My daughter and her team are competing for $65,000 in prize money for the Wege Prize against five other teams who hail from around the world! Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries…
Category: Do Good
Ideas to teach kids kindness, compassion and giving back.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day FLASH SALE!
Flash Sale for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsorships! Our Platinum and Author Sponsorships are now offered at a 30% discount through the end of July. Multicultural Children’s Book Day is not just about getting a diverse book in the mail and telling everyone about how wonderful it is (although that is part of it)….
A Herd of Elephants in London (a roving public sculpture exhibit)
A herd of 21 elephants is taking up residence in London’s parks! Ok, not real elephants though they are life-size! Each sculpture is based on an actual orphaned elephant, cared for by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. This free Elephants of Tomorrow installation is open to the public and we happened to run into this magnificent…
10 Ways To Immediately Cut Electricity Bills In Your School
Two of my kids went to a co-op preschool which meant that the parents ran the school, including volunteering for things like taking care of the facilities and doing the bookkeeping. At our public elementary school, the parents also played a large role as part of the PTO in raising money for school necessities like…
My New Electric Car: Polestar!
My old car hit 164,000 miles and my husband worried that it would break down. My 2007bAcura MDX served me well for all the carpools that I drove, but now I was no longer driving young soccer players around. I found my SUV just too big, especially trying to park in Boston. I really wanted…
7 Planet Protector Books from Barefoot Books
Earth Day is coming up on April 22, 2022, and to celebrate I’ve partnered with Barefoot Books to do a huge Planet Protector giveaway. Our giveaway includes books, activity cards, and a sticker activity book about renewable energy and natural resources. In addition, the giveaway includes a tote bag made from recycled water bottles, a…
How to Help Ukraine
Even with Western support, Ukraine’s army and its legions of volunteer fighters are severely outgunned by Russian forces. The National Bank of Ukraine has created an account where people from around the world can donate to the country’s military. I can’t stop stress knitting from reading the news updates on Ukraine. I find it easy to feel stressed and…