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Throughout the world, people are successfully challenging injustice and transforming destructive situations.  But rarely does the corporate media tell us these inspiring stories. Here you can see what people are doing all around the world to support freedom, health and prosperity.

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Pro Surfer Generates Hundreds of Millions in Local Investments
At 21, surfer Kyle Thiermann has documented the transfer of over $340 million dollars’ worth of lending power from Bank of America and other coal-funding banks to local banks.
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Gregory Landua
A New Chocolate Business Strives to Heal the World One Delicious Bite at a Time
In 2009 Gregory Landua started a chocolate business with the intention of connecting cacao growers practicing sustainable agriculture with chocolate lovers in North America.
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California Ballot Initiative to Label GMOs in Our Food
Help ensure the safety of food for California families and children. Let's get labeling of genetically modified foods on the Ballot for 2012.
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Training Soldiers to Become Providers
Our vision at Veterans to Farmers is to build sustainable growing communities while at the same time training our service men and women in a new, rewarding, and wholesome way.
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Arts
Object Orange
Guerilla Artists Bring Attention to Abandoned Buildings in Detroit.
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Barefoot Artists Helps Transform Communities
Barefoot artists, founded by Lily Yeh, has helped to transform communities throughout the world using art.
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The Great Wall of Los Angeles Gets Restored
In the summer of 2011, people all over the country came together and preserved a half-mile mural in L.A.
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Economics
Farmer Stops Bank from Foreclosing on his Home
In a famous 1969 case defendant Jerome Daly successfully opposed the bank's foreclosure on his $14,000 home mortgage loan.
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Grameen Bank Lifts its Borrowers out of Poverty
A Community-Owned Bank of Bangladesh takes a radically different approach to banking with great success.
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North Dakota
In 2008, when the U.S. and the world were suffering from the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, North Dakota's economy was thriving.
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Local Merchants in Southern Italy Thrive off of Debt-Free Alternative Currency
A professor in Guardiagrele, Italy proves that debt-free money is highly desirable and effective by issuing an alternative currency.
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New Mexico House Votes to Move State Money Into Community Banks and Credit Unions
In February of 2010 the New Mexico House of Representatives voted 65-0 to move their money into local banks and credit unions.
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Argentinian Exchange Club
In the 1990’s, money and jobs were scarce in Argentina, so people got organized and formed an “exchange club” based on the trading of goods and services.
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Education
West Philadelphia Auto Academy
A successful afterschool program and example of the benefits of project based learning at West Philadelphia High School.
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Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling
A courageous valedictorian, Erica Goldson, spoke out at her high school graduation about the problems with compulsory schooling.
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Environment
Small Farmer Charges Monsanto for Contamination of Crops
A farmer previously sued by Monsanto demands payment from the agribusiness giant for contamination of his crops with Genetically Modified seeds.
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Cubans Create Thriving Organic Food Community
After being cut off from oil, fertilizers, and other import goods, Cuba has created one of the most thriving urban garden communities in the world.
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Zero-Waste Community Emerges Out of Grassroots Movement
A small-town anti-incinerator effort in Kerala, India grows into a statewide zero-waste program.
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Governance
New Mexico Adopts State-Wide Paper Ballot Voting
In a matter of years New Mexico transformed its voting system from one of the worst in the nation, to one of the best.
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Health
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Harvard Medical Students Confront School to Stop Accepting Drug Funding
Students expose Harvard's ties to Big Pharmaceuticals and bring transparency to the classroom.
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California Activists Stop Aerial Spraying
The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) spray program is halted after mass mobilization and organization by California residents.
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Farmer Wins Case to Stop Mandatory Drug-Testing in West Texas
Larry Tannahill unexpectedly became an activist when he refused to sign a consent form for his son to receive mandatory drug tests at his high school.
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West Oakland Community Members Gain Access to Local, Organic Food
The “People’s Grocery” brings healthy food to communities in need.
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Infrastructure
Napa, CA Restructures River in Eco-Friendly Way
After suffering from a series of damaging floods, the Napa community employs innovative strategies to prevent flooding.
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From Toilet to Tap (Almost)
Orange County is turning wastewater into drinking water to mitigate effects of future droughts and keep up with population growth.
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Solar Energy Entrepreneurs Bring Electricity to Rural Guatemala
Two young entrepreneurs harness solar energy to provide electricity to over 500,000 homes that the electrical grid doesn't reach.
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Justice
Rival Gang Members Unite
How one woman brought peace to one of the most violent cities in Ecuador.
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County Sheriffs Take a Stand
Local law enforcement officials maintain autonomy and uphold the U.S. Constitution by challenging a gun-control act under the Clinton administration.
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Media
Community Creates Cheaper, Faster Internet Access
Residents of Lafayette, Louisiana bring broadband to their community after big providers refuse.
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Time Warner Price-Gouging Halted
Time Warner Cable attempted to cap Internet usage and charge extra (up to $100 per month) for full broadband service in April of 2009.
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Relations
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Science
Success Stories of Science
The success stories of science shape almost every aspect of our daily lives.
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Spirituality
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Worldview
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Follow the Money
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Global Domination Agenda
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California Activists Stop Aerial Spraying
The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) spray program is halted after mass mobilization and organization by California residents.
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Julie Bass and Thousands of Supporters Get Oak Park to Drop Charges for Growing a Vegetable Garden
In the summer of 2011, Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan faced a misdemeanor charge and 93 days in prison for growing a vegetable garden in her own front yard.
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Fundamental Pattern
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Ancient Cultures
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New Energy Technology
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ET/UFO
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