no comments

In 2011, Sam Allen, Deere & Company’s Chairman and CEO, led a team from John Deere on a week-long corporate service experience in Rajasthan, India. Following this eng...

An Innovation in Energy Auditing Fosters Sustainability and Professional Growth

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January 30, 2015 Daniel Hill no comments

For most people, a trip to the dentist is a reminder of the virtues of flossing, or the sharp pain and numbness that follows a Novocain needle. For Mimi West, a graduate ...

Imagine a World Without Chocolate

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January 15, 2015 Pam Williams no comments

An eight-seater van rumbled along the lightly graded road from Quito to Quevedo. Our group of chocolatiers and chocolate makers from the United States, Brazil, Belgium, a...

The Nine Places We Wanted to Visit in 2014

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December 29, 2014 Melissa Mattoon no comments

This was an exciting year for The New Global Citizen! We featured stories of innovative impact from exciting places around the world, like Brazil, Zambia, Vietnam, Uganda...

Eight things you didn’t know about Ebola

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December 18, 2014 Alicia Ness no comments

“Shut out of modernity, they have been left on their own.” Earlier this month, Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health (PIH) addressed a group of close to ...

For the World’s Water, Every Drop Counts

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November 24, 2014 Melissa Mattoon no comments

This is part two of the New Global Citizen’s coverage of the 2014 Net Impact Conference, “Breaking Boundaries,” held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in November 2014. The confe...

Can Global Business Feed the World?

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November 14, 2014 Melissa Mattoon no comments

This is part one of the New Global Citizen’s coverage of the 2014 Net Impact Conference, “Breaking Boundaries,” held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference convened im...

The Long Road to Peace in Colombia

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November 10, 2014 Amy Crumbliss no comments

On September 24, 2014, Cristina, a former Colombian guerrilla, experienced the ultimate act of absolution. In an audience with Pope Francis, Cristina asked forgiveness on...

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