GreenMap.org expands educational offering for middle and high school teachers and students.

There’s no question that the Internet is the best thing to happen to education since chalk. It is a tool, a medium, a resource, and a teacher unto itself. It helps students to better connect with and learn from the world outside. With [...]

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SocialVibe raises awareness and donations for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C).

We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s serious as cancer.” The expression is used in many ways. It’s become cliché. But there’s a reason why clichés are formed. Like the universal feeling of being stuck between a rock and a hard place, there’s a deeper truth. [...]

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Our major transportation arteries are toxic for anyone living or playing near them. Too bad that’s where 1 in 3 public schools are located.
Erin Brockovich fought against one company’s malfeasance in polluting the water of a local town and won. They made a movie about it, and Julia Roberts won an Oscar. This same [...]

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A new report urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support laws that restrict junk-food advertising to kids online. Is this a solution or scapegoating?

Business Week reports on action taken by Children Now to restrict junk-food advertising to kids online.
Having successfully lobbied the government to place limits on junk food ads on TV, they now [...]

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Elizabeth Dehart is striving to eliminate obesity in the classroom; ideablob’s $10,000 prize will help her start a vending company that provides organic snacks to school kids.

Advanta Corp. announced today that Elizabeth Dehart of West Jordan, Utah, is the July winner of Ideablob.com’s monthly contest for the best small business idea, as voted on by [...]

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UK-based Persil, a Unilever brand, emphasizes the importance of childhood play.

Childhood as we know it is over and children of future generations could enter adulthood lacking vital life and social skills because of a lack of ‘free’ play, according to a study released by Persil.
The global report, which marks the launch of Persil’s Every [...]

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