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Venezuelan Businessman Turns Thieves into Employees

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Posted by stevegh   
Friday, 08 August 2008
alberto-vollmer.jpgAlberto Vollmer's programs for poor squatters and young hoodlums is seen as a model for defusing social tensions. The US-educated businessman and heir to a sugarcane fortune, has founded two highly successful programs to provide the poor with land and job opportunities, and earned the respect of the Chávez government. (Christian Science Monitor)
 

Corporations Making a Positive Difference

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Posted by jmatz   
Sunday, 03 August 2008
ford-logo.jpgFord, Coca Cola, and Bayer, among other companies, actively demonstrate they care about people and the planet. Here are some examples of how corporations are contributing to society and helping the environment. Even Wal-Mart is making improvements to benefit the planet.
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Dunkin' Donuts to Offer Healthier Menu Items

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Posted by jseiler1   
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
"Looking to entice those hungry for a healthier option, Dunkin' Donuts will begin offering a new slate of better-for-you offerings in August." (AP News at Yahoo)
 

Every TerraCycle Product Made From Garbage, Packaged in Garbage

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Posted by geri   
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
recycled-umbrella.jpgKraft Foods has joined a list of major corporations, like Coke and Kellogg, to fund the collection of used packaging and consumer leftovers of its products through a partnership with upstart super-recycler, TerraCycle, Inc.

In 2001, Tom Szaky, a Princeton University Freshman, dropped out of school to become an eco-capitalist founding TerraCycle, a company that turns garbage into useful home products. "TerraCycle’s eco-friendly products have received a myriad of social and environmental accolades and are sold at major retailers like The Home Depot, Target, Wal-Mart and Whole Foods Markets."

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BMW Says Mini's Time has Come: Electrics Due in U.S. Next Year

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Posted by geri   
Monday, 28 July 2008
mini-logo.jpgThe U.S. car market may be moving toward Mini's kind of small, fashionable and fuel-efficient vehicles, and the British brand will be ready as it prepares to launch its first electric vehicles in the United States in 2009 and a small crossover utility vehicle not long after.
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