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EWG
My favorite resource for information relating to health and the environment, the EWG (Environmental Working Group) has just released their latest Dirty Dozen/Clean 15 list, a comprehensive list of the foods you can buy conventionally grown and the foods that you should buy organically grown.
Beautiful Animals
Protect Wild Animals
Did you know…that the illegal wildlife trade is the third largest illicit trade after drugs and arms and is responsible for the extinction of many animals and plant species. Traffic works around the world to ensure that the trade in wildlife is not a threat to the conservation of nature.
Donate Airline Miles
Do you have lots of airline miles and don't know what to do with them? Donate them to the American Red Cross to help transport volunteers and staff to disaster areas.
Eco Tip: Action Against Hunger
The AAH is a 30 year old international humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. They works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. The AAH responds to chronic food shortages and emergencies created by conflict or natural disaster, running lifesaving programs in more than 40 countries, benefiting some 5 million people each year. Learn more at the Action Against Hunger website.
Green Stocks
SustainableBusiness.com's Green Investing is a great resource if you are looking to invest and buy stocks in renewable energy, smart grid, energy storage, green building, the recycling industry, water and organic foods and more. Do your due diligence.
Khan Academy
APRIL 2011
Learn almost anything for free
This is just so amazing! I love this site! http://khanacademy.org, a non-profit, offers 2,100 free educational videos. Anyone anywhere can choose to learn about arithmetic, physics, finance and history. After perusing the many choices, I can't wait to learn more about Finances, the French Revolution and a fun Brain Teaser sounds pretty great as well.
Watch this TED video about Salman Khan, the founder of the Khan Academy.
Non Profits
MARCH 2011
For your kids - A very good and helpful resource :
www.ClickCheckandProtect.org and find out which products or foods have been recalled because they could be harmful to your child. Created by the National School Safety Coalition, the National Parent Teacher Association and the National School Boards Association.
FEBRUARY 2011
ThEggs- "Separating factory farm egg production from authentic organic agriculture, the organic egg report below empowers us who want to invest our food dollars to protect hard-working family farmers that are in danger of being forced off the land by a landslide of eggs from factory farms." Quoted verbatim from their site because I could not have written it better myself. cornucopia.org/organic-egg-scorecard
DECEMBER 2010
The holidays are a special time to reach out and help others in need. If you find yourself in between jobs, volunteering is a great way to keep busy, plus you can add that experience to your resume! For volunteering opportunities in your area, go to iparticipate.org.
NOVEMBER 2010
 During these trying times, many people are having a hard time feeding their families. You can help them by making a donation to Feeding America, a network of large food banks that supply groceries to needy people through food pantries, soup kitchens, schools and churches Go to FeedingAmerica.org to learn more. |
AUGUST 2010
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Go to www.freerice.com and improve your vocabulary. With each answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme to help end hunger. More wonderful non-profits: |
MAY 2010
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Help a mother who lives in a war torn country like Afghanistan rebuild her life by donating monthly to womenforwomen.org. You can sign up your mother's name, and she can stay in touch with her faraway counterpart during the year. |
DECEMBER 2009
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The holidays are a special time to reach out and help others in need. For volunteering opportunities in your area, go to iparticipate.org. Whether you are for or against the war, pick up a thank you card and Xerox will print it for free and send it to a service person serving in Iraq. Go to letssaythanks.com. |
OCTOBER 2009
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so please click on the breast cancer daily and donate a free mammogram to an underprivileged woman. |
SEPTEMBER 2009
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To raise awareness of the horrifying amount of plastic floating in the North Pacific Gyre, an enormous 'garbage patch' caught up in the swirling Pacific Ocean currents and estimated to be the size of Texas, The Plastiki, a catamaran made with twelve thousand plastic bottles, sailed from San Francisco to Sidney. They arrived on July 26th 2010, after four months and much press covering their effort. To learn more and show your support, go to theplastiki.com In addition, junkraft.com also made a journey and were very successful at educating many along their route about the North Pacific Gyre. |
JULY 2009
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Next time you are at a complete loss for what to give that special someone, give them a gift certificate to use as they choose on KIVA.org. My friend Sarvanez told me about about KIVA recently. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe, for the sake of alleviating poverty. |
