petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 20 2009 | architecture, photography, preservation, organizations, history, cities
Moscow that is no more, a historical preservation nonprofit (in Russian, but amazing historical photos of buildings, etc.)
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 21 2008 | sustainability, forestry, environment, nature, organizations
Quoted: TIST - The International Small Group Tree Planting Program, a sustainable development and community reforestation program, run by I4EI - Helping people meet their needs while doing great things for the environment...
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 14 2008 | cities, development, activism, organizations
Quoted: The Urban Assembly was founded in 1990 to address a wide range of poverty issues. In the mid-'90s we spearheaded a major planning effort to transform a 300-block area of the South Bronx.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 31 2007 | nonprofit, design, identity, organizations, international, development
Very simple, effective logo.
Quoted: Oxfam. What springs to mind? Charity shops and second-hand clothes? They're part of the picture. But think bigger. Much bigger.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 13 2007 | art, organizations, nonprofits, galleries, exhibitions, ideas, travel, development, cities, chicago
Quoted: The Hyde Park Art Center is the oldest alternative exhibition space in the city and boasts a long record of education outreach in the community.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2007 | international, world, germany, art, exhibitions, travel, design, planning, organizations
This site contains detailed information on art/design exhibitions sponsored by ifa.
Quoted: As the leading German institution for international cultural exchange, ifa devises and organizes German contemporary art exhibitions worldwide.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2007 | reuse, organizations, adaptive, ideas, nonprofit, sustainability, technology, development, planning, environment, art
Looks like a great organization.
Quoted: The Institute for Adaptive Reuse is a national post-profit organization that supports artists, scientists, and scholars pursuing innovative approaches to the use, re-use and reinvention of pre-owned materials.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 28 2007 | art, printmaking, organizations, travel, new york, galleries, exhibitions
Looks great. I'd love to find a place where I can do printmaking.
Quoted: Lower East Side Printshop is a not-for-profit printmaking center in New York City. It offers professional workspace, educational, and collecting services to artists...
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 21 2007 | organizations, nonprofit, development, sustainability, environment, public health, planning, international, globalization, technology
Architects Without Borders is helping to improve living conditions in urban slums, but a commitment on the part of government and the private-sector to finance such initiatives is essential.
Quoted: Architects without borders is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, volunteer humanitarian relief organization. We are part of an international coalition of Architects Without Borders across the globe.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 17 2007 | foundations, international, public health, nonprofit, organizations, development
My coworker recently met the founder of this organization, which works to help children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa. She was very impressed, so it might be a good option for anyone looking to make a donation.
Quoted: Welcome to Starfish! Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international development charity, aiming to bring life, hope and opportunity to children in South Africa who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
