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Health Scare Led This Woman to Launch an Organic Tampon Company

For Ana Ames-Durey, an unfortunate health scare led to an eco-friendly business idea. The 28-year-old has launched BON, which is said to be New Zealand’s first 100 percent organic tampon company.

Teens Working to Save the Planet

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez - Check out his adventure in Paris during COP21 to see how youth are making an impact in the world:

Xiuhtezcatl, (pronounced ‘Shoe-Tez-Caht’), is a 15-year-old indigenous environmental activist, hip-hop artist and public speaker from Boulder, Colorado. He is also the youth director of Earth Guardians, an international youth based environmental non-profit organization that is committed to protecting the water, air, Earth and atmosphere. At the early age of six, Xiuhtezcatl began speaking to crowds at conferences and demonstrations from the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro to the United Nations in New York City.

FEMALES BEWARE & BE AWARE - TAMPONS CAN BE DEADLY

TSS - TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME is typically caused by the use of super-absorbent tampons. It was prevalent in the 1980s and led to several products being taken off the market. Today, warnings are written on literature inside the box.

MICHIGAN TEEN FIGHTING TEEN FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE FROM TSS

DaKine Teen ~ 16 yr-old radio DJ

Yep, Kaya Papaya (her DJ
name) is 16 years old & she has been a radio DJ for 7 years (I’ll do the math for
you—she started when she was 9 yrs-old) at KOPO 88.9 FM Radio. She has
also preformed in a number of Maui theater productions: Brighton Beach Memoirs and
Oliver to name two.

Another
inspiring teen!

Kaya
interviewed me about my YA novel, Sweet Desire Wicked Fate. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW.

2016 ~ Being grateful

365grateful.com ~ love this vimeo video

Two young scientists making a difference

Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have identified a new bacteria that breaks down nasty compounds called phthalates, common to flexible plastics and linked to health problems. And they’re still teenagers.

IS ATTITUDE MORE IMPORTANT THAN INTELLIGENCE?

When it comes to success, it’s easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust. But new research from Stanford University will change your mind (and your attitude).

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Miami, Florida & the Louisiana Bayou – I just returned...

Miami, Florida & the Louisiana Bayou – I just returned from the Miami International Book Fair & the Readers’ Favorite Awards Ceremony, and received a gold medal for Sweet Desire, Wicked Fate. Made a stop in Louisiana to explore the bayou and do research for book 2. A big Mahalo to all of the lovely people we met in both Florida & in Louisiana.

14 Passionate Young Leaders Inspiring a Just and Thriving Planet

For the past five years, the Bay Area-based non-profit Turning Green has hosted this worldwide competition, Project Green Challenge (PGC). Its goal is to inform, inspire and mobilize, to create a global call to action for college and high school students inspiring the transition from conventional to conscious living…

October 11: Day of the Girl

“Empowerment of and investment in girls are key in breaking the cycle of discrimination and violence and in promoting and protecting the full and effective enjoyment of their human rights”

-United Nations Resolution 66/170

Just two years ago, the UN declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to raise awareness about all issues concerning gender inequality around the world.  It’s a day when activist groups come together under the same goal to highlight, discuss, and take action to advance rights and opportunities for girls everywhere.

October 11 is not just a day; it’s a movement.

A worldwide revolution.

We want ourselves, and girls everywhere, to be seen as equals, in the eyes of others and in our own eyes.

Learn more about the Day of the Girl →