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Bees doing better in the cities
The number of bees in the world has been in rapid decline for years. But urban beekeeping may help to even out their numbers again. According to a post in the Guardian, urban bees are healthier and produce better honey than do their rural counterparts. For some reason they seem to do better in cities... »
Farming fish – The wave of the future?
Matko Jasprica has been a fish farmer in Croatia for two decades. His farm is roughly 2km out at sea from the coast of the fishing village Drace, on the Peljesac peninsula. Hidden from sight, the fishfarm can only be detect from the bubbles the fish make but it produces as much as 120 tonnes... »
Half their worth to charity
Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet have already set up foundations to which they have donated at least 80% of their net worth. Buffett intends to have donated 99% of his net worth at his death. But that isn’t enough for them. They have been getting together with other billionaires with a history of... »
Warren Buffet’s charity lunch breaks record
In the last 11 years, the investor mogul Warren Buffett has auctioned out a lunch with himself. His last lunch gathered $2.62 million last Friday, breaking all his previous records. The lunch is to support Glide, a San Francisco based social-service group that offers food, medical assistance, housing and job training to those in need.... »
Cellphones for the homeless
If you don’t phone access, how do you get a job? How do you get housing? How do you even keep up with your food stamps? Twin Cities Community Voicemail (TCCV), an organization in Minneapolis-St. Paul, currently runs a voicemail program for the homeless. They give them free voicemail boxes so they can leave landlords... »
What can I do: Go to a benefit
Want to help but don’t know what to do? Don’t have the time or experience to raise funds, volunteer or drive projects? Why not go to a benefit? Be it a concert, a dinner or a sporting event. The internet makes it easy to find fun events that fit your budget no matter where you... »
The success of One Laptop Per Child
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project aims at getting a specially designed laptop to every single child in the world’s poorest areas. The laptops are designed with children in mind, durable and rugged and can be read in direct sunlight, for those children that take school outdoors. It has wireless capability and is the... »
Cindy Abbot, a 51 year old and half-blind mother climbs Mt. Everest
Cindy Abbot is a 51 year old wife and mother. Just after she started training to climb Mt. Everest she got diagnosed with a rare disease where her immune system attacks her bloodvessels. Not deterred by this she finished her training and has now successfully climbed the peak. She used the climb to bring attention to... »
Homeless to Harvard to elementary schools
Liz Murray, the subject of the movie “Homeless to Harvard” was on the street as a teenager. She managed not only to pull herself off the street but graduated high-school in two year, though she started late, while supporting her sister. A grant for needy students saw her going to Harvard for three years until she... »
Man donates charity raffle winnings to food bank
Phil Hirsch, from Ohio US, donated to the Youngstown State University’s annual United Way fundraiser and got entered in a raffle along with 2000 other donors. Winning a shopping spree where he could keep all the groceries he could grab in three minutes, he got almost $850 dollars worth of canned and dried food which he... »
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