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24/02/2025

Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, gave away his $100 million fortune:

Sam Simon, the co-creator of The Simpsons, left behind not just a groundbreaking television legacy but also one of extraordinary generosity.

Diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer in late 2012, Simon chose to dedicate his final years to giving away his $100 million fortune, directing most of it toward animal welfare and homelessness initiatives. "I have more money than I'm interested in spending," he explained, adding, "And I enjoy this."

However, Simon, a passionate animal rights activist, had already been making an impact long before his diagnosis.

In 2002, he self-funded The Sam Simon Foundation, a multimillion-dollar endeavor that provides free veterinary surgeries for cats and dogs via a mobile clinic and rescues shelter dogs, retraining them to help people in need.

Despite being given just months to live, chemotherapy extended his life, allowing him to continue his philanthropy. Sam Simon passed away on March 8, 2015, at the age of 59.

Learn more: https://www.ssfdogs.org/

Image: The Sam Simon Foundation

25/12/2024

Bridging generations: A care home with a difference

“Belong Chester” is an elderly care home and a kindergarten under one roof. Old and young play together, eat together and sing together.

It’s time to celebrate our most-loved videos of 2024! Here’s the first of six fan-favorites we’ll be sharing throughout the week.

11/09/2024

Bread for people in need

Many bakeries in Germany throw the bread away if they can't sell it. Müslüm has a better idea.

27/08/2024

The Molai forest is named after Jadav 'Molai' Payeng, Indian environmental activist and forestry worker. After an initial 200 hectare (500 acre) planting by the social forestry division of Golaghat district was abandoned in 1983, the forest was single-handedly attended by Payeng for 30 years and now encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 hectares. Payeng planted and tended trees on a sandbar of Majuli island in the Brahmaputra River, eventually becoming a forest reserve.

Molai forest now houses Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceros, over 100 deer and rabbits besides monkeys and several varieties of birds, including a large number of vultures.

11/07/2024

This rarely-seen glass octopus was caught on camera.

The clear sea creature was filmed by an underwater robot during an expedition off of the Phoenix Islands, more than 3,200 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia.

Little is known about the unique cephalopods aside from the fact that they live in tropical and subtropical areas of the deep ocean. Glass octopuses are so elusive that they were unknown to science until 1918.

‘Expeditions like these teach us why we need to increase our efforts to restore and better understand marine ecosystems everywhere—because the great chain of life that begins in the ocean is critical for human health and wellbeing,’ said Wendy Schmidt, the co-founder of the Schmidt Ocean Institute to Live Science.

10/07/2024

A small German village has voluntarily taken in four times as many refugees and immigrants as planned. Locals like Peter Barth see immigration as an opportunity.

27/06/2024

This couple is 'flower-bombing' the streets of San Francisco to help attract pollinator populations. Here's how it's making a difference for wildlife. 🐝🌸

19/06/2024

A coffee shop in Kent, UK. has made the brave decision to only serve customers who bring their own cup to the store, and to illustrate why they are doing this they filled their store floor with disposable cups.

Otto's Coffee House & Kitchen hopes its new policy will inspire other coffee shops to follow suit around the world.

Credit: Otto's Coffee House & Kitchen

13/06/2024

This team designs prosthetics to help animals with mobility issues 🦆❤️

12/06/2024

More of this, less food waste.
Via Reddit u/dobbyisafreepup

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12/05/2024

Neighborhood Grannies for other people's children

Need a grandma? 👵 Barbara volunteers as a 'substitute grandmother', helping families in her neighborhood with childcare.
Via DWStories

05/05/2024

Amy Jandrisevits used to be a social worker in a pediatric cancer unit. Being a patient there involved play therapy with dolls and that is where she noticed something troubling. All of the dolls had thick hair and looked very different from the children.

That is what inspired her to start a nonprofit and commit herself fully to making dolls that look like children with disabilities. Amy makes dolls with limb differences, body markings, as well as dolls depicting various other health conditions.

At first, Amy used to charge money for the dolls. But then she created a GoFundMe page to cover the cost of materials when parents couldn’t afford to buy one.

"I love being able to provide this kind of service for kids," Amy commented. "And the 10-year-old version of me would be impressed that I still get to play with dolls!"

h/t: Diply
Photos:
GoFundMe: A Doll Like Me

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24/04/2024

BREAKING: We just made our largest ever plastic catch. Interceptor 006 in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, stopped 272 truckloads of trash - equal to 1.4 million kg (3.1 million lbs) - from flowing into the Caribbean Sea. All in a single evening.

23/04/2024

A care home with a difference

A care home for pensioners and a kindergarten under the same roof. Old and young play together, eat together, and sing together.

14/04/2024

This woman not only deserves the love of all dogs, but she also deserves heaven. 🐶

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