Jennifer Garner on her baby food business and social impact Sixteen million kids are growing up in poverty today, said Jennifer Garner onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Thursday. Garner has testified multiple times before Congress and other governmental bodies on topics like early childhood and nutrition; she sits on the board of the children’s rights nonprofit Save the Children and is an artist ambassador for the group. Onstage on Thursday with cofounder and CEO John Foraker and Fast Company editorial director Jill Bernstein, Garner discussed how her focus on children’s rights issues led to her role as cofounder and chief brand officer of the baby food company Once Upon A Farm. Watch a video of their discussion below: The one-year-old brand sells cold-pressed, organic baby food in retail stores, online, and direct-to-consumer, but Garner and Foraker also described their social impact mission: making healthy baby food more affordable. “We’ve gotta do a better job of feeding our kids,” Garner said.
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Greece - SOS Children's Villages International SOS Children’s Villages is working hard to ensure that children grow up in loving homes (photo: L. Yassin) In the past decades, Greece had a high standard of living, and ranked consistently high in the quality of life surveys. At the start of the crash in 2010, the governmental debt was one of the highest among the European Union (EU) member nations. The situation, however, did not improve – by 2015 the economy had shrunk to a quarter of its previous size and the government debt had risen to over €300bn. Greek families are deeply affected by unemployment and poverty The recent economic and political changes have had a devastating effect on the majority of Greek families. The Greek official unemployment figure stands at nearly 27 per cent, though in some areas of the country it is much higher. Nearly one third of Greeks has no access to medical care. There has recently been an increase in the cases of malnutrition. Two in every five Greek children live in poverty
Why women are dressing up as Margaret Atwood's Handmaids Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale has remained popular since its publication in 1985. It has been translated into dozens of languages, made into a film in 1990, and even became a ballet and an opera. It is read in schools the world over. Most recently, there has been a new wave of interest in the dystopian story thanks to the TV adaptation by MGM and Hulu. However, it isn’t the adaptation alone that has caused this popularity, the novel has seen a reported 200% increase in sales since Donald Trump was elected as US president. The series takes place in the fictional nation state of Gilead (established in North America after an uprising has overthrown the US government and murdered the US president and Congress). And since the series has been aired, it has fed back into politics. Placards have been spotted at anti-Trump protests bearing slogans such as “The Handmaid’s Tale is not an instruction manual” and “Make Margaret Atwood fiction again”. A visual spectacle
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction-ISDR International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - Let's see and hear about your sick plants!! Great new forum Gypsy, I've got a little something to get the ball rolling, it's not exactly a sick plant, more of an injured one Here's an example of what can often be a growers worst enemy, procrastination. Procrastination, aka, I'll do it later, aka, I'm stoned and I can't be arsed, aka I'm busy doing nothing, is what caused this. I knew that the plant needing tyeing up but I put it off, because I was watching EastEnders or the Simpsons or something, then after that I got stoned and ended up going to bed. ) I turned to get out of bed and I noticed that my better half was still there much to my dismay because if she wasn't making the toasty smell then what the hell was LOL Anyway, I immediately ran into the growroom and noticed that the plant that I had failed to secure was now involved in a passionate liason with a 1000w HPS, I'm not kidding this thing was just hugging the bulb, smoldering away, thank god it was covered in resin otherwise it might have caught fire LOL
Education | International Rescue Committee (IRC) Poor access to education can undermine people’s potential to improve their lives. The International Rescue Committee provides children, youth and adults with educational opportunities that help keep them safe and learning the skills they need to survive and thrive. Ensure that youth and adults have high levels of livelihood, literacy, numeracy and social-emotional skillsHow we get there:Providing learning opportunities that teach employment-related and trade-specific technical skills, such as budgeting, accounting and marketing;Supporting the development of social and emotional skills people need to control emotions, set goals, make decisions, persevere and bounce back in the face of setbacks.See all education goals.