deng fei : Mobilizing community for justice 정의를 위한 공동체를 결집 시키다.

Deng Fei, a journalist at the Phoenix Weekly magazine, said he felt unsettled when he learned that many students in mountainous regions of Southwest China's Guizhou province often go hungry - so he did something about it.

Watch: The tearful reunion of Peng Gaofeng and his long-lost son

If you still haven't read our dramatic account yesterday of how Peng Gaofeng, a man from Hubei, was reunited with his kidnapped son after three long years, stop all else that you're doing now, and read this because it is THE story of the day.

Deng Fei, the Phoenix Weekly reporter who has been on Peng's story since 2008, has since released the following video (edited with English translation by the WSJ). The video shows Peng's nervousness before meeting his son and the tearful reunion itself. Heartrending stuff.

ikuma saga : Making money communal 사회의 돈을 만들다.

Earth Day Money Association

I am working on community currency program that promotes volunteerism and sustainability.

Now look at restaurants and shops around you. Many of them are issuing coupons and having mark down sales. How could the alternative of directing that money to contributions to communities and societies become realized?

Though this question might not sound business-oriented since such cost are now spent for marketing, this question might lead to new thinking. Conclusively, corporations will gain enough profit just by receiving CCs by a certain percentage of the price of goods and services from CC holders, i.e. those who made contributions to the communities. And corporations can start a new way of marketing just by accepting CCs, which is targeting those who hold CCs at the same time. And at that very time, CCs will be a tool to realize contributions to societies and marketing for corporations at the same time.

Community currencies, and especially the community way model will be applicable as solutions to various kinds of social needs and problems. Now let's think about “Earthday Money”. This is a strategy to the issues of protecting the environment, reviving the environment, making an economic flow considering the environment and an answer to the question of how we can make CCs useful.