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14 Years Ago the Amazon Was Being Bulldozed for Soy – Then Everything Changed As Corporations Joined Activists

[ad_1] In the last 14 years, a unique public-private initiative has reduced deforestation of soy cultivation in the Amazon, so much so that almost no soy from the Amazon currently contributes to deforestation. It began in 2006 when Greenpeace launched a campaign to expose the damage from logging soybeans the previous year – more than…

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Lyrical Writer and Thoreau of Our Times

[ad_1] December 27, 2020– Acclaimed writer Barry Lopez, who spent his entire life exploring the related bond between humans and nature, passed away this year on Christmas Day. The legacy he leaves behind in his powerful writing has never been more relevant. “Pay attention to the mystery. Apprentice of the best learners. Rediscover in nature…

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Two Best Friends Light Up the Holidays for Single-Parent Households in Ohio That Might Not Have Money For Gifts

[ad_1] Two special friends in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area have created a happier Christmas for the children and families affected during the pandemic, and were inspired by the experience of gratitude they both felt growing up. Jordynn Jenkins and her best friend Skylar Beavers started ‘Make a child happy, ‘an organization that offers Christmas gifts…

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McDonald’s Gives a New Car—And Golden Arches—to Family Whose Autistic Son Draws Them Continuously

[ad_1] The owners of a Florida McDonald’s restaurant have given incredible Christmas cheer to a local family whose 15-year-old autistic son has been prolifically drawing the golden arches since he was a child. Tim and Tracy Johnstone met Devon two years ago after Hurricane Michael destroyed their McDonald’s building in Panama City. Devon’s mother, Tiffany…

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Global Nonprofit that Trains African Prisoners to Become Lawyers is Featured on 60 Minutes

[ad_1] America’s most popular television news magazine show this week shared an inspiring story about a group called Justice Defenders. The nonprofit organization trains individuals, and prison staff, in nearly 50 prisons in Kenya and Uganda to become paralegals and attorneys who provide legal services for themselves and others. 60 Minutes reporter Anderson Cooper traveled…