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Spotlight: Urban Paradise Guild

December 2, 2016 / 4 Comments
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UPG Sends Seeds To Families In Haiti by Carl KruseThe Urban Paradise Guild (UPG) headed by Sam Van Leer is a nonprofit group based in Southern Florida that is working to bring back natural habitat and make our urban environment more green and livable.   The group re-introduces  native plants into local areas, organizes clean-ups, engages … [Read more…]

Posted in: Haiti, Nonprofits, Urban Paradise Guild Tagged: reforestation, Seeds, UPG

From Carl Kruse: Help SETI@HOME

December 1, 2016 / 2 Comments

SETI Project  Can Use Our Help by Carl Kruse One of my favorite nonprofit groups is the SETI Institute, which is the world’s top organization that is looking for life elsewhere in the universe. I love SETI because it’s the chance to get involved in answering one of humanity’s last remaining big questions – Is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Science, SETI Tagged: Radio Astronomy, Search For ET, The SETI Institute

Carl Kruse Dot Org Profiles “No More Tears”

February 19, 2016 / 6 Comments

Carl Kruse remains on break but his friend Daniela Frewa would like to tell you about “No More Tears,” a non-profit organization that aids victims of domestic violence, most who tend to be disproportionally women and children. The person who founded No More Tears, Somy Ali, is an amazing woman who has dedicated her life … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits Tagged: Miami, No More Tears

Carl Kruse Recommends Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

January 7, 2016 / 18 Comments

by Carl Kruse “What’s a great place in Miami that has nothing to do with partying,” ask several friends arriving in the city. And I send one and all to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG). There are few places like it.  Exotic plants A to Z.   A research and education facility.  A festival venue.  A … [Read more…]

Posted in: Miami Tourism, Nonprofits, Plants, Science, Travels Tagged: Elevating Humanity, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Flora and Fauna, Florida Tourism, Miami Places To Visit

The Best Aquarium In The World

December 20, 2015 / 21 Comments

Carl Kruse Dot Org Profiles: The Monterey Bay Aquarium by Carl Kruse   In California there is an aquarium that all other aquariums should be modeled after, in spirit, and in outlook. Transformed from an abandoned cannery on water’s edge at Monterey Bay, it is at once beautiful and imposing. Steinbeck once wrote of this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Monterey, Nonprofits, Science, The Environment, Travels Tagged: aquatic research, good deeds, non-profit, ocean science

SoBe Arts: An Artistic Beacon in Miami

November 24, 2015 / 12 Comments

by Carl Kruse There’s a small arts organization in Miami that does so much with so little to make the city’s cultural life glow brighter. SoBe Arts fuels new music, music-theater, modern opera, and other new creative arts and aims to create an environment for contemporary artists to produce new works. It holds music competitions, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Art, Miami Tourism, Music, Nonprofits, Sobe Arts Tagged: Carson Kievman, Creative Groups, Miami Beach, Music Theater, New Music

Carl Kruse Dot Org Review: The SETI Institute

November 11, 2015 / 12 Comments

“Are we alone?” is a question all of us have wondered about. The SETI Institute has done more than wonder,  listening now for more than 30 years for any radio signals in space for signs of alien intelligence. Radio signals propagate far and wide and any advanced society will have likely communicated with radio signals … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Alien Intelligence, Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, The SETI Institute

Carl Kruse Dot Org Review: Responsible Charity

November 1, 2015 / 7 Comments

RESPONSIBLE CHARITY IN INDIA by Carl Kruse During a 2008 trip in India, my friend Hemley Gonzalez volunteered with a world famous charity in Kolkata and experienced first-hand the deplorable conditions that people were subjected to under the care of this well-known organization. Disheartened and shocked by the experience, he started working directly in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dreamers, Hemley Gonzalez, India, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity Tagged: good deeds, Helping Others, Kolkata

Carl Kruse Dot Org Review: Rocky Mountain Institute

October 18, 2015 / 8 Comments
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Nonprofit Profile:  ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE (RMI) By Carl Kruse In the U.S.,  oil fuels 94% of the transportation system with cars alone using about 8.8 million barrels of oil at a cost of $2 billion every day. Making cars lighter is the single most effective way to dramatically reduce their fuel consumption and accelerate the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Energy, Nonprofits, RMI Tagged: Rocky Mountain Institute
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