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Pastor Doug Ferguson stepped up to the pulpit of Houston’s Grace Presbyterian Church with $5,000 in his back pocket. He preached about generosity, neighborly love and the meaninglessness of worldly wealth. Then he handed out $100 bills.


His instructions were simple: Use the money to spread comfort and joy. Show some kindness to strangers. And report back in 90 days on what you did…....
But they didn’t stop with their $100 bills. Their investments were fruitful. They multiplied.

Labors of love
Graham has always been moved by the biblical story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, and she knows that foot care is a daunting problem for the homeless community.

Helping the homeless
The challenge also stirred 51-year-old Geoff Edney’s impulse to help the homeless.

9-year-old raises $1,000
Griffin Simpson begged her parents to let her take one of the bills, but they were reluctant. They told the 9-year-old to give everyone else a chance first. Finally they relented, with Ferguson’s encouragement.

Cakes raise cash
Sharon Collins, a director with BP who dabbles in baking, wanted to raise money for her favorite charity: Project C.U.R.E., which donates used medical equipment to Third-World countries.

While I don’t actually celebrate much, I do think this is appropriate to what the season is supposed to be all about. Please read the rest of this story to find out what these wonderful people did with their $100 dollars.

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I thought this was a pretty neat animated movie. Thought I’d share.

This really isn’t about polar bears any more….............

It turns out that the way we have been calculating the future impacts of climate change up to now has been missing a really important piece of the picture. It seems we are now dangerously close to the tipping point in the world’s climate system; this is the point of no return, after which truly catastrophic changes become inevitable.

Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip is a short, animated film about climate change by Leo Murray.

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  * A toymaker, for example, who makes wooden cars in his garage in Maine to supplement his income cannot afford the $4,000 fee per toy that testing labs are charging to assure compliance with the CPSIA.

  * A work at home mom in Minnesota who makes cloth diapers to sell online must choose either to violate the law or cease operations.
 
* A small toy retailer in Vermont who imports wooden toys from Europe, which has long had stringent toy safety standards, must now pay for testing on every toy they import.
 
* And even the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007.

you can read the full law here

Here are some more links about it….

National bankruptcy day

Change.org: Save handmade toys

 

 

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