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Saturday, 22 April 2006 |
.jpg) EARTH DAY SPECIAL -- An estimated 196 million to 230 million computers are in use in the United States today, each designed to last more than a decade. Yet technology is advancing so rapidly that users often replace their computers just three or four years after buying them. Often people either store or throw out their old computers, not realizing how their equipment could benefit others. If we refurbish just 10% of these PCs, we could provide more than 3 1/2 million computers for schools and low income families and eliminate the digital divide by the end of the decade. The other problem is that throwing out computers and electronics is a waste of valuable materials that could be used to make new products. Learn how you can help. . . . |
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Read more... [Where Can I Donate or Recycle My Old Computer or Other Electronic Products?]
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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 22 April 2006 |
 Earth Day Special — The 21st annual Great American Cleanup is in full swing, mobilizing millions of volunteers to clean, beautify and improve their communities each spring. Last year 2.4 million volunteers collected a record breaking 208 million pounds of litter and debris; recycled hundreds of tons of material; planted 4.2 million flowers; cleaned 176 miles of roads; and cleaned 10,250 miles of waterways and shorelines.
On March 2, more than 750 volunteers from all over the country descended on Biloxi, Miss., for the official kickoff to the 2006 national campaign, launching a full day of Hurricane Katrina Restoration activites. Volunteers removed mounds of storm debris and also planted grass, flowers and oak trees to aid in coastal restoration. From the Biloxi Town Green to the Purple Heart Memorial and Edgewater Mall beach, one main objective was achieved; to make a visible difference in this community in one day.
It's not too late to volunteer for the Great America Cleanup! It runs until May 31. Consult this page for a list of U.S. states and territories, and even other countries (Canada and South Africa) that are participating. |
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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 22 April 2006 |
Hurricane Katrina buried a Mississippi Catholic church under 10 feet of mud and water last August. People in the community had so many needs that cleaning a church building would have to wait. And it remained untended until a group of high school students from a Methodist youth group in Avon, Indiana, selflessly gave up their spring break to ready the church for an Easter resurrection. For three straight days, the kids scrubbed, scraped and scoured the walls, floors and seating, reports Josh Duke at IndyStar.com
"I have been a priest for 46 years, and I've never enjoyed anything more than these kids," said Father Denis Harlow, the priest at Sacred Heart... The service let many parishioners see each other for the first time since the hurricane. "We had wall-to-wall people," Harlow said. "I never realized how much the church family meant to them." |
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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 22 April 2006 |
A new study from UCLA reports California has saved about $800 million over the last five years by sentencing non-violent drug offenders to community-based drug treatment programs rather than prison.
When Californians passed by referendum proposition 36, which gave non-violent drug offenders a chance to enter drug rehab rather than serve jail time, many thought it would lead to a crime wave, including the Contra Costa Times editorial staff. Today they are encouraged by the numbers and are urging the Legislature to re-fund Prop. 36 before it expires this year. The Good News Network agrees with their reasoning: |
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Read more... [Drug Treatment Instead of Prison Yields Encouraging Results in CA]
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
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Erich Fromm, renowned German-American psychologist and humanistic philosopher said our quest for certainty blocks our progress.
"Uncertainty is the very condition that impels man to unfold his powers."
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