Choosing to buy Free-Range

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By C. Pen As we walk into the super market or the butcher's, our primary selection criteria, more often than not, is look and taste. Usually, when animal products such as meat or eggs are procured from the animals in high-volume, industrialized "farms," it is often done through harm (and often

Help Yourself Help Others

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By Mick Trainor Mark Twain – addicted to success.com “the two most important days in your life is the day you are born and the day you find out why” For some reason that excites me and scares the hell out of me at the same time. Finding out why you are here

Rise Above

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By Michael Trainor " I was lucky enough to snap the photo on a work trip to Blackwater in QLD. I left the Brisbane Airport with a top of 25 degrees and it was overcast and stormy. We then took off and after a quick nap I woke up to that

4 Key Ways to Exercise Greater Empathy

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Most of us believe in the first impression. It is such a natural instinct to have some kind of perception about another at a single glance. Perhaps, it is unavoidable to an extent. However, we often take judgment too far. We can easily see the victims of judgmental behavior all

Acts of Kindness

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by Gerry S “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Gandhi If you are reading this, you are probably already trying to make the world a safer, cleaner, kinder or more just place, one way or another. While this site is filled with ideas and stories on different ways to

3 Tips to Get Your Committee to Try New Fundraising Ideas

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No matter how inspired you think your big charity fundraising idea might be, there are always plenty of people who will prefer to do things the old-fashioned way, recycling old ideas again and again. But, when it comes to hosting exciting charity events donors look forward to attending each year,

Mental Illness: Ending the Stigma

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By Samantha Plink One in four people in the world will be affected by mental illness at some point in their lives. Yet nearly two thirds of those people never seek help from a health professional, largely due to the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Mental illness doesn’t discriminate. It can affect people

The Benefits of Empathy (and a Few Tips)

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Empathy, as a word, is a rather recent import into the English language. The term was introduced in as recently as 1909 by psychologist Edward Titchener, as a variant of the German word “Einfühlung,” meaning “feeling into” (‘Empathy,’ 2008). Empathy is in many sense a voyage of the mind. It affords

Respect

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By Emily Wong ‘BECAUSE YOU’RE WORTH IT’ The sweet, lulling slogan whispered so seductively from the lips of the model as she pouts to the camera. One simple phrase. One billion dollars. That’s the amount of money L’oreal might have made had they simply made lipsticks. In actual fact, the total revenue

8 Ways to Save Water

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This gargantuan blue ball of a planet is jacketed in agua to the extent that its abundance is hard, nay impossible to miss. However, "fresh" water is an entirely different matter, and its scarcity, while often underestimated, is very, very real. Only about 3% all water is fresh, and only about 1% of