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Sustainable Development

Peer Pressure Can Be a Lifesaver

When we hear that someone succumbed to peer pressure or conformed to group expectations, we are inclined to think about it in negative terms. We imagine a young person smok...

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Environment

India drafts policy to cut carbon emissions from deforestation

India, one of the world's largest polluters, has drafted a national policy aimed at reducing its carbon emissions from deforestation as part of a global scheme which financ...

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Hollywood

Joss Stone Visits Prince Harry’s Charity In Lesotho

British singer Joss Stone is currently touring in North Africa, and gave up some of her time to help out at a horse therapy session for disabled children in Morocco. The so...

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Hollywood

Jeff Bridges Helps Announce School Breakfast Campaign

Jeff Bridges joined the No Kid Hungry campaign in Arkansas to announce this exciting initiative, and to highlight the importance of school breakfast for the millions of Ame...

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Hollywood

Josh Duhamel Joins PetSmart Charities(R) to Shine a Spotlight on Homeless Pets

Pet Smart Charities has teamed up with actor/producer Josh Duhamel and his production company, Dakotakid Media, to launch Rescue Waggin’®: Tales from the Road. Un...

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Environment

Global Warming and Potential Water Contamination Resulting from Fracking for Hydrocarbons

Contaminated water, presumed to be from drilling into and fracturing (fracking) hydrocarbon-bearing rock strata, has been in the news for some time now. And so have global ...

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Thought Factory

Small concerns: The Local train

There local train platform is filled with people as I reach it around 8.30 am every day.  Carrying laptops, handbags and lunchboxes, everyone is set for the day. Newsp...

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Health

Try cinnamon to give your heart the natural boost!

Cinnamon or dalchini is one of the most common ingredients in Indian cooking. Known for its aromatic and pungent characteristics, cinnamon is often used as a flavoring agen...

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Thought Factory

Pages from the Diary of a Community Health Worker

It was just another day in the late summer of 1992. Fresh from the success of a community intervention that sought to limit the effects of an outbreak of a gastrointestinal...

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Sustainable Development

Global Waste on Pace to Triple by 2100

The amount of garbage humans throw away is rising fast and won’t peak this century without transformational changes in how we use and reuse materials, write former Wo...

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