http://www.apesphere.com Primates for progress Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:19:11 GMT en /images/apesphere_logo_rss.gif http://www.apesphere.com Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:19:11 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2143/2010/01/07/Wikileaks_whistleblowing_site_goes_dark_seeks_funding Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/2143/2010/01/07/Wikileaks_whistleblowing_site_goes_dark_seeks_funding Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:57:45 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2060/2009/11/04/Can_India_be_the_conscience_for_the_world Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/2060/2009/11/04/Can_India_be_the_conscience_for_the_world Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:57:52 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1958/2009/10/08/Hydro-electric_plan_for_river_to_power_15_homes Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1958/2009/10/08/Hydro-electric_plan_for_river_to_power_15_homes Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:14:06 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1929/2009/09/29/The_Australian_town_that_kicked_the_bottle Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1929/2009/09/29/The_Australian_town_that_kicked_the_bottle Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:24:32 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1914/2009/09/28/UAE_Saudi_consumers_in_food_labelling_call Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1914/2009/09/28/UAE_Saudi_consumers_in_food_labelling_call Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:01:51 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1836/2009/09/21/Environmentalist_wants_to_unite_Indias_greens Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1836/2009/09/21/Environmentalist_wants_to_unite_Indias_greens Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:58:37 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1777/2009/09/16/Two-day_meet_on_Bhopal_Gas_tragedy_from_Dec_5 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1777/2009/09/16/Two-day_meet_on_Bhopal_Gas_tragedy_from_Dec_5 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:55:00 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1761/2009/09/15/Influencing_community_behaviour_without_nagging Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1761/2009/09/15/Influencing_community_behaviour_without_nagging Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:49:04 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1732/2009/09/13/Green_teen_reaps_rewards_of_eco-friendliness Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1732/2009/09/13/Green_teen_reaps_rewards_of_eco-friendliness Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:14:17 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1672/2009/09/10/India_Womens_Activist_Group_Demands_Ban_on_Alcohol Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1672/2009/09/10/India_Womens_Activist_Group_Demands_Ban_on_Alcohol Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:42:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1430/2009/08/31/Could_boycotts_help_civilize_public_policy_debate Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1430/2009/08/31/Could_boycotts_help_civilize_public_policy_debate Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:25:56 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1420/2009/08/27/CHILE_The_Environmental_Fight_Starts_in_Your_Neighbour Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1420/2009/08/27/CHILE_The_Environmental_Fight_Starts_in_Your_Neighbour Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:25:40 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1414/2009/08/27/Is_the_climate_change_debate_costing_us_the_earth Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1414/2009/08/27/Is_the_climate_change_debate_costing_us_the_earth Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:00:45 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1376/2009/08/21/Online_forums_nurturing_Chinese_labor_movement Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1376/2009/08/21/Online_forums_nurturing_Chinese_labor_movement Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:09:56 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1319/2009/06/20/How_To_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_5_of_6 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1319/2009/06/20/How_To_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_5_of_6 How can NPOs benifit from the growing number of companies seeking partners for community engagement? Demote the staff, and create limitless potential! ]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:20:29 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1306/2009/06/16/How_To_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_4_of_6 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1306/2009/06/16/How_To_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_4_of_6 Avoid the worst mistake in managing volunteers: treating everyone equally. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:04 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1240/2009/06/01/Not_too_late_polluted_ecosystems_recover_rapidly Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1240/2009/06/01/Not_too_late_polluted_ecosystems_recover_rapidly Thu, 28 May 2009 06:36:26 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1217/2009/05/28/Inupiat_David_vs-_oil_giant_Goliaths_in_court Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1217/2009/05/28/Inupiat_David_vs-_oil_giant_Goliaths_in_court Mon, 25 May 2009 14:25:56 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1198/2009/05/25/Video_Carrotmob_makes_it_rain_on_ya Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1198/2009/05/25/Video_Carrotmob_makes_it_rain_on_ya We've talked about Carrotmob before.&n ]]> Mon, 18 May 2009 22:49:32 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1162/2009/05/18/How_To_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_3_of_6 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1162/2009/05/18/How_To_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_3_of_6 Get the best out of your volunteers! Instead of using volunteers to meet needs, shape the need to fit your volunteers. ]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 02:36:39 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1151/2009/05/13/How_to_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_2_of_6-1 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1151/2009/05/13/How_to_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_2_of_6-1 Give The Volunteer What He/She Wants! Want more volunteers? You need to meet them where they are at. Here's how. ]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 23:41:18 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1133/2009/05/11/How_to_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_1_of_6-1 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1133/2009/05/11/How_to_Offer_A_Great_Volunteer_Experience_1_of_6-1 I had to mobilize 1000 new volunteers in just 12 months. It was just me and a part time assistant.Not enough time or resources. Here's how I did it. ]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 07:30:37 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1124/2009/05/09/Citigroup_thinks_US_students_arent_that_bright Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1124/2009/05/09/Citigroup_thinks_US_students_arent_that_bright Dear old Citigroup. The latest way they're spending their $45 billion bailout? An email campaign to their student borrowers... ]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 20:07:02 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1122/2009/05/08/Everyones_Talking_It_But_Where_Are_the_Volunteers Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1122/2009/05/08/Everyones_Talking_It_But_Where_Are_the_Volunteers Around the world, references to volunteering in the news are at an all-time high. So where are the volunteers? ]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 01:59:33 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1109/2009/05/05/Enough_is_Enough_When_Volunteers_Should_Say_lsquoNorsquo-1 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1109/2009/05/05/Enough_is_Enough_When_Volunteers_Should_Say_lsquoNorsquo-1 Where do you draw the line with the organization you volunteer for? There is always so much work to be done, how do you ever say 'no'? ]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:12:23 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1052/2009/04/27/Activists_plan_to_Take_Back_the_Economy_tomorrow Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1052/2009/04/27/Activists_plan_to_Take_Back_the_Economy_tomorrow An activist coalition plans a wide-ranging day of action tomorrow against Bank of America. ]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:04:30 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1034/2009/04/22/Essential_Viewing_5_Films_for_Earth_Day-1 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1034/2009/04/22/Essential_Viewing_5_Films_for_Earth_Day-1 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:03:13 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/12/2009/04/21/Envy_can_really_make_you_sick_but_so_can_poverty Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/blog/12/2009/04/21/Envy_can_really_make_you_sick_but_so_can_poverty Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:27:51 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1021/2009/04/20/Crowdsourcing_democracy_Read_the_Bill_before_passing Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1021/2009/04/20/Crowdsourcing_democracy_Read_the_Bill_before_passing Sunlight Foundation is promoting a new project called "Read the Bill", whose goal is a 72 hour public review for all non-emergency US legislation ]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:35:31 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1006/2009/04/15/For_US_corps_only_Death_is_certain_taxes_not_so_much Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1006/2009/04/15/For_US_corps_only_Death_is_certain_taxes_not_so_much To celebrate Tax Day, a good piece in the Huffington Post about how much money, exactly, US corporations sock away offshore, tax-free ]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:25:14 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1004/2009/04/14/Green_and_beautiful_building_in_the_Bronx Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/1004/2009/04/14/Green_and_beautiful_building_in_the_Bronx Intervale Green is a new, low-income, green housing complex in the Bronx. ]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:40:58 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/990/2009/04/13/Rich_on_American_values_Yeah_what_he_said Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/990/2009/04/13/Rich_on_American_values_Yeah_what_he_said Frank Rich, talking American Values yesterday in the Times, on Lawrence Summers: ]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:08:55 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/985/2009/04/10/The_Disobedience_Commences Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/985/2009/04/10/The_Disobedience_Commences You have to admire the survivor spirit and ingenuity.   The injustices of failing complex systems face the reaction of survi ]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:12:59 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/980/2009/04/10/Blog_Community_is_key Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/980/2009/04/10/Blog_Community_is_key Pinch Pennies Save Planet has a lovely tribute to the power of community, which as you may know is a favorite theme of mine ]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:30:46 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/8/2009/04/09/Time_for_America_to_tend_her_garden Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/blog/8/2009/04/09/Time_for_America_to_tend_her_garden Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:06:32 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/971/2009/04/09/Toby_Josh_and_President_Bartlett_support_EFCA-1 Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/971/2009/04/09/Toby_Josh_and_President_Bartlett_support_EFCA-1 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:34:35 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/969/2009/04/09/Greening_Europe_vs-_US_Its_the_little_differences Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/969/2009/04/09/Greening_Europe_vs-_US_Its_the_little_differences Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:42:34 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/5/2009/03/25/Were_In_This_Together Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/blog/5/2009/03/25/Were_In_This_Together Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:05:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/824/2009/03/22/When_copyright_law_becomes_a_brake_on_creativity Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/824/2009/03/22/When_copyright_law_becomes_a_brake_on_creativity Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:46:11 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/814/2009/03/20/Whistleblowers_dish_more_dirt_on_Barclays_tax Everyday Activism http://www.apesphere.com/story/814/2009/03/20/Whistleblowers_dish_more_dirt_on_Barclays_tax Additional whistleblowers have come forward with information on the nature and extent of alleged tax avoidance by Barclays, the UK bank. ]]>