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This Week...
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Can You Help?
The Wisdom Trust is committed to helping to relieve poverty, protect our environment and improve world health and within a few clicks, you too can be part of our work.
As a friend of The Wisdom Trust, you'll be able to raise money for charitable causes by simply being online - whether you're searching or shopping you can have an impact on hundreds of charitable causes and other 'not-for-profit' organisations, worldwide.
As with all the best ideas it's perfectly simple. Whenever you go online, it's likely that your activity is creating advertising revenue or ecommerce commissions. Whilst we can't say exactly where this money goes now, you can make sure that it reaches where it's needed most in the future...
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Click here for a Powerpoint presentation about the work of The Wisdom Trust.
Newsletter Archive.
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Eco Tip |
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Higher Gears Saves Fuel.
Driving at a constant speed in 3rd gear saves about 30% of fuel when driving the same distance at the same speed in 2nd gear.
Driving at a constant speed in 4th gear saves about 12% of fuel when driving the same distance at the same speed in 3rd gear.
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The Common Cold - Herbal Remedies.
The common cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract, caused by a virus. There are over 200 different types of viruses that can cause such an infection. Usual symptoms include sore throat, sneezing, coughing, head & nasal congestion, runny nose and watering eyes.
The usual duration is a week to ten days.
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Check The Status Of Your Fundraising Network.
As you introduce friends, family and colleagues, your personal fundraising network will begin to grow, not just wider but deeper too as your friends start to introduce their own friends and family.
The larger your fundraising network, the more you'll be able to raise for your favourite charities and good causes. You can check the size and status of your entire fundraising network online, 24 hours a day.
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Environment Article
Korean Village Runs On 100% Solar Power.
The Korean village Donggwang gets 100% of its power from the sun. The village is located on the semi-tropical island of Jeju-do. Near the village, Halla Mountain, a volcano and the tallest mountain in South Korea, rises from the island’s centre amidst a patchwork of small farms.
The village's forty houses and the school all have large solar...
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Charity Of
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Upcoming
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Shopping At The
Wisdom Trust
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Community Hygiene Concern
In partnership with the Department of Health, we organise the whole-school approach to detecting head lice on national Bug Busting Days (31 January, 15 June and 31 October every year). Schools use our curriculum-linked Teaching Pack to get accurate information to parents, they are encouraged to all start together and this helps to stop lice from circulating.
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Full Charity List: Click here
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Dates to put in your diary:
Thu 22/05: Wisdom Workshop, Caterham. 7pm
Mon 26/05: Kingtson Green Fair, Kingston. 11am
Wed 28/05: Wisdom Workshop, Caterham. 7pm
Sun 01/06: Camden Green Fair, London. 12noon
Tue 03/06: Wisdom Workshop, Caterham. 7pm
Sat 07/06: London Wildcare Open Day, 11am
Wed 11/06: SURF Evening, Caterham. 7pm
Tue 17/06: Wisdom Workshop, Caterham. 7pm
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Quote Of The Day
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.
Saul Bellow (b 1915)
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