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  Turmeric Milk Will Make You Feel Better

  By Jac Chebatoris | Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:33 AM ET

  sugar-soaked snacks and too many tipples, give your body a rest with this anti-inflammatory concoction made from warming turmeric (the spice used in Indian food to give curry its kick), which is known for its excellent anti-oxidant and antibiotic properties, according to Yoga+Joyful Livin Read More

  More like this in: Alzheimer’s, Turmeric, Alzheimer’s Disease, Life & Style, Food & Drink
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  In India, Plastic Roads

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:34 PM ET

  tons of plastic waste such as plastic bags and packaging material. So not only are the roads stronger but they provide a way to ease the pressure on India's overflowing landfills and reduce pollution of plastics. Plastic bags and bottles clog drainage systems, mar beaches, damage marine life an Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Pollution, Film, Beaches, Asphalt, Science, Social Responsibility, Asia, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Activism, Development
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  Northern Forests Pack More Cooling Punch

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  forest planting in places such as Russia, Canada and Europe would achieve a greater net temperature reduction compared to new forest plantings in India, Brazil and China.Their number crunching considered the cooling that would result from theoretical amounts of carbon dioxide the new forest Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Europe, Water, China, Planet, Canada, Amazon, Brazil, Russia, Trees, New Scientist
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  High School or 'Charity Powerhouse'?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:23 PM ET

  for Girls in Kent received the "School of Excellence — Social Enterprise" award. Kids from the Tibshelf School will get to travel to Chennai, India, early next year to help with the international development work of the NGO World Vision.“We know that most schools spend a lot of time an Read More

  More like this in: World Vision, Charity, Schools, High School, Grammar, World, Social Responsibility, Europe, Giving, Volunteerism, Development
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  Shooting for Social Change

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:46 AM ET

  in television — at Court TV and CNN, among others — Mayberry went looking for something more and accepted a fellowship through the American India Foundation to spend a year training rural Indian women in filmmaking. It was a trip that changed her life. One day, shooting a documentary in Read More

  More like this in: Education, YouTube, Television, Asia, Film, mtv, Entrepreneurship, Third World and Developing Countries, Cameras, Domestic Violence, Social entrepreneurship
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  Michael Daube, Citta and the Art of Human Kindness

  By Caroline Walker | Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:52 AM ET

  inspiration and hard work — to found Citta, an organization dedicated to boost the education, health care and economic prospects of people in India and Nepal.Today, Tonic is hoping to spread Citta's message of help and hope, announcing a partnership with Daube to offer hand-made Read More

  More like this in: Scarlett Johansson , David Bowie, Nepal, Queen Latifah, Social Responsibility, Life & Style, Asia, Good Ideas, Employment, Retail, Giving, Fundraising, Activism, Development, Fashion
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  Announcing the Global Center for Women's Land Rights

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:12 AM ET

  the Omidyar Network has donated $9 million to RDI, which will support a three-year program to secure the land rights of 9 million families in India, China and Sub-Saharan Africa. Photo courtesy of Praziquantel vi Read More

  More like this in: Clinton Global Initiative, Africa, China, Poverty, United Nations, Asia, Agriculture, Farming, Women, Sub-Saharan Africa, Farmers
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  Wonder Spice

  By Courtney Rubin | Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:37 AM ET

  chemical curcumin.Now researchers at Ireland's Cork Cancer Research Center successfully have treated esophagus cancer cells with the favorite Indian curry ingredient.They found that curcumin started to kill cancer cells in 24 hours – and that the cells began to diges Read More

  More like this in: Health, Cancer, The Telegraph, Death, Heart Disease, Ireland, Obesity, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Turmeric
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  Photo Gallery: International Day of Climate Action

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  in raising the stakes in a creative and engaging way. People in 181 countries submitted their own expressions of the importance of 350:Vilandai, India Sydney, Australia Koprivnica, Croatia Santa Cruz, California, USA Mexico City, Mexico Kunar, Afghanistan A beach somewhere in th Read More

  More like this in: California, Climate change, Australia, Afghanistan, Mexico, Santa Cruz, Croatia, GOOD Magazine, Bill McKibben
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  Children in Need Concert Adds a Knight

  By David Jenison | Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM ET

  Nov. 20 fundraising drive.Children in Need, founded in 2002, help needy children, college students and the elderly in the rural villages of India. The non-profit foundation currently sponsors about 2000 children and students and 50 elderly individuals, and they've established numerou Read More

  More like this in: Leona Lewis, Charity, London, fundraising, Radio, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Children In Need, Royal Albert Hall