A Biologist's Solution For A Troubled City

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June 2, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - A Biologist's Solution For A Troubled City To many residents Binghamton, New York, appears to be on the decline. The once thriving community was struck hard by the economic downturn. It now has a shrinking population, rising crime rates and increasing drug use among youth. But recently, the city's quality of life got a boost from an unusual source: an evolutionary biologist who has studied microbes, zooplankton, and birds. Professor David Sloan Wilson is an expert on the evolutionary roots of altruism and cooperation, and he's applying his insights to helping Binghamton promote kindness. Wilson's Binghamton Neighborhood Project is part of a "whole-neighborhood" movement that seeks more comprehensive ways to improve the lives of at-risk kids. More broadly, it is helping community leaders understand how a neighborhood's social environment can increase kindness and reduce problems like violence and drug use. { read more } Be The Change Talk to your neighbors today -- a way to start building a warmer environment for kids in your community. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year Life is 'Baeutiful' A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago Love, Honor, and Thank DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,483 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Retirees Volunteer to Tackle Japan's Nuclear Crisis

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June 1, 2011 a project of CharityFocus The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. - Charles DuBois - Retirees Volunteer to Tackle Japan's Nuclear Crisis In Japan, The Skilled Veterans Corps is made up of retired engineers and other professionals, all over the age of 60. A group of more than 200 Japanese pensioners are volunteering to tackle the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power station. They say they should be facing the dangers of radiation, not the young. It was while watching the television news that Yasuteru Yamada decided it was time for his generation to stand up.: "I am 72 and on average I probably have 13 to 15 years left to live. Even if I were exposed to radiation, cancer could take 20 or 30 years or longer to develop." Mr Yamada is lobbying the government hard for his volunteers to be allowed into the power station. The government has expressed gratitude for the offer but is cautious. { read more } Be The Change Following the Tsunami in Japan, one of our subscribers sent us some really inspiring stories of her country's response to the tragedy. Read it here. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Miracle Birth Homeless Man with 'Golden Voice' Beauty in Subtlety Food: The Solution for Conflict? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,480 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Building Curious Employees

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May 31, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain - Building Curious Employees Design thinking is a process of empathizing with the end user. David Kelley, founder of IDEO and Stanford's d.school design program, takes a similar approach to managing people. He believes leadership is a matter of empathizing with employees. In this interview, he explains why leaders should seek understanding rather than blind obedience, why it's better to be a coach and a taskmaster and the effects of intrinsically motivating people. { read more } Be The Change Practice being a curious, empathetic person; ask "Why?" questions to help in understanding other people's perspective. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around An Experiment in Generosity DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,470 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Great Tree Survey

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May 30, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. - George Washington Carver - The Great Tree Survey According to a 2010 United Nations report, the rate at which forests are destroyed-logged or cleared to make way for farms or mines-was nearly 20 percent lower from 2000 to 2010 than it had been in the previous decade. Huge tree-planting programs, especially in China, reduced the net loss of forest even further. But vast areas are still being slashed, mostly in the tropics, including each year a Switzerland-size area of previously undisturbed, ecologically precious "primary" forest. Most of those trees are burned, and the carbon stored in their wood literally goes up in smoke. However, a new way of measuring the carbon in forests may help keep them from being cut down. { read more } Submitted by: CF Be The Change Visit your local arboretum. Sponsor a tree. Plant a seed. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Faith, the Two-Legged Dog Portraits of Hope The Green Guerrillas Two Brothers, Two Buckets, and World Hunger DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,480 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Grounded For Good

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May 29, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Slow travel isn't only about the mode of transportation -- it's also about the way you travel. You settle in. You have to go to the grocery store. You get to know the people who run the cafe. It makes for a completely different trip. - Pauline Kennedy - Grounded For Good After spending 18 months abroad, McMillans were inspired to return home to Scotland with as little environmental impact as possible. En route from Singapore, they journeyed across 14 countries over 85 days, using 22 buses, 14 trains, 11 boats and numerous rickshaws. They enjoyed it so much that they started a website to help others do the same -- flightless travel. Aircrafts currently produce 4% of Europe's CO2 emissions but recent research has found that aircraft emissions have up to 2.7 times more impact on the air than ground emissions due to the delicate nature of the upper atmosphere. While "slow travel" is better for the environment, Tom McMillan feels that is also a great way to engage with the world and "savour the moment." { read more } Be The Change If you're planning a future car trip, offer a ride to a stranger by making a posting on Craigslist's carshare board. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 20 Ways to Travel The Untapped Power of Smiling The Happy Planet Index A Neighbor's Kind Act DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,490 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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