http://giverculture.com A Sustainability Weblog Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:48:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Loans are generally made to make a profit. But what if the benefit were mainly for the person who takes the loan, rather than the person who gives it? Microloans have become more popular since the growth of the internet made loan-giving easier and less expensive. A microloan ... http://giverculture.com/micro-finance-a-more-giving-investment.htm  After my previous post about CouchSurfing.com, I went to look and see if there was a solution for passengers and parcels, and I happened to find www.pickuppal.com, a site that matches drivers with passengers or parcels.  Its a brilliant way to car pool or to have a package delivered.   Okay, ... http://giverculture.com/beat-those-fuel-prices-reduce-consumption.htm  There are a number of places on the net that are attracting people of the giver culture in droves, but few quite as concentrated as www.couchsurfing.com, a site that is about sharing a room for people for free for a period of time.  Since I'm likely to be moving to ... http://giverculture.com/couch-surfing-giver-style.htm  Just the other day I was looking for a job in game design.  Having recently returned home from Canada, I've been applying to quite a few game companies (to a fairly good response, I might add).  Although I think I have probably landed a couple of the jobs I've recently ... http://giverculture.com/earth-rangers-to-the-rescue.htm One Laptop Per Child is a supreme example of people from all walks of life coming together to complete a project for the good of humanity. The goal of the project is to produce a child-friendly laptop that can be priced at $100, and distributed en masse to children in ... http://giverculture.com/one-laptop-per-child-technology-for-a-better-humanity.htm In the 60's it was a call to ride on the Peace Train, but today University of California Santa Cruz Students, together with partners from Cabrillo College, have been working on a solar-powered train ever since the 90's. Now, with a working prototype, these students are calling on local ... http://giverculture.com/testing-a-way-to-run-a-portfolio.htm "Like Shel Silverstein's concept of “The Giving Tree” there are aspectsof culture that are dedicated to giving rather than exploiting oracquiring power. Imagine an entire culture emerging from within thebelly of our narcissistic capitalism. This culture is a culture ofgiving, of selfless compassion and helping, not because ... http://giverculture.com/the-giver-culture.htm This is a continuation of ideas presented in part 1, "The Giver Culture".In this time in history, a number of dividing opinions exist regarding whether humanity is progressing towards an improved world or whether we are dooming ourselves (and countless other species). Answering the question, "Are we doomed?" is ... http://giverculture.com/why-a-giver-culture.htm One of the most difficult questions, with any social movement, is the question, ‘How to begin?’ It is hard enough to be able to step far enough outside of the box to see what is amiss with modern consumer society, harder yet to visualize what could be done to set ... http://giverculture.com/hello-world.htm