http://moreintelligentlife.com/microphilanthropy The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/partying-for-charity <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img width="520" src="/files/frick2.JPG" alt="Frick museum" /> <span class="black">&quot;Yes, children are starving and puppies are dying, and you should probably support these causes&quot;, writes Allison Schrager. &quot;But better to support a great museum than my local pub&quot; ...</span><span class="gray"> <p>Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE</p> <p> </span> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/partying-for-charity"><font size="-2"><b>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></font></a></span></p> http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/partying-for-charity#comments Lifestyle Allison Schrager microphilanthropy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:05:37 +0000 Allison Schrager 1279 at http://moreintelligentlife.com http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/microphilanthropy <p><!--paging_filter--><br /> <h3><span style="color: #808080">ALLISON SCHRAGER | THE MICROPHILANTHROPIST | May 24th 2008</span></h3> <p><img src="/files/Shelter2.jpg" alt="Shelter" /></p> <h6 align="right"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahalie/">mahalie/flickr</a></h6> <h3><span style="color: #000000">Smarting from a reader's complaint that she lacked a sense of community, Allison Schrager goes hunting for useful ways to donate her time. Maybe there's something to this whole volunteer-work thing after all?</span></h3> <p><span style="color: #808080"> <p>Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE</p> <p> </span> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/microphilanthropy"><font size="-2"><b>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></font></a></span></p> http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/microphilanthropy#comments Ideas Allison Schrager ISSUES &amp; IDEAS microphilanthropy Philanthropy Fri, 23 May 2008 13:01:00 +0000 Allison Schrager 1010 at http://moreintelligentlife.com http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/giving-to-war-torn-fledgling-democracies <p><!--paging_filter--><br /> <h3><span style="color: #808080"><span>ALLISON SCHRAGER | THE MICROPHILANTHROPIST | February 8th 2008 </span></span></h3> <p><img src="/files/Afghan2.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <h6 align="right"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/babasteve/">babasteve/Flickr</a></h6> <h3><span style="color: #000000">How should we help people in troubled developing countries? And how do we do this while staying comfortably at home? So much aid is paternalistic and ineffective. Allison Schrager considers better alternatives ...</span></h3> <p><span style="color: #808080"></p> <p> Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE </p> <p></span> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/giving-to-war-torn-fledgling-democracies"><font size="-2"><b>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></font></a></span></p> http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/giving-to-war-torn-fledgling-democracies#comments microphilanthropy Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:33:47 +0000 Allison Schrager 840 at http://moreintelligentlife.com