For 1 in 6 of the world's population, simple things like shoes are a luxury. The funny-looking plastic shoe company, Crocs, is looking to change that. Earlier this year, they launched Solesunited, a program that benefits several fold. First, they'll take back your old, worn out Crocs and recycle them along with all their factory scraps!

UPDATE, JANUARY 23, 2008:  We received this lovely note the other day from Matthieu Ricard (pictured here) and Vivian Kurz who is his right hand person in the United States.

We went to a wonderful, inspired fundraiser for the Shechen Clinics which was hosted by a group of Googlers in Mountain View.  First on the program was

Here are minutes from our recent meeting on international service-learning through Westminster.  Look particularly at the questions at the end.  How do we move forward?  What are the resources we should pursue?

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