Legacy of Freedom
While Rosa Parks spent most of her life campaigning for civil rights, it was her famous refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man that led to the rise of an unknown clergyman named Martin Luther King Jr., that moved her entire community to boycott city buses for 13 months, that outlawed the segregation of city buses by the US Supreme Court, that sparked the civil rights movement in ... posted on Oct 26 2005, 1,133 reads

Learning from Trees
Nobel Peace Laureate Whagari Maathai's brilliance is her ability to connect economic development, environment protection, and social justice with the simple act of planting a tree. She has managed to create a sustainable fuel, curtail deforestation and erosion, fight for education, campaign for women's rights, and challenge government corruption by mobilizing thousands of poor woman to plant 30 mi... posted on Oct 25 2005, 1,055 reads

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Friendship
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Master Farmers
Using stories and pictures, Michael Ableman, author of the new book Fields of Plenty, tells of the most innovative individuals growing food today — master farmers, food artisans, and those using their farms as platforms for social and ecological change. One such farmer is Chicago's Ken Dunn, who leading a movement to bring farming into the urban jungle, turning abandoned lots in poor neighborhoo... posted on Oct 18 2005, 1,022 reads

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Destined to Happiness
Following a study of 4,000 twins, David Lykken, a professor emeritus in psychology at the University of Minnesota concludes that 50 percent of the satisfaction a person experiences is genetically determined. Genes influence many character traits such as the ability to handle stress. Environmental factors such as income, marital status, religion and education account for only eight percent. And the... posted on Oct 14 2005, 983 reads

Food Force
Not a single bullet is fired and no buildings go up in flames, yet a new computer game is growing in popularity among young people. Food Force, the brainchild of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), is a dynamic videogame intended to teach kids in the developed world about global hunger.... posted on Oct 13 2005, 1,590 reads

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