by John Freund, CM | Apr 22, 2009 | Collaboration
How can virtual meetings help your organization lower costs and reduce environmental damage at the same time? TechSoup, the “Technology Place for Non-profits” has a very rich resource and how to’s for virtual meetings. Here are some other TechSoup...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 22, 2009 | Collaboration
Dialogue Cafés around the world will be linked by high definition screens so that ordinary people from different cultures can meet, talk and innovate together. The cafes are a bottom-up movement that complements the tradition of addressing sustainability issues from...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 3, 2009 | Collaboration, Vincentian Family
From January 30 to February 1, 2009, the 15th Meeting of the International Heads of the Vincentian Family took place in the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mission in Madrid, on calle GarcÃa de Paredes, 45. Members of the Congregation of the Mission and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Sr. Mary Jo Toll, SND shares another perspective on Seeds of Hope. Sr. Mary Jo is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the Toledo Province. She currently is NGO Representative of the worldwide Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame at the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The keynote speakers at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering April 16-19, Allison Boisvert and Eddie Friel present insights into different but deeply inter-related dimensions of “systemic change†– the personal and structural. This week we feature...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2009 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Two Vincentians are traveling to Ecuador to bring clean water filtration technology known as BioSand filtration. With this process most common home-based models can produce between 20 and 60 litres of water per hour. The process is certified by the Center of...