On International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2012 we celebrated our commitment and hope for a better world. The main focus of IVD 2012 was awareness of and recognition for volunteers and volunteer organizations. The purpose is to recognize this commitment, to inform people...
International Volunteer Day, the United Nations-mandated observance day which ‘celebrates the power and potential of volunteerism’ takes place annually on 5 December. This year, the world leader of The Salvation Army – General André Cox – has recorded a short video to...
Berets, badges, Black Lives Matter and social justice: the youth group for activist girls of colour The Radical Monarchs is an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of colour in Oakland, California. Its members earn badges not for sewing or selling cookies, but...
As a little girl, Amma witnessed firsthand the stark inequality in the world and wondered about the meaning of suffering. Her search culminated in a decision to dedicate her life to giving love to as many people as she could. When she was just nine years old, people...
Map It! Track It! Change It! Share It! Map Your World empowers youth to explore issues and ideas that matter – like clean drinking water, or food justice – then write surveys, collect data, and create maps to make change in their communities. When we say...
In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You’ll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food everywhere, localising their...
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