FEB 10, 2012 • News
Carnegie Council Turns 98 and Launches Centennial Projects
"This is an adventure such as has never been tried before," announced Andrew Carnegie, as he launched what is now the Carnegie Council. And almost 100 ...
FEB 8, 2012 • Article
The Varieties of Protest Experience: How Accountability Gaps Link the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street
Can the recent eruption of protests be interpreted as a single phenomenon, even though spread out across great distances and separated by barriers of language ...
FEB 7, 2012 • News
Winners of the 2011 International Student/Teacher Essay Contest, "Making a Difference"
Carnegie Council announces the results of its 2011 International Student/Teacher Essay Competition, "Making a Difference." Winners are from Nepal, India, the UK, and the U....
FEB 7, 2012 • Article
2nd Prize Postgraduate and Teacher Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011
We've developed an understanding of "sustainability" that indicates that we can "switch" to something else and be okay, but the hard truth that no politician ...
FEB 7, 2012 • Article
Honorable Mention,Undergraduate Category, "Making A Difference" Essay Contest, 2011
Third world countries pose a unique challenge; how to keep up with the world's environmental changes while still taking care of people living below the ...
FEB 7, 2012 • Article
Honorable Mention, High School Category, "Making A Difference" Essay Contest, 2011
Sustainability is often associated with exclusively material concepts. Yet it's crucial to note that sustainability plays a critical role in relationships. The actual subject in ...
FEB 7, 2012 • Article
3rd Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011
"What is an ecologically sustainable community? How do we facilitate the evolution of such communities? Can we bring the mass of our consumer culture-driven population ...
FEB 7, 2012 • Article
1st Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011
Our conventional understanding of sustainability usually puts human needs first. What is needed is a balancing test that will consider a wider range of factors, ...