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Maine South student offers support, information to teens giving birth. 
Photo Essay: The modern locavore movement isn't the first time Americans have appreciated the broad impact of home gardening and conservation. These wartime posters remind us of another time when the U.S. 
Corporations aren’t hiring, and Washington is gridlocked. Here’s how we take charge of our own livelihoods. 
More than 200-250 people took turns "occupying" the Chagrin Falls Hardware store Saturday, as a friendly "cash mob" turned out to support the family owned business. 
Developer Makes Disabled Gamer's Wish Come True With an Arrow ClickKotakuThe developers says his team is very humbled by the responses the story has garnered since going wide. 
If we're hardwired for empathy, why is there such a frequent disconnect in practice? In large part, it's a matter of awareness. Actively tuning in to this part of ourselves is critical. 
Although Norwegians may not tell you about this the first time you meet them, the fact remains that their society’s high level of freedom and broadly-shared prosperity began when workers and farmers, along with middle class allies, waged a nonviolent struggle that empowered the people to govern for the common good. 
Stories.coop is the world’s first global, digital campaign to spread the benefits of cooperation through the tradition of story-telling. Stories connect people through the power of words and the power of pictures. Stories tell the facts and they connect to our emotions, so your story of cooperation can make a lasting impact. 
A nice place to visit on days like today. Need a hug? 
A young boy pays for toys on layaway for others with his allowance. Watch video. :) 
The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children... |
A New Year Resolution
As the year comes to an end and we reflect over the past year many of us consider the things that we would really like to change in our lives, it maybe to lose those extra
" Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
Here is a list of 10 ways that we can be the change we would like to see in the world.
Give-Be generous with your time; invite that stressed mum to go through the check-out before you , let that car in during peak hour traffic ,say " you first " more often.
Listen-Listen attentively to the chatter of the kids as they run in from school, to the stories of others, to the elderly lady next door who wants to share the pleasure of her new roses
Grow- Plant a tree that produces food for the birds to eat, work with the local Land-care, get a plot at the community veggie garden.
Smile!- at the bus driver, the girl in the lift, the man you walk past when walking the dog, your kids , workmates, strangers.
Praise- Give positives and encouragement often and sincerely
Respect- Offer tolerance for difference often and sincerely
Share- your knowledge, your skills, your home , your possessions, your feelings.
Care -for the planet, don't forget the shopping bags, do turn off the computer, read manufacturers labels to see if the products are made in an environmentally friendly way, choose fair-trade coffee more often.
Speak - Take an active part in getting those in power to be more compassionate. Send emails to politicians, offer support for causes close to your heart, be outspoken when
Hug - Often Via Ethical Gifts 
Street performers, soup kitchen volunteers, police officers, models, CEOs, baseball players, roller girls, concert pianists, artists, and many more tell you their heartfelt stories of kindness and generosity. Barefoot Wine presents One Beach. A film about creativity, optimism and having fun cleaning our beaches around the world. Directed by Jason Baffa. Premiering... 
The YES! Breakthrough 15: Healing war-torn, broken, and economically devastated communities through art. 
Why let the availability of money determine the range of the possible? Time banks are taking off, in ways you never expected. 
Less than 24 hours after posting one man's heartbreakingly heroic story on Reddit, more than $65,000 in donations had been pledged to a Kenyan orphanage where he saved a group of kids. 
“It always starts with helping teenagers rebuild their lives through the dogs,” Mrs. Picard said. “That’s the foundation. My goal is to get the best-trained dog out to people with disabilities, but how I get there is by using these teenagers.” 
Rather than garnering donations or applying for grants as a nonprofit entity, social enterprise entrepreneurs are generating revenue and reinvesting profits in the community by providing services or manufacturing products. 
An Odessa, Washington 5th grader is enjoying local hero status after risking his life to save a dog stranded in an iced over pond. 
Robo Arcand, 13, is winning his battle with leukemia, thanks in part to his BC buddies. 
At Occupy Wall Street, an unlikely mix of students, vets, bankers, regulators and academics are planning alternative financial institutions—including an Occupy bank. 
Genesis Reyes got a big surprise when she saw a Barbie that looked like her! |
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