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Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, we have elected over 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries.
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The Hunger Project is a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.
Bikram Yoga is a series of 26 hatha yoga postures (asanas) done in a specific order over 90 minutes in a room heated to just above body temperature. The series was brought to the US over 30 years ago by Bikram Choudhury, and is now taught globally by hundreds of certified instructors.
A fundamental principle of Landmark Education's work is that people — and the communities, organizations, and institutions with which they are engaged — have the possibility not only of success, but also of fulfillment and greatness.
 

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8wintercachesm.jpg      The mission of the Winter Cache Project (WCP) is to free ourselves from a dependence on industrial agriculture and to increase our community food security by developing sustainable local food systems. By growing and storing our own food to last throughout the winter and educating ourselves about agricultural issues, we aim to create a working
     
      I have the honor of designing the template for this project. This project provides a real gift to the community it supports. Community Gardening Projects bring neighbors together and empowers people to supplement their food supply by growing it themselves.

Community gardening stimulates social interaction, encourages self-reliance, truly beautifies neighborhoods and produces nutritious foods, while reducing family food budgets. Each garden is an autonomous neighborhood-based effort where friends share work and responsibility. food, and  a connection to the earth and each other.  example of how we can come together as a community to provide for our basic needs by employing the principles of mutual aid, equal access, and self-determination.

 

 
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The blog of a 20 year-old entrepreneur and author.
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