You are invited to visit the Africa Peace and Conflict Network’s (APCN) new website, which is accessible to the public as of June 5th, and is steadily being updated and extended as of that date.
There will be online events for the launch, which will be announced on APCN’s email list. We would be glad if [...]
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Africa Peace and Conflict Network's new site and publications announcement
June 8th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Africa · apcn · Change · conflict · Development · nova · Peace · reconciliation · Research · resolution · southeastern · studies · university
Call for Nominations, Pop!Tech 2009 Social Innovation Fellows Program
March 6th, 2009 No Comments
Nominations open, and accepted on a rolling basis.
Around the world, visionary change agents are hard at work incubating new approaches to the planet’s toughest challenges. Yet they’re often doing so without taking advantage of the latest tools and thinking in technology, communications and innovation – or a network of experts, peers, and supporters who can [...]
Tags: Awards · Change · Development · fellowship · Innovation · Leadership
Changemakers Competition Cultivating Innovation: Solutions for Rural Communities
March 6th, 2009 No Comments
Top three entries will win USD $5000 each. Submit your entry by the early entry deadline, March 30, 2009, and be eligible to win a cell phone and digital camera. Deadline: May 13, 2009 at 6pm, U.S. EST.
The Changemakers “Cultivating Innovation: Solutions for Rural Communities” collaborative competition aims to find innovative solutions toward improving the [...]
Tags: agriculture · ashoka · Change · community · Innovation
SEED Awards 2009 for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development
January 25th, 2009 3 Comments
Call for submissions. Deadline: 16th March 2009. Award winners receive tailor-made support services, worth up to $40,000, to help their venture.
Do you have an entrepreneurial and innovative idea that is locally-driven and has great potential to contribute to sustainable development in countries with developing or transition economies? Do you need support to help grow your [...]
Tags: challenge · Change · climate · creativity · enterprenuership · green · growth · ideas · innocation · Tags: business
United Actions begins NOW-January 1, 2009
January 2nd, 2009 1 Comment
Dear Human
THE TIME has come to break new ground and remake the world for the better. Can you afford to be indifferent? Can you stand by and watch? Change starts within ourselves. Change is up to us – it is up to you. Let us be a part of that generation.
To be realistic is paramount [...]
Tags: actions · Africa · Change · Development · Environment · global · United Nations · World
The 7th International JTEFS/BBCC Conference "Sustainable Development. Culture. Education"May 5-8, 2009,Daugavpils University, Latvia
December 20th, 2008 1 Comment
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are proud to announce the 7th International Conference “Sustainable Development. Culture. Education” of JTEFS/BBCC (Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability/Baltic & Black Sea Circle Consortium) and UNESCO Network on Reorientation of Teacher Education towards Sustainability, which is organized by Institute of Sustainable Education at the Faculty of Education and Management of [...]
Tags: Africa · application · call · Change · charter · climate · Conference · Culture · Development · earth · Education · essays · EU · findings · for · international · latvia · papers · Peace · Projects · Research · seminars · solution · sustainaable · teachers · UNESCO · Youth
The Tech Awards 2009: Global Call for Nominations
December 19th, 2008 1 Comment
2009 Nomination Deadline: March 27, 2009. $250,000 in Cash Prizes to be Awarded to Innovators Using Technology to Benefit Humanity
Nominations for The Tech Awards are now being accepted.
The Tech Awards is an international awards program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity.
The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement [...]
Tags: application · Awards · challenge · Change · Development · global · Innovation · prize · Technology
Environmental Defence Fund CLIMATE CORP FELLOWS 2009-Apply!!!
December 18th, 2008 No Comments
Companies are missing significant savings in annual operating costs—around $40,000 for every 50,000 square feet in office space using no-cost or low-cost measures—and opportunities to increase property values, improve employee morale through more comfortable working environments and help the environment.
So why aren’t more companies taking advantage of these energy (and cost) saving measures? A variety [...]
Tags: action · al gore · business · Change · climate change · energy · fellows · gas · global warming · greenhouse · Innovation · MBA · oil · policies · renewable energy · young leaders
Access: Voice of the Next Generation Student Essay Contest Presented by Net Impact and Sponsored by FedEx
December 18th, 2008 1 Comment
What is Access?
Crossposted from the Aspen Institute’s Center for Business Education
Access is the ability to connect. Access empowers people and businesses with more choices and greater confidence. It is about making new opportunities possible by simplifying the ability to reach new markets and accelerating global connections — physically, economically, and in the realm of information.
Efficient [...]
Tags: access · business · call for appliation · challenge · Change · fund · futures · generations · global · impact · Innovation · leaders · net · new · new technologies · sponsors · support
Ideas Festival, March 24 to 29 (2009)Brisbane, Australia
December 18th, 2008 2 Comments
From March 24 to 29 (2009), the State Library of Queensland will be the hub of conversation, innovation and participation. The Ideas Festival will bring leading thinkers, innovators, young people, students and the general community together to celebrate and debate ideas that matter.
Ideas to action is the motto of the Ideas Festival as it looks [...]
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