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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

The first step in making change in your life, local community or world is to learn. 350 action in Oman Dive Center. As hand-held mobile devises connected to the internet spread to cities, villages, remote communities around the world, we need to continue finding ways to use these tools to make a positive impact. Hulhumale Maldives.

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Why You Should Never Feel Bad About Asking Someone To Give

Bloomerang

2008 study by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton and colleagues : Researchers found giving to anyone other than themselves lifted participants’ happiness more than self-spending, despite participants’ predictions to the contrary. “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.” Giving is Contagious.

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