ReinventingLife.org is also about calling attention to the areas in the world's development that need work - with a water crisis upon us in a good part of the world - both development and sustainable practices are needed. THIRST or design) to see the third place winner, equally provocative - this time on Zimbabwe, just click the read more link.

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One of the purposes of ReinventingLife.org is to help in whatever ways we can to build a multicultural world. Why this emphasis? As a person who has moved from one culture to another (fairly late in life as these things usually go) it becomes a natural mission to want to help others make similar journeys. My partner Margie and I have also always been a voice for people who live in poverty speaking for them to the dominant culture – in the hopes that long term we can help even things out a bit. Only after moving to Ireland did I begin to have any understanding of the challenges faced by people in developing countries, nor until I met and became friends with people from Africa, to begin to have an idea of the disparities there. Therefore, when a friend of ours moved recently to Uganda, to help with an organization called BeadsForLife I decided to try to help them use the power of distributed content to better their organization. Like my own website, these are mini-trials as those of us who may be considered “old dogs” work to learn, “new tricks” (big smile). As Maggie tells us:

I am just learning about the concept of social entrepreneurship, although I think from what I have read that I have been practicing it for years.  Nice feeling that - to know language has caught up with the part of you that used to cause people to say, "What are you NUTS?"  Anyway thanks to my web friend James Corbett at Eirepreneur for turning me on to a video on some awards and voile la! I have a word for my values and one I can pursue in writing through 2009. But first it is time to learn what others are saying, and so I start with the most likely candidate (available on Amazon).  Until I have gathered more, let this be my encouragement to all of us to take out our change the world ideas and try them on again in 2009.