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   Water for Life Decade The United Nations has declared 2005 to 2015 as the Water for Life Decade, with aims to promote efforts to fulfill international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015. Water is important on so many levels. First of all, as a basic human necessity: "Many millions of people around the world face water shortages and a daily struggle to secure

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Earlier I blogged about my new experiment called "The Switch" which is basically an effort to switch, one item at a time, to more sustainable and environment-friendly products. I intend for it to cover a range of products and brands - from household cleaning to corporate needs to personal care.  Here's my first on laundry - EcoGreen Natural Herbal Laundry Powder, which is another find on the

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    Measuring Social Enterprise is a good resource for social entrepreneurs who are serious about moving past nice anecdotal stories and start applying metrics to quantify their results. Dacanay starts off the first chapter by setting a clear definition of a social enterprise and discussing the challenge of performance measurement. She highlights the difference between a traditional

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Earlier I blogged about my new experiment called "The Switch" which is basically an effort to switch, one item at a time, to more sustainable and environment-friendly products. I intend for it to cover a range of products and brands - from household cleaning to corporate needs to personal care. So here's my second installment on personal care - Human Nature's Balancing Facial Wash: Orange &

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No long blogpost for today. Just really love this and wanted to share it with you :) Found it on the wall of Yuchengco Museum on the occasion of Rizal's 150th anniversary - "Rizalizing the Future" exhibit.

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I've always believed that there is a lot of talent in the Philippines. We may lack opportunities for training, or need to develop our capacity to promote talents or to develop the market... but when it comes to raw talent, we definitely have a lot of it. Last week, the Ayala Foundation shone the light on one such talent - virtuoso pianist (and fellow Cebuano) Aima Labra-Makk. Her playing has

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"The Switch" is a series of blogposts about switching, one item at a time, to more socially-responsible and sustainable products. In the past I've always talked about products for individual use, so I figured it's time for a post on how organizations and corporations can make the switch too. The marketing department of a company can be responsible for a lot of waste - flyers and

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The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) in the Philippines describes itself as a "network of over seventy operating and grant-making corporate foundations and corporations that promote and enhance the strategic practice of Corporate Social Responsibility among its members and the larger business community, towards sustained national development." The LCF first caught my attention through

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Earlier I blogged about my new experiment called "The Switch" which is basically an effort to switch, one item at a time, to more sustainable and environment-friendly products.  In the past, I've already reviewed two home-cleaning products: Full Circle's Eco Friendly All-Purpose Cleaner and Goodmaid's Bio Dishwashing Liquid. Now I figured it's about time to pick out something on personal

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Weather Updates@ dzIQ990  Falcon to exit Saturday but another low pressure area brewing—Pagasa http://t.co/mhJUgkd@ GMANewsOnline Rain, floods prompt NCR colleges, universities to suspend weekend classes http://goo.gl/fb/R2H03@ ABSCBNNews 'Falcon' leaving Philippines; storm warnings lifted http://bit.ly/lQcItm #weather #news@dost_pagasa TS"FALCON" is expected to exit PAR by tomorrow morning. @

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It's Bagyo Season in the Philippines again. In the midst of monitoring Falcon and all the flooding, I thought I'd put together a quick tip sheet for disaster-preparedness. Keep safe, everyone! MONITORING THE NEWS Twitter is always my top pick when I need the latest news, and these are the top accounts I recommend when monitoring storms and floods in Manila: General News: ABS CBN News @

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       There's a PhP 100,000.00 check waiting to be claimed by the right kind of Changemaker who can use it to turn a good social change idea into a reality. Are you ready to be that person?  What sort social change are you ready to fight for?  And how far are you willing to go? If you've got a one-weekend feeding program for your local public school, then you're not the one I'm

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THE MODELS THAT WORK>> BeyondProfit.Com The question of how to scale up a business has always been a tough one for social entrepreneurs. While many articles will emphasize that the question of achieving scale is a complicated one that requires careful consideration of the unique factors of your business and your communities, here's one that offers 5 models that have worked for many organizations

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As far as corporate social responsibility an charity projects go, the Miracle Machine by seems to be one of the most fun. Starting from the concept of "12 miracles in 12 days" to the Facebook app by which you sign up and all the way down to the selection of activities. There is nothing I like better than people doing good who also know how to dream big. 12 miracles in 12 days - sound ambitious?

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In celebration of the UN International Year of Biodiversity 2010, the Philippines is having its first ever Scientific Film Festival  with the theme "SineSiyensiya: Kamanghaan ang samu't-saring buhay sa daigdig." It is actually part of an international festival, spanning other Asian countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines. Here in Manila, the film fest is a joint effort

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The season of giving is here once again! What I like to do at the beginning of the last quarter each year  is to survey all the different non-profits and social enterprises that are coming out with special Christmas offerings. After all, it can't hurt to be a little efficient: buying from these sources makes sure you give twice as much - by getting gifts to your loved ones and donating to a

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Earlier I blogged about my new experiment called "The Switch" which is basically an effort to switch, one item at a time, to more sustainable and environment-friendly products. This is the second switch - from regular all-purpose cleansers to organic, eco-friendly cleansers. To read about the first switch - biodegradable dishwashing liquid - click here. “Full Circle” is a brand that is very

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Earlier I blogged about my new experiment called "The Switch" which is basically an effort to switch, one item at a time, to more sustainable and environment-friendly products. So here’s the first household switch – from regular to natural, biodegradable dishwashing liquid. I spotted this Goodmaid Bio Natural Skin Moisturizing Dishwashing Liquid by Good Maid at SM Supermarket. What initially

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  Last Saturday, the Ateneo School of Government (ASOG) and Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship (ACSEnt) launched the Philippine Social Entrepreneurship Club at their Rockwell campus. The event started off with an introduction about the Philippine SE Club by Harvey Keh, Director of Youth Leadership and social Entrepreneurship at the ASOG, then a talk by TV News Anchor Martin Andanar on

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Just this Monday we witnessed the horrific bus siege at the Quirino grandstand end in the tragic death of eight Chinese tourists from Hong Kong. It's been less than one week, and already we hear so many reports of backlash - domestic helpers in Hong Kong have reportedly been fired from their jobs, several Chinese nationals let their anger out on social media, and even the son of former President

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August 2010 marks the start of the International Year of the Youth, as declared by the United Nations.  It was officially launched globally last August 12, 2010 with the theme "Dialogue and Mutual Understanding"- complete with its own microsite, Twitter account, Facebook page, YouTube channel, formal conferences such as the Fifth World Youth Congress (Jul 31 - Aug 13 in Istanbul) and World

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The Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship announced the dates for Beyond Bottomlines 3: An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship. I attended one back in 2007. As someone who was then only vaguely familiar with the concept of social entrepreneurship, I found it a very interesting seminar. It started off with an overview of the whole concept of social entrepreneurship, then we had some case

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Perhaps it was in economics class that I first heard of the idea of seeing your money – seeing each peso – as a vote. Where you choose to spend your money is a vote to sustain those specific companies, brands and products.  And it stuck with me every since. Years before the social cause and green marketing boom, I’ve already attempted to make more ethical and environment-friendly choices when

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A message from ANTHILL Fabric Gallery: The tree bag project is ANTHILL's first collaboration with the highly innovative and respected fellow social enterprise, Rags2Riches Inc. RIIR gave ANTHILL the opportunity to have its first sustainable project for our 15 weavers in Bangued, Abra. This tree bags extends its reach not only to them but also to the R2R Nanays of Payatas (

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The beginnings of a crowdsourced tourism campaign for the Philippines? Search #helpDOT on twitter and watch it unfold. I first caught wind of this #helpDOT when I saw my friends Edgar and James, fellow CouchSurfers, tagging their tweets with it.  Help our Philippine Department of Tourism? As a travel enthusiast with nationalistic leanings, how could I resist?  My involvement with 

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When i first saw this line on a friend's twitter feed, it caught my attention immediately because I never considered the carbon footprint of a blog. I guess because it's paperless, I didn't bother to think about any environmental impact anymore. But a physicist at Harvard University, and environmental activist actually calculated the carbon footprint of one blog: ...an average website causes

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Being Filipino, I know that growing up in a developing country meant witnessing poverty everyday – from the beggars knocking on your window as you drive to school in the morning, the squatter areas you pass along the way, down to some of the feature sob-stories in the evening news. It is easy to run into people who have grown desensitized after years and years of having such in-your-face

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What is Gawad Kalinga?"It's this organization that builds homes for the poor." What is Hands On Manila?"It's this organization that coordinates volunteer activities in Manila." What is Youth Trip?"It's this NGO that organizes fun talks and trips around the country."  True. Those are all true. But a little bit nearsighted. Though there is nothing wrong with building homes for the poor, or

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Change is everyone's business, and it's an everyday job. A personal belief that I've always had, and one that is at the very core of why I strongly advocate Corporate Social Responsibility, youth empowerment and a healthy multi-sectoral cooperation when it comes to nation-building. This year, the Philippines has been sucked into this whirlwind I call the "Elections Day High". Not a bad thing

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For those of you in Cebu, hope you can drop by my friend's event on March 6th. Celebrate the month of empowered women at ANTHILL Fabric Gallery! See the works of participating artists as they "offer a personal yet crucial contribution in liberating women from a labyrinth of issues and concerns whether self- inflicted or dictated by society."

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Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause by Philip Kotler My rating: 5 of 5 stars I ended up just skimming through this book as it's a bit too basic for me now. But it's a good read for the beginner still looking for basic info on the world of CSR as it gives a very good overview and loads of examples.  In "Corporate Social Responsibility", Kotler

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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz My rating: 5 of 5 stars The prologue opens with: "They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I took mine and fell flat on my face. As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to africa to try and save the continent, only to learn

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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein My rating: 5 of 5 stars I remember feeling very self-conscious whenever I read or carried this book around in public. Friends, whenever they see you carrying a book, will always ask "What are you reading?" I'd sheepishly show them the cover, anticipating what I know was coming next.. An "Emily, are

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I kicked off my 2010 with a crazy travel schedule for work. 2 weeks, 5 cities, 9 plane rides, 2 long drives, 4 hotels, countless tricycle rides, loads of luggage and bitbit na pasalubong... all of which eventually earned me a bad case of lumbar strain. Occupational hazard aside, I've found some time to collate reflections of my travel highs and lows... Leaving home at 4am to catch flights

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And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain." So God granted him what he requested. I Chronicles 4:10 NKJV I encountered a prayer called The Prayer of Jabez back in 2003. And like many others, I would go on to tell people that if

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I was reading the Stanford Social Innovation Review today, and came across the article Making the B-List: The B Corp seal of approval distinguishes truly responsible businesses from mere poseurs. It talked about the existence of, and need to properly identify authentic mission-driven companies. Companies that are, at the very heart of their operations, trying to do some good. "

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It's been over a week since the Ondoy disaster, and many victims are still trying to pick up the pieces. At the same time, many are documenting what happened and recording the lessons that we have learned (or are still learning) from this experience. While many are now debating proper waste disposal, regulation of building and city development, and disaster relief coordination, a few blogs have

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For those of us who took up Marketing Communications, Philip Kotler and Ned Roberto are no strangers. Kotler was most probably the author of your Marketing 101, Comm 101 or Advertising 101 book. And Roberto, on the other hand, was probably a demi-god to your market research professor. So put them together and add Nancy Lee (whom I only later learned is a social marketing guru of sorts, since

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I'm hoping to consolidate all the Cebu donation info for easier reference so if you hear anything, pls leave a comment and I'll add it. Thanks to everyone who already helped. Let's do this, Cebu!! DONATION DROP-OFFS: 1. Cebu musicians & Outpost Restobar will help Ondoy victims! We'll need you to bring your goods, clothing food etc. Joseph Castillo, hubby of musician Lia Luisa A. Castillo will

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Cainta Rizal @Monja Delos Santos FB Repost - OS! Pregnant woman about to give birth stranded! 908 Aristotle St. Vista Verde Village,Cainta,Rizal - Regular contraction please repost or retweet RT @ateneodemanilau #Ondoy: Repost: please send help over to 1296 Cambridge street, brookside hills subd. cainta. haven't heard from... http://bit.ly/4dCZhQ Via FB from Definitely Filipino If anyone can

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(Click on the image to make it bigger. Feel free to download and pass it on to your friends!) Over dinner, a good old friend asked me, "Em, do you want to be a missionary for one week?". I looked at her. "What exactly do you mean by that??" It turns out, she really meant it in the truest sense of the word. On she goes recounting the story of last Holy Week when she and a bunch of other

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Yet again, YTRiP brought us a fun evening of getting to know the Philippines better - Philippine wines in particular! In the evening of October 18, Frank and I found our way to quaint and cozy little Rafa's Deli and Cafe in QC. The original plan was to have a wine and cheese party, but some problems came up with sourcing the cheese. But hey, we were quite contented to have just the wine! Besides

Emily Dyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08378325874817993227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821719519298168648.post-83748389914828476842008-10-13T15:13:00.008+08:002010-04-25T22:52:05.111+08:00

I got this flyer in my email about a month ago and instantly thought it was a great idea because I am always 10 days behind on my chores, and I don't have my own car. When I need to travel far to do my chores, I always have to bug either my brother or my boyfriend. So the next chance I got, I tried out the Pedala messenger service - and they did not disappoint. I gave them a simple task at

Emily Dyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08378325874817993227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821719519298168648.post-83397442821797691722008-10-12T00:52:00.020+08:002010-04-25T22:52:16.170+08:00

(A migrated post from my multiply account, originally published on July 10, 2008.) I first heard of YTRiP about a year ago, and have always wanted to join their projects. But for some reason, schedules never really quite worked out. (Despite me and Clare emailing and texting back and fourth for months.. even our plans to have coffee never really materialized!) So I was particularly excited

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