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Streetwaves

July 31, 2020 / 6 Comments
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My friend Maui Goodbeer’s younger brother was murdered by a gang member in San Diego in 2003.   Melvyn was not in a gang, just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.  It could have been you or me and two lives were lost that day – Melvyn’s and the young man who pulled … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Streetwaves Tagged: carl kruse, Maui Goodbeer, Nonprofits, Streetwaves, Surfing

Once again, Giving Tuesday

December 4, 2019 / 2 Comments

I wrote about Giving Tuesday last year and this year I do it again.  For those who wonder at the idea of a Giving Tuesday or Giving Wedensday, rest easy knowing that Giving Whenever is usually a good time indeed. Pick your favorite person or charity, show them some love. The truism that you cannot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Hemley Gonzalez, Responsible Charity, SETI, Streetwaves, Urban Paradise Guild Tagged: carl kruse, Charities, Donations, Giving Tuesday, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity, SETI, Streetwaves, UPG

Giving Tuesday

November 26, 2018 / 1 Comment

For this “Giving Tuesday” might I recommend two charities that I personally support and that do so much with so little?

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Environment, Hemley Gonzalez, India, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity, Urban Paradise Guild Tagged: carl kruse, Changing The World, Charities, Giving Tuesday, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity, Urban Paradise Guild

Responsible Charity’s Work In India

July 30, 2017 / 11 Comments
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Here’s to RESPONSIBLE CHARITY and their work in Kolkata, India by Carl Kruse I have written before about my friend Hemley Gonzalez’s organization, “Responsible Charity,” (Carl Kruse blog) and the work done helping those less fortunate in Kolkata.   Unlike other aid groups, Responsible Charity is secular and humanistic, where science, reason and compassion come together … [Read more…]

Posted in: Hemley Gonzalez, India, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity Tagged: carl kruse, Charity, Hemley Gonzalez, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity

SoBe Arts: An Artistic Beacon in Miami

November 24, 2015 / 11 Comments

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, provides management services, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Nonprofits Tagged: Arts, carl kruse, Creative Groups, Miami, Miami Beach, Music Theater, New Music, Nonprofits, SoBe Arts

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: Carl Kruse, Nonprofits, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Alien Intelligence, carl kruse, carlkruse, Nonprofits, Science, Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI, The SETI Institute

Carl Kruse Dot Org Review: Responsible Charity

November 1, 2015 / 7 Comments

RESPONSIBLE CHARITY IN INDIA 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 Kolkata slums where … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse Tagged: carl kruse, good deeds, Helping Others, India, Kolkata, Nonprofits, Responsible Charity

Carl Kruse Dot Org Review: Rocky Mountain Institute

October 18, 2015 / 10 Comments
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Nonprofit Profile:  ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE (RMI) 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 electrification of their … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Energy, Nonprofits, RMI Tagged: carl kruse, non-profits, Nonprofits, Rocky Mountain Institute

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