History for People
Are you unknowingly supporting rainforest destruction?
With most negative things in this world, the main reason they’re still around is because people just aren’t knowledgeable about the consequences. According to the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), “palm oil is in roughly 50% of packaged goods sold on grocery store shelves” and “the expansion of palm oil plantations is one of the biggest [...]
22 September 2011 / Environment, People
Tags: infographic, palm oil, rainforest action network, take action
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Good news to brighten your day & give you hope
Oh, how I love sharing good news with all of you, especially when there’s so much of it that I need to share it all in one post. The days are getting away from me, but I couldn’t wait to share this information, especially since I’ve mentioned many of these issues and topics before, so [...]
14 September 2011 / Animals, Environment, Fashion, Food, Health, People
Tags: adidas, bear bile, bears, bpa, california, greenpeace, h&m, meat, new york, nike, round-up, sharks, traditional chinese medicine, victory
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More than just a trilogy of books: The Hunger Games trilogy
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is much more than just a trilogy. If you’ve not yet read the books, I highly recommend that you do. They should be read one right after the other, more as one book than three. I read the first one a little over a year [...]
9 September 2011 / Books, People
Tags: book review, catching fire, mockingjay, review, suzanne collins, the hunger games, the hunger games trilogy
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How the human family can do better + one super inspiring young woman
One organization that I nominated for Microist was the BlinkNow Foundation by Maggie Doyne. This video is of Maggie telling her amazing, awe-inspiring story and I urge you to please make some time to watch it. I watched it thanks to Brandi of Not Your Average Ordinary and I am so thankful that I found [...]
8 September 2011 / People, Travel
Tags: blinknow, blinknow foundation, do lectures, maggie doyne, nepal, take action, video
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Giving never seemed so easy and fun
One of the projects that I’ve been working on for Ecorazzi is their completely new fast-paced philanthropy site called Microist. Microist funds non-profit organizations through donations that are divided among thirty days so that every organization in that thirty days receives an equal amount of funds. Every single day (starting on the 12th of September, [...]
6 September 2011 / Animals, Environment, Food, Health, People
Tags: donating, ecorazzi, microist, take action
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