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| What 80 Looks Like | Entrepreneur, Nonprofit | How do you honor the 80th birthday of a highly accomplished Purpose Prize winner? For the friends and fans of ReServe founder Herb Sturz, who won the Prize in 2006, the celebration focused on how the... |
| West Virginia Man Proves It Pays To Fight Big Coal | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Community Improvement & Organizing, Consumer Protection, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Nonprofit | West Virginia native Bo Webb was named a winner of The Purpose Prize, winning a $50,000 recognition for his fearless advocacy and perennial dedication to abolishing mountaintop removal coal mining... |
| West Oakland Group Hopes to Fight Air Pollution With Cell Phones | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Children & Youth, Community Improvement & Organizing, Consumer Protection, Education & Training, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Nonprofit | To help future generations understand the importance of a clean environment, Purpose Prize winner Margaret Gordon is enlisting the help of youth volunteers to survey pollution in West Oakland, Calif... |
| West Oakland Activist Wins Honor, $100,000 Prize for Grass Roots Environmental Activism | Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Nonprofit, Poverty, At-Risk Populations, Urban Affairs | Margaret Gordon did a happy dance after learning she had won a $100,000 Purpose Prize for her work battling industrial pollution and educating people about the health effects on her West Oakland... |
| Wellness Coaching Resources | Education & Training, Health Care | Want to learn more about health-related coaching? These resources, which include examples of training programs, may help. University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality & Healing – This... |
| WDET: Marc Freedman talks about his new book "The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife" | Aging & Older Adult Services | Marc Freedman, author of "The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife", speaks with Craig about the economic impact of an aging Baby Boomer population in America. Freedman is a speaker at... |
| Washtenaw Community College's Encore Career Forums | Education & Training, Nonprofit | Washtenaw Community College outside of Detroit offers workshops geared toward people launching entrepreneurial ventures. |
| War, Letters – And a Book | Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Food, Nutrition & Agriculture, International & Foreign Affairs, Nonprofit, Poverty, At-Risk Populations | Dana Freyer, 2010 Purpose Prize winner, still has vivid memories of the three months in 1972 that she and her husband, Bruce, spent in Afghanistan. Driving a Volkswagen Beetle, the young couple... |
| Want to Be an Entrepreneur? Here Are Some Tips | Entrepreneur, Nonprofit | To mitigate his financial risks as a serial entrepreneur, Purpose Prize winner Randal Charlton streamlined his life and expenses at age 60. He rented a small apartment, had no credit card debt and... |
| W.Va. Mining Activist Wins $50,000 Purpose Prize | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Community Improvement & Organizing, Consumer Protection, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Nonprofit, Rural Issues | A mountaintop removal mining activist from West Virginia has won a $50,000 prize for his work protecting communities affected by the coal industry. Bo Webb is one of 10 winners of The Purpose Prize,... |
