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Published June 28, 2009 @ 05:21PM PT

A select assortment of the past week's posts from my fellow Change.org bloggers:

Above: "Chocolate Dipped Strawberries" Pie, from Animal Rights editor Stephanie Ernst's Friday Food roundup of vegan (hence low-carbon) recipes.

Act.ly: A New Tool for Public Pressure: Nathaniel Whittemore, our Social Entrepreneurship editor, explains why he's excited about this new Twitter petitioning tool. "I can already think of dozens of uses for this and I'm thrilled to see it live."

Nathaniel also covers a shift in the priorities at the powerful Clinton Global Initiative, from philanthropy toward social entrepreneurship model.

But, You Ask, What's It Like to Live in Afghanistan? "In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino, the Red Cross has just released a survey on the impact of armed conflict and violence on civilians," writes Humanitarian Relief editor Michael Kleinman, "polling people in Afghanistan, Colombia, Congo, Georgia, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia and the Philippines." Worth understanding from the global warming perspective, too: conflict over resources made scarce by changing climate, as in the civil war in Darfur, will only increase in coming decades.

Read Stories: Meet Bruce and Donna: At End Homelessness, guest blogger Mark Horvath posts a video that renders the invisible visible -- homeless people who are often invisible in our society, that is. "Today, Bruce and Donna are residents of Nickelsville, a tent city outside of Seattle. Since settling there, life has started to improve for the couple...Rather than write anything about Nickelsville, I urge you to learn about this tent city from a resident's perspective. Bruce's comments about Nickelsville and re-integration into permanent housing will open your eyes."

Leigh Graham, US Poverty editor, covers Policies that Actually Promote Self-Sufficiency.

How to Talk about Global Health Without Boring People: "...how, exactly, do you get other people to care" about improving global health, writes Global Health editor Alanna Shaikh. "It's not easy. Here's what I have learned ..."

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