Cultivating a Sense of Purpose Not so long ago I was working in the field of finance and before that, information technology (IT). Finance is a great field for self-professed math lovers and perfectionists, and IT is perfect for those tech heads who love to problem solve. I have a few friends who work in these areas that love it and are hard pressed to imagine doing anything else. Although I can work an excel spreadsheet like the best of them and can build an awesome computer, these fields just aren’t my cup of tea. Although I can do the jobs well, they leave me feeling spiritually crushed. Being in a soul crushing job or situation can mask your sense of purpose. I’ve spent the past three years working on my Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, a venture that took me out of the finance world and has been a stepping stone in my path of higher purpose – which is to help others to achieve their goals and connect with their true selves. My graduate program is just a few weeks from conclusion.
RSF Social Finance RSF Social Finance, located in San Francisco, California, is a non-profit financial services organization offering investing, lending, and philanthropic services to individuals and enterprises.[1][2] RSF has over one thousand clients and more than $120 million in consolidated assets. RSF Social Finance is the trade name of Rudolf Steiner Foundation, Inc. and its affiliates. It has loaned over $100,000,000 and made more than $50,000,000 in grants to non-profit organizations and social enterprises.[3] As of 2006, RSF was growing at a 60% annual rate.[4] RSF provides access to capital for organizations committed to fair practices and improving economic conditions. According to Co-op America and the Social Investment Forum Foundation, RSF is one of the top 10 organizations which "best exemplify the building of economic opportunity and hope for individuals through community investing Books[edit] Siegfried E. References[edit] External links[edit]
The School for Social Entrepreneurs: Innovation brokers: necessary intermediaries? The other week I attended an interesting and thought-provoking day at NESTA about social innovation, with many of the major players in the field ( NESTA , Innovation Unit , Young Foundation , etc) in attendance. On the same day, the Innovation Unit had launched a report, called 'Honest Brokers: brokering innovation in public services'. [ see here for more and to download the pdf] Matthew Horne, who wrote the report, spoke about it briefly on the day, and I've since read the whole thing. "Innovation brokers help to mobilise innovations, identify opportunities that the current system undervalues and they broker relationships between disparate parts of the system.... He goes on to recommend that the government seeks to create propitious market conditions for these intermediaries working in the social/public sector. Some cynics on the day drew a parallel with the old (false) maxim that "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach"; i.e., "Those who can, innovate; those who can't, broker".
Mozilla Firefox The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Botanic Garden, by Erasmus Darwin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation Author: Erasmus Darwin Posting Date: November 12, 2011 [EBook #9612] Release Date: January, 2006 First Posted: October 10, 2003 Language: English Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Robert Shimmin and PG Distributed Proofreaders [Illustration: FLORA attired by the ELEMENTS] A Poem, in Two Parts. Philosophical Notes. The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination under the banner of Science; and to lead her votaries from the looser analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter, ones which form the ratiocination of philosophy. Oft tho' thy genius, D——! "But THOU! She comes!
Open San Diego Should Governments Make Happiness A Priority? Audio Aired 4/26/11 One of the most famous lines from the United States Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Today we will focus on the "pursuit of Happiness" portion of the Declaration of Independence as we speak to the author of "The Politics of Happiness." Should governments focus as much on "gross national happiness" as they do on the gross domestic product? How can governments assess happiness? Credit: Courtesy of Princeton University Press Above: The cover of Harvard Professor Derek Bok's new book "The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being." Guest Derek Bok, author of "The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being." Read Transcript ST. BOK: Nice to be here. ST. ST. BOK: In Bhutan? ST. ST.
San Diego » Incubator EvoNexus™ is the business incubator of CommNexus™, a leading non-profit high-tech trade organization based in San Diego. Our mission is to stimulate the growth of new high technology companies in our region. EvoNexus is San Diego’s only community-supported, fully pro-bono technology incubator. We provide full services – furnished office space, domain experts and mentors, and the opportunity to leverage our wide network of business and VC contacts – to start-up companies striving to achieve sustainability. And unlike many other incubators, we provide these services entirely free of charge. Our incubator companies are under no financial or IP-related obligation to EvoNexus when they graduate. EvoNexus statistics to date: Established October 2009 713 applications received, 59 companies admitted (1-in-10) $520M in total venture funding and acquisition outcome by companies 24 companies currently incubating 28 graduations to date 7 acquisitions 1000+ jobs created
iDisc Creative Time - Mission Over the past four decades, Creative Time has commissioned and presented ambitious public art projects with thousands of artists throughout New York City, across the country, around the world—and now even in outer space. Our work is guided by three core values: art matters, artists’ voices are important in shaping society, and public spaces are places for creative and free expression. We are acclaimed for the innovative and meaningful projects we have commissioned, from Tribute in Light, the twin beacons of light that illuminated lower Manhattan six months after 9/11, to bus ads promoting HIV awareness, to Paul Chan’s production of Waiting for Godot in New Orleans, and much more. Carl Chen Editorial Fellow, Creative Time Reports Internships, Fellowships, and other opportunities Internships Creative Time offers semester-long internships to undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates in each of our departments. More Fellowships More Volunteer Contact
Franklin Furnace Javelin Strategy & Research | Syndicated Research | Custom Research | Strategic Consulting Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States - Environmental Science & Technology Introduction This analysis adds to the existing literature by considering the total life-cycle GHG emissions associated with the production, transportation, and distribution of food consumed by American households. We include all upstream impacts using input−output life-cycle assessment (IO-LCA), analyze all food and nonalcoholic beverages, and include all relevant emissions of greenhouse gases in the supply chains of food products. Methods and Data where A is the economy’s direct requirements matrix. Several further steps are necessary to complete and balance the economic portion of the model. Table 1. Results Figure 1. By food group, the largest contributor to freight requirements is cereals/carbohydrates (14% of total), closely followed by red meat (13%). When measuring in terms of GHG emissions rather than t-km, the situation changes substantially due to the significant differences in energy intensity between transport modes. Figure 2. Table 2.