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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... »
Healthy food and schools
It’s the age-old dilemma. We want our kids to eat healthy food at school but they don’t like it so we accept them eating greasy fast food “because they have to eat something, right?” Wrong. With the schools’ help, we can impact the diet or our children for the better and in much easier ways... »
Iceland’s lesbian prime-minister marries her partner under new law
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland’s prime minister, became the first national leader to be married with a same sex spouse when she married Jónína Leósdóttir the day a new law came into effect. The new law, accepted unanimously in Iceland’s parliament earlier this month, allows same-sex couples to get married, as opposed to only having a civil... »
Take back your lunch!
The Energy Project has started a movement called Take back your lunch! The name says it all. They are opposed to how many of us grab a quick bite at our desk every day instead of going out for a full and proper lunch. Going out for lunch and keeping our minds of work for a... »
Frugality and happiness
Being frugal means to avoid wasting money and resources and being economically thrifty. Generally when we think about frugal people we picture people that are unhappily denying themselves all the pleasures of live to stretch every single penny. But how true is this myth? According to the Canadian Finance Blog, not true at all. Frugal livers... »
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... »
The kindness of strangers
A slightly different format today. I bumped into an excellent thread where people are exchanging stories about kind things strangers have done for them in the past and decided to make it the highlight of today. Go over to Mental Floss and be sure to read the comments. Here are a few samples: I was stuck... »
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.... »
The solar-powered light-bulb
A sizable portion of the world still has no access to electricity. Many of those use kerosene lamps to provide light after dusk but this can be expensive and causes indoor air pollution. The Nokero is Hong-Kong’s answer. The N100 is about the size of a normal lightbulb, but with 5 solar panels it can... »
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... »
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