We have been busy getting the German/English edition of the ZERI Fables by Prof. Dr. Gunter Pauli ready. In fables such as “The Five Kingdoms of Nature” and “The Strongest Tree”, Gunter Pauli inspires children for scientific subjects, supporting the development of emotional intelligence as well as an understanding of complex systems.

With the ZERI Fables, Gunter Pauli is proposing a change of paradigms and looks for a way of life and the realization of a system of production and consumption which is able to satisfy the basic needs of all living beings on Earth. An accompanying booklet for parents and teachers offers rich background information for the content of the fables which enables them to support their children. The first 7 of 36 fables are available now via our Blue Economy Shop, Amazon as well as local bookstores.

The English/Spanish edition is now available in a special bundle offer: all 36 fables in 7 hard cover books plus a DVD with 37 songs including a teacher’s guide are being sold at €230 as a set. Individuals buying 5 receive one set for free! (Please note: each set weighs ~5kg.)

If you have more questions about the ZERI Fables or wish to buy the English/Spanish set(s), please do not hesitate to contact us via education@blueeconomy.de.

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Proving that one person can make a difference, (formerly) twinkie-lovin Texan and successful Wall Street analyst shares the story of one morning’s family breakfast that changed the course of her life, as well as (she hopes) the course of the American food industry. Realizing that her child was allergic to what she had considered safe foods, Robyn O’Brien put her analytical and research skills to work and discovered far more than she’d wanted to about what’s really in the foods we feed our families. This video will have even the hardened skeptics pondering whether their food habits need some tweaking.

Video from KarmaTube

Robyn’s organization, has a gorgeous website packed with inspiring stories, useful information, and easy tips.

Educating yourself, and others, is the first step to motivating change. Call a friend and plan a viewing of the eye-opening documentary, Food Inc.

Even if you’re not ready to go all-out organic, take simple steps to cut toxins from your diet. #1: Instead of eating blue yogurt, eat white yogurt and add your own toppings!

From AOL, Susanna Baird Contributor

Super Cooper cannot sling webs. He does not pilot an invisible airplane, communicate telepathically with sea creatures or leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Super Cooper does possess a guileless enthusiasm, a proper red superhero’s cape and an open-book approach to reporters not usually found in men of steel.

He readily told AOL News about his latest act of derring-do-good.

“We saw someone next door and we said hi. And we gave him flowers. And we tell him he could come to our school.”

Courtesy of Kristal Burns

Preschoolers at Missoula Community School in Missoula, Mont., perform weekly acts of kindness dressed as caped superheroes.

AOL News managed to extract the name of Super Cooper’s favorite fellow caped crusader, Eliza, before Super Cooper handed the phone to his preschool teacher and returned to his toys.

Cooper Spataro, 3, and his classmates at Missoula Community School in Missoula, Mont., are “superheroes of kindness,” performing weekly acts of good will that include cleaning school windows and delivering paper flowers to residents of an assisted living community.

Teacher Kristal Burns came up with the concept after discovering Laura Miller, aka Secret Agent L.

Miller, whom AOL News profiled in August, performs frequent small acts of kindness using her secret agent pseudonym, leaving small notes and treats in public places for passers-by to discover. She encourages others to embrace the random good deed and to share their under-the-radar benevolence anonymously via her website.

“I was intrigued,” Burns said. “We were talking about how wonderful it would be to teach the kids to do that. At the same time, we love superheroes and we want to be superheroes, but superheroes often hit and punch. Why don’t we be superheroes of kindness?”

The kids loved the idea, even after Burns explained that they would not be fighting bad guys; even after she told them that they could not “fly” on slick ice, only on dry pavement; and especially after a crafty parent fashioned capes for the entire class.

Burns’ students, who range from 3 to 5 years old, most recently took part in the mission Cooper described, an idea Burns concocted when a shop opened in the neighborhood.

“There was a new store that moved in called Upcycle that takes recycled materials and turns them into bags. We welcomed them into the neighborhood and asked them if they’d like to come in,” she said.

While the superheroes’ acts usually benefit those outside school walls, one of the primary goals of the kindness effort is to encourage development of empathy, sometimes in short supply among preschoolers who don’t want to give up their truck, their doll or their purple crayon.

Since the kids became superheroes, Burns has noticed a change.

“It has made a world of difference,” she said. Bickering is on the wane; helping is on the rise.

“We’re not telling them that they have to help someone who needs help, but now they just see it.”

Unexpectedly, the small superheroes have spawned adult sidekicks in their community.

“They’re getting these random letters from people. … Can we go on a mission with you?” Burns said.

“They’re not too small to make a difference. That’s been a really neat outcome of this. They’re just being their kind selves, and people are so thankful.”

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Another example

“I am a special education teacher in a primary school. I try to teach the children in my class about kindness and compassion. I reward random acts of kindness that happen in my classroom. When a student does something to help one of their peers, out of the goodness of their heart, I will acknowledge it and let them go in to my ‘kindness box’ to pull out a little surprise. The students get excited when someone is recognized for being kind and they congratulate that child for caring enough to help someone else. It is amazing how the children in my classroom are always well behaved and have a caring nature from just being kind.” — mpg85

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Tiny Planets.com

Cool factor: Based on an animated TV series of the same name, TinyPlanets.com offers a mix of games, books, videos, comics, social networking and virtual worlds. Children can adopt a planet, create landscapes, grow exotic plants or explore in spaceships. Players also can earn new spaceships or accessories by completing missions, or buy them with virtual currency.

Note: To keep the site safe, the children’s identities do not appear online, no personal information is collected and parents supervise accounts. Chats with friends use pre-scripted messages.

Read more here.

From: Ken Cook
President, EWG Action Fund

2010 is shaping up to be a historic year for EWG Action Fund’s Kid-Safe Chemicals Campaign. The President’s Cancer Panel referenced EWG research when asserting that public health officials have “grossly underestimated” the likelihood that environmental contaminants trigger a large proportion of the cancers diagnosed in 1.5 million Americans annually. And Congress has taken up the mantle on toxics reform.

If it weren’t for the continued, committed leadership of Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush, toxics reform would not be moving forward. That is why we wanted to ask you to take a moment and join us in thanking Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush.

The US’s current toxics policy hasn’t been updated in more than 30 years and is leaving our children at risk. Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush are trying to change that with pending legislation that will force companies to show that their chemicals are kid-safe before they are put on the market.

Remember, when EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 Americans, we found nearly 300 chemicals, including BPA, perchlorate, fire retardants, lead, mercury, and PCBs. That’s unacceptable.

The proposed reform would empower the EPA to regulate these chemicals, and would also establish new research programs to help us better understand the risk toxic industrial chemicals pose to children. It’s the kind of smart regulation we need to keep our kids safe.

Click here today to thank Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush for being champions of reform.

Because of Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush, we have a real opportunity to fix our nation’s broken chemicals policy. I hope you’ll join me in expressing our deep gratitude.

EWG works on many important health issues and their site is filled with useful facts.

Just discovered this useful resource for parents.

Click on the hotlink for more information on Chemical Free Kids.

Meet Mariam, a five year old orphan living with her grandmother in Uganda. Her family’s house, made of mud and straw, is collapsing due to the heavy rainy season. If we raise $4,000 by June 15, EVERY dollar will go directly into building Mariam and her family a new home. WATCH the video and then… <CLICK HERE to HELP & read more