By the year 2020, The U.S. will make up only four percent of the world's population, according to a 2001 CIA report. The Global Corner International Learning Center is spreading awareness of the world to elementary students along the Florida panhandle. Every year a different country is highlighted and brought into classrooms for children to learn that country's culture and spark international curiosity.   Read more...

Save Your Logo, a creative new French non-profit committed to biodiversity and the preservation of plant and animal species, is asking companies who use a plant or animal's likeness in their logo to make a commitment to preserve and protect the species they profit from.

The first companies to step up and commit to joining preservation efforts of their logos are international clothing brand Lacoste, committing to the preservation of crocodiles and alligators, and the French insurance company MAAF, whose efforts will go toward saving their companies animal representation, the dolphin. Lacoste says, "The brand will actively support projects selected by the GEF to safeguard or protect the endangered crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial species, whose loss would jeopardize the biological balance of their natural habitats."   Read more...

I always believed happiness was contagious. Now, like so many other things I feel innately but tend to doubt without external verification; I can say I know it to be true.

We now have scientific proof that happiness spreads. James Fowler (University of California, San Diego) and Nicholas Christakis (Harvard) recently released the results of a 20-year study showing the “dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network.”   Read more...

World Bicycle Relief, founded in 2005 in response to the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean by SRAM Corporation and Trek Bicycle, empowers people in area of extreme poverty and those suffering in the wake of natural disasters with the gift of transportation.

According to worldbicyclerelief.org, "Simple, sustainable transportation is an essential element in disaster assistance and poverty relief. Bicycles fulfill basic needs by providing access to healthcare, education and economic development. Bicycles empower individuals, their families, and their communities."   Read more...

I recently got a bar of Sea Hag Soap. Yeah I know the name is weird, but the product is great.

I have very sensitive skin and need all natural type products. Sea Hag Soap (I use Got Your Goat Lavender; made with essential oils and goat milk as well as an all natural olive oil base with glycerin). These soaps (and there are a lot of choices; there even even some that work on your hair, skin and clothes) last an amazingly long time, are good for your skin and have very little impact on the environment as they are made in an old converted barn in northern Pennsylvania, not a big factory.   Read more...

Sick or healthy. Rich or poor. Thin or fat. Tall or short. Curly haired or bald. None of it matters when it comes to waking up happy everyday. What does matter is gratitude and perspective.

What makes a man rich? It is not money. There are plenty of poor people - “economically challenged” - that feel wealthy in ways that are beyond their wildest dreams. They are ‘loaded’ with family and friends, rich in experiences and participate in life like tycoons. They are showered in immeasurable riches of making a difference to someone and to the world in which they live. These are the people whose vocabulary does not include phrases like “I will be happy when...”, or I would be happy if...”   Read more...

TakePart.com wants you to get involved in the causes you care about and have the tools to make a difference. Covering issues from climate change to the industrialization of the food chain and how clean our drinking water is, the site allows you to explore issues that concern you or that you want to learn more about. You can share your ideas with others sharing your concerns and learn about ways to participate in your cause and take action to change something you don't think is right.   Read more...

Architecture for Humanity spans the globe working as a benevolent tour de force with a network of over 40,000 professionals who lend their time and services such as design, construction and development skills to those who would otherwise not be able to afford their services in places where people are critically in need. With 80 chapters in 25 countries, Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit design services firm and a network for people who care about sustainable development.

Legendary architect Frank Gehry is a former advisory board member, and David de Rothschild, British adventurer and environmentalist and actress Cameron Diaz have both served as former competition jurors and project reviewers.   Read more...

Ken Thaiday Senior, respected artist from the Torres Strait Island, presents his visions and art with grace and eloquence. With his wife Liz by his side, they have been transported from one world to another to be honored in Washington, D.C. during NAIDOC Week, which celebrates the achievements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Mr. Thaiday reveals a perspective into a world of dreams, faith, nature, fishing, dancing and art all the while connecting ancient spiritual traditions to contemporary times.   Read more...

Whole Foods Market has joined the Non-GMO Project, committing to the third-party system that verifies food does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The store's private label brands, 365 Every Day Value and Whole Foods Market, will carry the "Non-GMO Project Verified" seal beginning this fall.

GMOs are plants whose DNA have been altered to create an organism that did not previously exist in nature. According to WholeFoodsMarket.com, the GMO crops currently approved and marketed in the United States do one of two things: make their own pesticides or resist herbicides, so that farmers can spray an entire field with a strong chemical herbicide and kill everything but the GMO crop.   Read more...