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It’s been a while – quick news from betterplace

Lately, we’ve posted more in the German blog. We didn’t mean to neglect our English-speaking readers! Here’s a quick update on the most important news at betterplace: +++ Over 20.000 Euro within a few days for surviving victims of cyclone Nargis in Burma. German/Swedish energy group Vattenfall will match every Euro donated by an employee. [...]
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Burma, biofuels and the foodcrisis

Over at Culture Matters, there is a very interesting post about the complex interconnections between the impending foodcrisis in Burma and the new interest in biofuels, in this case the bitter biodiesel plant called jatropha. Apparently the Burmese junta has ordered farmers to replace rice with jatropha, resulting in the plant (which is suitable for very arid, [...]
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Corporate Volunteering

An increasing number of corporations actively support the social volunteering of their employees – and everybody seems to profit from the arrangement. A new study, Hand in Hand  - Corporate Volunteering asan instrument of organizational development in Germany, conducted by brands & values, looked at the positive influence corporately sponsered volunteering has on employee motivation, loyalty and [...]
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Activism from the cage

Chun with Chinese artist YeFu in the cocoon Last month, Chinese dancer and therapist Chunhong Wang, who respresents her Beijing center Good Gifted Garden on betterplace (and there only!) joined her friend, the famous Chinese behaviour artist YeFu in the cage/cacoon, hanging out the Huantie Time Art Museum. While Yefu will be living in the cage [...]
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Next generation design prize

Last week, the fifth edition of metropolis’ next generation® design prize was awarded to architect and professor, eric olsen. The 2008 prestigious design prize was based around the theme of water. Olsen’s project, a solar water disinfecting tarpaulin, was awarded 10,000 USD for coming out on top of a very competitive field. Created for transporting [...]
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Don’t Wait for The Rain

What a cool social marketing tool! This video by Maasai rap artist Mr. Ebbo propagates the KickStart MoneyMaker pump, one of the most successful BoP products (its inventor recently won the Lemelson-MIT Sustainability Award.) I saw the pump advertised in a number of places in Mali earlier this year. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIDzBQ6meYY]  
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