Repurposing our Toys: Social Networking as Emergency Tools

Now this is a great idea: We're already voluntarily linked via social networking, but there is no real emergency-situation support. After all, Skype doesn't even support 911 calls. "Google.org's technology project...

Intel Won't Give Laptops to Children

Will the One Laptop Per Child dream ever be fully-realized?"Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it will drop out of the One Laptop Per Child project and resign from the board after...

Moby music free for indie movie makers

More Moby in movies? I like that it's free for indie filmmakers, but isn't there enough Moby floating around in the pop culture universe?  Also, I didn't know he was a "dance musician." I thought he was...

Mountain Hardwear announces 2008 Gives Back Grants

Mountain Hardwear Announces 2008 Gives Back Grants Awarded to Two Mountain Fund Partner Organizations -- Mountain Hardwear Inc. is pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of the company’s Gives Back Grant program as well as a new youth-centered focus for...

Introducing "Art 4 Good"

Introducing a new program of The Mountain Fund called "Art4Good"! Our new program, Art4Good, is an online gallery created for the purposes of showcasing our members' talents and raising funds...

Wal-Mart’s Environmental Report Card

"Officially, Wal-Mart Stores released a “comprehensive report of its sustainability efforts” yesterday. But the much-anticipated document could more accurately be described as a citizenship report.Wal-Mart did offer many nuggets that would hearten environmentalists. It...

Marvell advances commitment to environment with sponsorship

""As a sponsor of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Marvell has taken a leadership position in driving the industry to find cost-effective ways to reduce electricity consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to climate change," said Mark Bramfitt,...

Pentagon Sued Over Mandatory Christianity

If U.S. Constitutional law means anything at all, the forced imposition of Christianity in the American military is a clear violation of teh barriers between church and state.  All sorts of people including...

Video game tries to draw sympathy to migrants' plight

A non-profit in the US is using video games to try and raise awareness of the experiences of migrants."The rules are simple: Keep a low profile. Don't shoplift. Steer clear of immigration officers. And you might avoid ending up in a deportation facility. ICED, a video game...

Search Engine Corp. Partners with The Mountain Fund to Generate Donations for...

MountainSearch.org will donate half its advertising revenue to The Mountain Fund ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Mountain communities in developing countries are expected to receive significant supplemental funding each year from MountainSearch.org, a new search...

Zurich Gold exchange sponsors Presidential Air Force One dinner

(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Singapore (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - International gold firm Zurich Gold Exchange, Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) is sponsoring kids in need -- putting solid "Gold" into their "stuffed bags." The My Stuff Bags Foundation is a...

Cheap Laptops for a Third World

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Years past the words "A Chicken in every Pot" got Politicians elected by a starving populace in the depression's dirty 30's. Today Corporate America's words "A...

The Mountain Fund's Programs

What does The Mountain Fund do? Our work is always being refined, however, it boils down to three key things: Education Facilitation Collaboration Education. Our primary function, from which all other work flows, is to educate the public about the work being...

The "why" of The Mountain Fund

Our Mission: The Mountain Fund is dedicated to supporting the humanitarian and environmental work being done by small, grass-roots organizations operating in the mountainous regions of the world.  The Mountain Fund facilitates a collaboration of "member agencies" who, by...

Warehouse Fire Also Destroyed Site Of Nonprofit Serving Sick Kids

" June 5, 2007 Maryland - Unlike most Monday mornings, Casey Baynes spent yesterday looking for new desks, computer software and other office supplies so she could keep the charity she founded for critically ill children going. The building in Violetville that was home to her...

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