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At Hatch Elementary, waste sorter Monika Knickrehm, from left, helps Bralen Williams dump corn kernels into the compost bin. Jason Klein waits his turn, while Carrie Wolter dumps some carrots. (Tribune photo by Chuck Berman / October 29, 2009)

High school teacher suspended after assigning an article on homosexuality in animals | Psychology To
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Should teachers ask their students to learn about controversial topics? By Elizabeth Meyer, Ph.D....

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Walmart has severed ties with one of the country's major blueberry grower after an ABC News investigation found children, including one as young as five-years-old, working in its fields. The children were ...

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As the U.S. prioritizes Islamabad's campaign against the Taliban and other extremists, will Washington press Pakistan to address the plight of its indentured poor?

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I just watched this YouTube video of a wedding procession. (Click here if you can't view it above.) It made me cry, which was an odd response to a rollicking, fun, fully bodied celebration of marriage, ...

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A recent New York Times article, “The Human Body is Built for Distance,” (which follows several recent deaths of marathoners), has this to say about running:

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No need for me to write a blog entry today. Nicholas Kristof has said it perfectly in his New York Times op ed: “More Schools, Not Troops.”~ ZoeAuthor of Most Good, Least Harm and Above All, ...

Sowmya Reddy Dear friends, watch this video. This needs 10000 hits in 3 days, this video would go to Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen.....Send it across to all your friends......Thanks a ton
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Ecological crisis is a spiritual crisis. Spiritual and theological writers have, in recent times, been summoning us to the conversation and demanding that we pause to rethink and refeel our attitudes, towards the earth and towards its fullness, now in a process of depletion. ...

Institute for Humane Education Sorry for the lack of posts and such lately. Marsha (IHE's Web/Community Mgr) has the flu. More good stuff when she's better.

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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about belief. I believe what I know from my experience – that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, that humans have the capacity for both kindness ...

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At our house, the arrival of the mail is always eagerly anticipated (I know; kinda sad, huh?). Will there be a note from a friend? The newest edition of one of our favorite magazines? Or, even, hope of hopes, a check?! ...

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The man behind one of the most influential reports on climate change, Lord Stern, has highlighted the impact meat production has on greenhouse gas emissions. Part of it comes through methane made by the animals as they digest food. So which farm animals expel the most methane?





















