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News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that works for all.
Gulf Aid Text-Message Giving Helps Rescue Oil-Soaked Wildlife
In a recent Cone marketing agency survey, 19 percent of Americans said that they would rather text a donation to a nonprofit than make a donation in any other way, and the method is particularly popular among youth. It’s a fundraising tool now on the radar of every major U.S. charity, according to Christian Zimmern, co-founder of the nonprofit Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF). Zimmern notes that “we have 260 million cell phones in the United States,” while The New York Times reports that almost 90 percent of U.S. households now have a cell phone. He points out that this means that givers need not be a member of any online pay system, nor use a credit card; “You just need your phone.” MGF first qualifies charities, then facilitates a coordinated link with telecommunications carriers. The latest pressing cause to benefit from text-message giving are rescue
operations for 400 species of wildlife from the life-threatening effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Birds, fish, reptiles and marine mammals urgently need help. The National Wildlife Federation (
nwf.org) is asking cell phone users to text “Wildlife” to 20222 to donate $10 to try to save the animals.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor. Details at
NWF.org/Oil-Spill/Ways-to- Help/
Mobile-Giving.aspx.
Report Card Students Like to Pick Green Colleges
In The Princeton Review’s latest College Hopes & Worries Survey, 68 percent of students said they value having information about a college’s commitment to the environment. From a pool of almost 700 U.S. colleges and universities, the or- ganization identified the country’s 371 exemplary green colleges of 2010 (up from 286 in 2009). Key criteria include a healthy and sustainable quality of life on campus, preparation for employment in a world facing environmental challenges and overall commitment to environmental issues. Fifteen institutions made the 2010 honor roll. The role models setting the
standard are in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Mas- sachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington. The Sustainable Endowments Institute, too, offers its College Sustainability
Report Card. This in-depth eco-profile for 332 colleges in the United States and Canada also evaluates how each profiled institution invests its endowment assets. The site allows viewers to instantly compare selected schools in nine categories. In 2010, the group recognized 80 extraordinarily green schools and saluted 26 as “top of their class” in endowment allocation.
Visit
PrincetonReview.com/green and
GreenReportCard.org.
Transcontinental Run
National Campaign Introduces Naturopathy to America
Doctors, medical students, patients and other advocates of naturopathic medicine from 50 states are planning a public education campaign that will take to the streets July 17, 2011, for a 3,250-mile run from San Francisco to Bridgeport, Connecticut, by way of Washington, D.C., and New York City. Former transcontinental runner and founder of the R.U.N., Dr. Dennis Godby, intends that the four-month- long event will familiarize citizens with natural medicine and move them to demand access to and state licens- ing of doctors of natural medicine.
For event details visit
TheRun.org. August 2010
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Humane Youth Compassion for Animals Aids Diet Changes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates that one in 200 children is a practicing vegetar- ian, according to the parents polled.
FoxNews.com also reports that earlier surveys suggest the rate of vegetarian- ism among older teens could be four to six times that of younger children, because teens have more control over what they eat. Animal welfare, rather than health, is cited most often as to why kids stop eating meat.
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