Uniting to be the Solution
by Bridget Altenburg
Only two days stand between now and Chicago Cares’ 20th Annual Serve-a-thon. This event started as an idea and has become a Chicago institution – today, Serve-a-thon is the largest single day of service in the city.
To help celebrate, we are partnering with the Clinton Foundation for a Day of Action on June 15 and Chelsea Clinton will help kick off…
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Solving the Prescription Drug Misuse Tragedy
An addiction scientist named Tom McLellan told me that he was once visiting one of America’s top colleges, sitting in the office of the school’s president, who was bemoaning the fact that he was losing a student or two a year to drug overdoses. Indeed, there’s been a dramatic up-tick – triple the number from four years ago...
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CHMI Works with Partners to Address the Prevalence of Prescription Drug Misuse
Today, President Clinton joined NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, New York University President John Sexton, and National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Dr. Nora Volkow MD for a panel discussion moderated...
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Case Study: HEAL Works with L’Oreal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Four years ago, L’Oréal, renewed a commitment to adopt a model of sustainable development that was good for the environment, good for people, and good for business. L’Oréal developed a 10-year plan to reduce its environmental impact...
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Transforming Agroforestry in Haiti
Growing up on a farm in Haiti, I saw my father working very hard but having a difficult time making a good living. I eventually realized that he was working without any technical support, and I decided to study agronomy so that I could provide that support to other farmers.
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Planning for One Hundred Years: Planting Trees and Educating Children in Haiti
On Earth Day, we are reminded of the saying by Confucius: “If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.” At PRODEV: Progress and Development, we are planning for the future by educating Haiti’s children and by planting trees.
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