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  1. A troubling statistic.#youth#unemployment m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-busi…
  2. Predictions are always fun. 5 EdTech Predictions for 2012 m.zdnet.com/blog/education…
  3. Activist nun who fought Indian mining companies brutally murdered theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asi… via @globeandmail
  4. I like that the UN is truly stepping out of its comfort zone. #activism m.good.is/post/united-na…
  5. Activist Tzeporah Berman steps out of the trees and into the boardroom theglobeandmail.com/life/relations… via @globeandmail #climate #activism
  6. Heads Up: ClimateSpark Social Venture Challenge. $500K in funding. climatespark.ca #competition #climate #socialinnovation
  7. If you're in the NYC area, please check out UNICEF's exhibit – State of Our World: Adolescence – at the Dann… (cont) deck.ly/~j13aH
  8. Chris Hughes’ Social Causes Startup Jumo Gets Folded Into GOOD via @techcrunch techcrunch.com/2011/08/17/hug…
  9. Portrait of Taliban-administered justice: Image of disfigured Afghan woman wins top photo prize theglobeandmail.com/news/world/eur… via @globeandmail #photo
  10. 8S7Ca4 Under 30? Want to Work in Burundi for a Year? (@GOOD Stuff)
  11. Gigaom's Mathew Ingram's rebuttal: Gladwell Still Missing the Point About Social Media and Activism http://tinyurl.com/4uu9m63
  12. Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker piece – Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted http://tinyurl.com/37xkxfk #activism #criticism
  13. An interesting article in the Globe and Mail on the rise of private charities. http://tinyurl.com/2eusmup #charities #giving #philanthropy
  14. RT @brainpicker: From the team behind How To Feed The World (http://is.gd/ilnYo), the housing crisis explained in infographic animation
  15. RT @nesta_uk: Great data simulation, "Breathing Earth", shows real-time CO2 emissions across the globe http://bit.ly/f9tdR
  16. How Do You Design for Happiness? http://su.pr/2aFbA0 (@GOOD stuff) Some interesting points for social marketers.
  17. Pepsi: Refresh Project Racks Up More Votes than Last Presidential Election mashable.com/2010/09/21/pep… via @mashable #activism #socialmedia
  18. RT @butterflyworks: The website is live and the Better World Challenge is already cooking. http://fb.me/CSvfsBPw (via @abetterworld10)
  19. Poll question: Do you REALLY care how an organization/cause spends your donation? http://tinyurl.com/yhc4sha #nonprofit #donations #activism
  20. RT @owasow: I wonder if BP wishes they'd spent a little less on the "Beyond Petroleum" ads + a little more on backup safety equipment.