—May 18, 2010—
Non-profit Panera uses honor system
A sign at the entrance says: "Take what you need, leave your fair share." Customers who can't pay are asked to donate their time. The concept has worked, with surprising success, at a handful of individually operated community cafes in Salt Lake City, Denver and Highland Park, N.J.
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—August 3, 2009—USA TODAY
Sustainability could secure a good future
College students flock to 'green' degrees, careers By Jillian Berman, USA TODAY
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sustainability into their programs.
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—July 29, 2009—E-The Environmental Magazine
A New Form of Farming That Can Transform Cities
Using the SPIN model, growing ranks of the green-thumbed in North American cities and towns are becoming farmers, raising and selling organic produce on sub-acre backyard plots or vacant lots. In so doing, they're setting the stage for sustainable, local-foods economies-one city and one farm at a time.
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July 28, 2009—USA Today
Ranks of volunteers expanded in 2008
More Americans became engaged in their communities last year as the economy weakened, a federal agency reports today.
Two forms of volunteerism jumped sharply: the number of people who worked with neighbors to solve a local problem rose 31% from 2007 to 2008, and the number of people who attended community meetings rose 17% last year.
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July 22, 2009—E-The Environmental Magazine
Back on My Feet gets the homeless on track.
Until July 2007, Michael Solomon hadn't been for a run in 20 years. His wife had just died, and he was living at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission in Philadelphia when Anne Mahlum walked into the shelter looking for a few running partners.
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July 14, 2009 — USA Today
Elizabeth Weise reports on an exciting new movement in which young people — most of whom come from cities and suburbs — are taking up what may be the world's oldest profession: organic farming. The wave of young farmers on tiny farms is too new and too small to have turned up significantly in USDA statistics, but people in the farming world acknowledge there's something afoot. Read entire article.
June 22, 2009: "Today, for the official kick off of United We Serve, members of my administration have fanned out across America to participate in service events and encourage all Americans to join them. Our nation faces some of the greatest challenges it has in generations and we know it's going to take a lot of hard work to get us back on track. View a video by the First Lady. While Michelle and I are calling on every American to participate in United We Serve, the call to service doesn't end this fall. We need to stay involved in our towns and communities for a long time to come. After all, America's new foundation will be built one neighborhood at a time - and that starts with you." —President Barack Obama
United We Serve
May 24, 2009: Sister Mary Scullion runs Project H.O.M.E. in Philadelphia, a national model for ending homelessness. The rate of homelessness in Philadelphia decreased by 50% between 1997 and 2000. How? Project H.O.M.E. convinced city officials to develop affordable housing for families and permanent supportive housing for drug addicts and the mentally disabled. It's extremely effective and a lot less costly than keeping a person on the streets. Project H.O.M.E.
May 18, 2009: Zach Bonner, 11, is on a mission to help homeless children. Zach, who founded the Little Red Wagon Foundation in 2005 to help homeless and underprivileged children, started a 668-mile hike from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., last week. Along the way, Zach is collecting letters from children that he hopes to give President Obama in July. He has raised about $35,000 for this portion of the walk so far, he says. His previous two walks - from Tampa to Tallahassee in 2007 and from Tallahassee to Atlanta in 2008 - brought in about $42,000 total. Little Red Wagon Foundation
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