The 2008 Proxy Voting Preview

Photo:NacRonin47, Creative Commons, Flickr There are many different types of socially conscious investing, but a particularly effective method is proxy voting, where shareholders instigate change from within. Individual investors have the power to influence the way a company or a fund does business. And foundations, especially, can leverage their influence to ensure that the companies…

Top Child Care Programs

National Children's Facilities Network (NCFN) – The National Children’s Facilities Network is a coalition of nonprofit financial and technical assistance intermediaries involved in planning, developing, and financing facilities for low-income child care and Head Start programs.  Members come from all areas of the United State, and some are the leading sources of thinking on private-public…

More on Social Entrepreneurship

Catherine B. Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship The Stewart Satter Social Entrepreneurship Fund Community Development Venture Capital Fund Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Skoll Foundation Acción Ashoka Women's Venture Fund

Other Evaluations of Money and Happiness

MoviesAffluenza TelevisionPBS Affluenza . . . The Show   Newspapers & MagazinesMoney Won't Buy You Happiness – Forbes.comFinancial Freedom – O, The Oprah MagazineStudy: Money Does Not Buy Much Happiness – LiveScience.comSome Dark Thoughts on Happiness – New York MagazineHappiness 101 – The New York Times MagazineHappiness (and how to measure it) – The Economist…

Beauty Products Free of Carcinogenic Parabens and Phthalates

Protect yourself and your loved ones by purchasing beauty products free of parabens and phthalates, chemicals commonly used by the cosmetics industry that BCA reports have been linked to cancer. BCA compiled a list of companies confirming the absence of these harmful substances in their products:   Affusion Skin Care Agoo Agii Alexandra Avery Amurie…

How to Donate Money in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

If you want to donate money to help in the fight against breast cancer, Breast Cancer Action recommends that you ask the following questions: 1.  How much money from each product sold actually goes toward breast cancer? 2.  What percentage of the purchase price does this represent? 3.  What is the maximum amount that will…

Books

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert Green to Gold by Andrew Winston and Daniel Esty Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets by Michele Kahane

Movies

An Inconvenient Truth The Corporation Who Killed the Electric Car?  – The Panelist Review by Michelle Haimoff An Unreasonable Man (Ralph Nader Documentary) – The Panelist Review by Michelle Haimoff

New World Foundation

New World Foundation (NWF)’s tips for getting involved with an organization that makes a real difference: 1. Be skeptical: Be skeptical about what you are drawn to first because you will be drawn to people who are the most like you, and these are likely to be people who are least connected to those who…