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...This month, after the head of the leading business lobby, the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSIAD), criticized the government for not being sufficiently proactive in the current crisis, Erdogan shot back, accusing her and other critics of talking up the bad news in order to profit from it. "These people are pumping darkness into the nation," Erdogan said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Wild Ride | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...initially help the community of La Prusia learn how to make ceramics, an art which was once a part of traditional Nicaraguan culture, the program hopes to eventually extend beyond the potter’s wheel, teaching these families how to market their business in order to obtain a profit...

Author: By Stephanie M Bucklin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ceramics 101: The Art of Change | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...Google grant is not the first time the EFL has welcomed outside support. SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, a Dutch non-profit, announced its own partnership with the Harvard researchers earlier this month...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Aid Org Nets Google Grant | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson contacted five urban planning experts at the Harvard’s Graduate School of Design for an independent assessment of the Charlesview plan, which was drafted by Community Builders Inc., a non-profit urban housing developer...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Profs Weigh in on Charlesview Design | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...does not look like your typical environmentalist. He doesn't wear Birkenstocks. He's African-American in a movement that tends to be overwhelmingly white. His background is in civil-rights activism - specifically prison reform - a cause he champions in Oakland, Calif. But Jones, the head of the non-profit Green For All and the author of the new book The Green-Collar Economy, could represent the future of environmentalism in America and a way for the movement to survive and even thrive through the coming recession. "The solution for the environment and the economy will be the same thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

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