Over winter break I saw a commercial about polar bears. You know the kind I'm talking about. The commercial opens with some picture of a polar bear floating away on a block of ice, and then cuts to some authority figure -- usually a C-list actor whom you know you've seen somewhere -- telling you in a very serious voice about the grave threat that climate change poses for the polar bear population. More »
Two a.m. a few nights ago found me watching "Planet Earth" and trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. As I paged through Idealist.org's 1,909 internship listings -- deciding if I wanted to dedicate my life to human rights, the environment or education -- I just about flipped out. I'm 19, directionless and in no way qualified to be making these decisions alone. More »
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