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Internship: Networks for Change

Networks for Change

Deadline: Rolling

The Deal: Networks for Change is a small non profit that is based in Vancouver that works to ensure the Nonprofit sector is more effective and efficient. They are looking to fill a number of summer internship positions in their Vancouver office. 

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WorldChanging.com Reviews E-Book

In an article entitled Finding your Green Job, World Changing author Mark Tovey provided a full review of DreamNow's Make Money/Change the World e-book.  Check out the full article and worldchanging.com here. 

Below are some excerpts: 

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Finding your Green Job

MARK TOVEY
MAY 27, 2009 6:24 AM

How do you you make money and change the world? That was the question that the folks at DreamNow asked themselves, and it resulted in a book. Occupation: Change the World addresses a conundrum that many people, especially people in their twenties and thirties, face. They want a job that engages their values, but they also want to be able to support themselves, ideally in way that they don't have friends and family constantly asking: "So when are you going to get a real job?"

It seems easy enough to move from volunteer work to low-paying work for non-profits. But for those who hope to raise a family, or simply want to have enough resources to pursue other world changing passions, this is a live issue.

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Occupation: Change the World is freely downloadable (licenced CC by-nc-nd), so you can read it yourself. It's a quick flip, well-designed for on-screen reading, and you can probably easily make it through the book in half an hour. At seventy pages, it can only scratch the surface of a deep and complicated subject, however it has plenty of pointers to further reading, and offers some provocative take-aways.

Read the Full Article Here

CBC News Covers DreamNow

In an article entitled ‘Don’t worry Canada, we will be there’, the CBC mentioned DreamNow and our Occupation: Change the World project as an example of an organization that is making a difference in the life of Gen Y’ers.
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“This is a generation after all that has been "raised on volunteer trips abroad, climate change on TV and everything 'save the world,' " says Dev Aujla, 24, who would know.

Aujla is one of those dynamic young leaders, the founder of DreamNow, an organization that seeks to find ways for young people to make money and change the world at the same time.” ...

"I think because society judges engagement in policy debate either through the political process or benevolence, much of the work twenty-somethings are doing goes under the radar," argues Aujla. And he's absolutely right.

The reality is today's youth have a heightened understanding of the interconnectivity of the problems we face and are attempting to find small, digestible chunks that we can relate to and work with to bring about change.

Read the full article here