Foundation For Global Sustainability Inc

A BUG IN EFILE.FORM990.ORG'S SYSTEM EATS PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT'S FIRST 201 CHARACTERS IN PDF OUTPUT; THIS PLACE-HOLDER-SENTENCE SHOULD ASSURE THE IRS GETS THE FULL STORY IN CASE IT AFFECTS ALL OUTPUT.PLANETARY SOLIDARITY: FGS IS BUILDING A REGIONAL PORTAL AND MODEL PROGRAM TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DEVELOPING STRONG INDIVIDUAL AND COOPERATIVE INITIATIVES TO ADOPT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT WAYS OF CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION, OPERATION, INTERACTION, AND EXCHANGE. INITIATIVES MAY RANGE FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE GLOBAL LEVEL. THE ACTION EMPHASIS, HOWEVER, IS INTENDED TO FOCUS ON LOCAL OR REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION, YET NOT WITHOUT A CLEAR AWARENESS AND IDEA OF HOW IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF A CONCERNING PLANETARY PROBLEM. BY FOLLOWING THE "THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY" ETHOS OF SOLIDARITY WITH MOTHER EARTH, ALL ITS PEOPLE AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF LIFE, PARTICIPANTS CAN IDENTIFY IMMEDIATE, PRACTICAL, LOCALLY ADAPTED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE MORE EFFECTIVE IMPROVEMENTS THAN GOVERNMENTAL MANDATES COULD AND WOULD. -- FOR DECADES, CONCERNED CITIZENS HAVE DEMANDED THAT GOVERNMENTS TAKE ACTION TO AVERT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE. WITH EVERY DAY IT BECOMES CLEARER HOW WE ARE ALREADY ENGULFED BY IT AND THAT ITS SEVERITY IS EVER ACCELERATING. IT IS HIGH TIME FOR EVERYONE TO DO THEIR BEST BY THEMSELVES AS WELL AS WITH THEIR FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS AND EVERYONE ELSE THEY CAN MOTIVATE AND ENGAGE! -- HELLBENDER PRESS IS PROVIDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES. IT EMPHASIZES THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEMS AND THE GLOBAL COMMONS AND HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. -- WE ALSO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN EAST TENNESSEE. INTERNS GET EDITORIAL ADVISEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE STORIES THAT HELP THEM START A JOURNALISM CAREER AND GET CLIPS FOR THEIR PORTFOLIO. THEY MAY EVEN FIND AN OCCASION TO BOOST SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND EARN A SHARED PROFESSIONAL BYLINE. FOUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN COMPLETING VIGNETTES AS PART OF A YEARS LONG COOPERATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM CLASS OF DR MARK LITTMAN, SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MEDIA, AT UT KNOXVILLE. IVY ZHANG, A COLLEGE BOUND HONORS STUDENT, CONSIDERED HER EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE HELLBENDER A BONUS ON HER APPLICATIONS. RECENT MARKETING GRADUATE ROBERT NORRIS APPROACHED HELLBENDER FOR SUBSTANTIVE BYLINES TO FURTHER HIS CAREER AND THE POPULARITY OF HIS "MARYVILLE COLLEGE PODCAST." KEENAN THOMAS, A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE UT JOURNALISM SCHOOL, REACHED OUT TO HELLBENDER TO FURTHER HIS WRITING CAREER. HE ULTIMATELY WENT ON TO BECOME A STAFF WRITER AT THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. TO READ EXAMPLES OF THEIR STORIES, GO TO HELLBENDERPRESS.ORG/SEARCH AND ENTER IVY ZHANG, ROBERT NORRIS, CARLY BROADY, KEENAN THOMAS, ELAN YOUNG OR VIGNETTE AND PRESS THE RETURN KEY.