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- Building Impact Movements, PCDN Weekly Newsletter, April 15, 2025
Building Impact Movements, PCDN Weekly Newsletter, April 15, 2025

Protect What You Love: Building Movements from the Heart
🎧 New episode of The Social Change Career Podcast
In this powerful conversation, Dutch social entrepreneur Ilco van der Linde (founder of MasterPeace, Dance for Life & Ocean Love) joins Craig Zelizer to explore:
💙 How movements grow when they’re rooted in love—not fear
🌊 Ocean Love Innovation Awards: building one of the most inclusive global platforms for ocean solutions
Learn more at https://www.oceanloveawards.com/
🧭 Staying optimistic while navigating burnout and complexity
🛠️ Lessons from 40+ years of activism, team-building, and global organizing

For anyone working on purpose-driven change—from climate to peace to impact careers—this episode offers wisdom, strategy, and heart.
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Social Impact News & Resources
😄 Joke of the Day
Why did the policy analyst bring a baguette to the board meeting?
Because they heard it was time to break bread and solve big issues.
🌐 News
🏙️ Paris Cuts Air Pollution by Half Over 20 Years
A major public health and environmental win—Paris has halved its air pollution since 2003 through low-emission zones, better transit, and bold policy shifts.
🔗 RFI – Full Article☕ Blockchain Coffee with a Conscience
ForestGuard is revolutionizing sustainable coffee by using blockchain tech to verify deforestation-free supply chains—supporting both transparency and climate action.
🔗 RESET – Dive In🧠 A Neural Map the Size of a Grain of Sand
Researchers have charted 57,000 brain cells and 150 million connections in a tiny brain sample, a milestone for understanding how thought and memory work.
🔗 GeekWire – Read More🗳️ A Bold Blueprint to Save Democracy
Vu Le drops a powerful call to action for funders: rethink your models, center communities, and get serious about funding democracy work—before it’s too late.
🔗 Nonprofit AF – Explore the Ideas
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