SPEAKER – Elizabeth Dry – “The Green Brick Road: Educating Divers Populations” Promise of Peace is a non-profit seeking simple solutions for increasing the completion rate at Woodrow Wilson High School as well as reducing the teenage pregnancy rate and gang involvement in the East Dallas community. By disseminating knowledge through involvement in a [...]
October 13, 2011
The mission of the Memnosyne Foundation is to help the diverse people of the world consciously encourage an evolution for themselves and for future generations by providing mankind with the means to encourage positive, peaceful global collaboration in all areas of knowledge. The Foundation is organized around seven centers: • Center for Interfaith Inquiry • [...]
October 13, 2011
Certified B Corporations are a new type of corporation which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Corps are unlike traditional businesses because they: Meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards; Meet higher legal accountability standards; Build business constituency for good business www.bcorporation.net
October 13, 2011
Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. And our founder, John Muir, appears on the back of the California quarter. www.sierraclub.org
October 13, 2011
The North Texas Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. USGBC works toward its mission of market transformation through its LEED green building certification program, robust educational offerings, a nationwide network of chapters [...]
October 13, 2011
Our goal is to ensure that those men and women, who have served our country with distinction, and who are now interested in civilian careers that focus on clean and healthy air, food, energy, and water for all generations to come, have a guiding hand to find that job and the additional support to be [...]
October 13, 2011
The Gleaning Network of Texas is a nonprofit, grassroots organization whose goal is to use our state’s existing surplus fresh produce resources to help alleviate hunger and improve nutrition for food-insecure Texans. The Network brings together growers, volunteers, and service agencies to provide food for the hungry from fruits and vegetables left in the [...]
October 13, 2011
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