the story of bottled water

Kick the Bottled Water Habit!

My Friend

takepart.com/thecove

savejapandolphins.org

Earth Day 40th Anniversary

Happy Earth Day!

If you're looking for ways to celebrate and participate, head over to Serve.gov

Or take this Earth Day quiz... and $2 will be donated toward the purchase of solar flashlights for people living in camps in Haiti.

And... se the Disney nature movie "Oceans" during opening week, and Disney nature will make a donation in your honor to save the coral reefs.

Finally, watch The Oprah Winfrey Show today as Oprah talks to the filmmakers of the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove.

Kindness

I Love Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Ever since reading Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, I thought we should be friends.

:)

Her Thought Bubble video below is definitely worth watching and sharing.

Born to be Good, bright yellow cover!

Fonkoze

I love the animation and music from this 2 minute video highlighting Fonkoze's work to help rebuild Haiti.

Home Library

Love this NYT article that says:

The presence of book lined shelves in the home - and the intellectual environment those volumes reflect - gives children an enormous advantage in school.

What do you think?

What's your home library?

How do you teach your children about the importance of literacy?

Earth Day 40th Anniversary April 22nd

What are you doing for Earth Day?

How will you celebrate?

whitehouse.gov/earthday

Jonathan Klein

Photographs do more than document history ... they have the power to shape the future.

Katyn

Memorial services are being held in Poland to honor the dozens of dignitaries who died in last weekend's plane crash in Russia.

Don't know much about the Katyn Massacre?

Listen to the story below; you'll be glad you did.

TheStory.org with Dick Gordon

Zappos

Zappos core values - very nice!

Let it serve as a lesson to us all... apply the to your day :)

everybody loves... BABIES

A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world: Namibia, Tokyo, San Francisco, and Mongolia.

... from first breath to first steps, on a journey at once universal and yet amazingly original.

BABIES premieres Mother's Day weekend.

Ann Cooper

Ann Cooper talks social justice and school lunch.

She is a fantastic change-maker. Check out her website The Lunch Box. See how you can take action and make change in your school.

Watch her 2007 TED talk:

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Set your TiVo or DVR...

Don't miss Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution!