Congrats to Bradley Cohen on the very first Be a Kli retreat! It's a 10 day program for Israelis backpacking in India, combining community service in rural Indian communities with Eastern meditation and Jewish spirituality. Indian communities benefit from volunteers who tutor children in English, help build a community garden, and improve the village, and the Israelis learn about service, Eastern culture, and Jewish values, help a community in need, and improve Israel's image too. Quite a lot for a 10 day program!

Wondering what it's all about? Check out his YouTube video below:

From Dan Rosen, PTI '08:

Our project, Mosaic Ventures, was accepted into the final round of the Unreasonable Institute. It is a great honor and opportunity to move this dream forward.

The fellowship is given to 25 high-impact social entrepreneurs from around the world. The resources at the Institute will help our venture take flight. The fellowship is given to the first 25 who can raise $6500. The ceiling donation the first week is $10. Our goal is to get 200 people this week to donate. I invite you to help us reach or surpass our goal. Click here to donate.

Mosaic Ventures is developing a business model (venture fund) that works to get maximum tribal ownership of their renewable energy resources. Tribes have enough wind and solar on their lands to power the United States several times over. Through tribal investments in clean technologies, providing scale up opportunities on reservations, and transforming key policies, we can make a key move forward in building the green economy. We can make a key move forward in taking the sacrifice lands of the old economy, that were exploited in the fossil fuel era, and become the sacred lands of the green economy -- the places where the solutions to the world's greatest challenges are born.

I think the Unreasonable Institute will help give Mosaic Ventures wings to fly. I really believe that our project is a huge step forward for building the green economy and potentially for solving some of the defining challenges of our time. I also believe that we cannot do it alone and will always rely on the loving support of our co-workers, the Creator, friends, and family.

I am grateful for your votes and if you could send it out to friends, family, and your networks, that would be a huge support.

Thanks for everything that you do.

Daniel

Email danielrosen928@gmail.com with any questions.

COME JOIN IN THE FUTURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, October 5th, 10:00-12:00.

Visit the PRESENTENSE Open House to experience first hand the
future of Israel and meet the social entrepreneurs who are launching
and managing ventures that take on social challenges facing
Israel and the Jewish People. Located in the heart of the German
Colony, PresenTense’s Hub offers workspace, a conference room,
conversation clusters, and an environment that is both inspiring
and animating. Come hear about Presentense’s range of activities,
speakers, and events — and how you can contribute to our future,
wherever you are.

בואו לבית הפתוח שלנו להביט פנימה לעבר הגל החדש של הציונות היצירתית.

בואו לדבר עם חברי המרחב המשותף, לפגוש את בוגרי המכון, לבדוק מה קורה
בחממה ליזמות, ולשמוע על מגוון הפעילויות שלנו. מצפים
לראותכם!

האירוע יתקיים בתאריך 5.10.09 בין השעות 10:00 - 12:00.

Check out the newest pTV episode, staring Josh Keyak and his venture "Green Me Up."