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Where Children Sleep. James Mollison traveled around the globe and took some incredibly eye-opening photos of children's bedrooms.

Where Children Sleep

He then compiled them into a book, titled Where Children Sleep. Each pair of photographs is accompanied by an extended caption that tells the child's story. The differences between each sleeping space is striking. Mollison was born in Kenya in 1973 and grew up in England. Beekeeper Who Leaked EPA Documents: "I Don't Think We Can Survive This Winter"

Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald never expected to become embroiled in a controversy between the EPA and the pesticide industry.

Beekeeper Who Leaked EPA Documents: "I Don't Think We Can Survive This Winter"

But that's exactly what happened when Theobald got hold of an EPA document revealing that the agency is allowing the widespread use of a bee-toxic pesticide, in spite of warnings from EPA scientists. So how did Theobald (pictured above) end up with such a contentious document? Bayer, the corporation behind clothianidin (the pesticide in question), published a life cycle study about it in 2006 at the EPA's request.

The study was flawed--test and control fields were, for example, planted as close as 968 feet apart. Do Lectures - Talks that inspire action.