Wisdom Trust Newsletter - 24th February 2009
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In This Issue
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Can You Help?
The Wisdom Trust is committed to playing its part in relieving poverty, protecting our environment and improving 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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Eco Tip |
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Wisdom Tip |
Avoid Extra Rinsing - Use Less Soap For Washing-Up.
Only use fresh running cold water when rinsing and minimise soap to avoid unnecessary extra rinsing.
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Healthier Cooking For Healthy Foods.
Even the healthiest of foods can be diet nightmares if they're battered and fried or soaking with butter or oil.
To prepare lower-fat dishes try steaming, stir-frying, and baking with a minimum amount of oil.
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Book Your Car Insurance Through The Wisdom Trust.
As you know, by law, everyone who drives a car in the UK needs to have an annual car insurance policy. Three of the biggest car insurance providers are The RAC, Direct Line, ESure & Churchill. These four, plus a few others, are available on The Wisdom Trust shopping mall, so members can book their car insurance online - and contribute funds automatically to The Wisdom Trust fund.
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Environment Article
Europe 'Unaware' Of Its Water Footprint.
While Europe may take better care of its water resources than other continents, it in fact uses larger quantities via imports of goods such as cotton, beans or wood, which often come from regions that already suffer from water scarcity, argues one UN expert.
The notion of “virtual water” embedded in a commodity or a product, is an essential part of the ‘water footprint’ theory but has not yet received much attention, according to the expert in question.
However, she warned: “You are going to hear about this virtual water trade a lot more in the next few years.”
A water footprint is the total amount of water a country needs to sustain its population and industry. But while Europe tries to take good care of its own resources, it uses water from other places via its agribusiness imports. It’s important to find out about each country's footprint, how much of their water comes from outside the country and what was the energy needed to bring in that water.
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Charity Of The Week
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Upcoming Events
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Shopping At The Wisdom Trust
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Wellbeing of Women.
Wellbeing of Women is the only UK charity dedicated to solving the health problems that affect women by funding medical research and training into all aspects of reproductive health.
We focus on 3 key areas:
- Pregnancy and birth - e.g. premature birth, infertility, recurrent miscarriage
- Gynaecological cancers - e.g. ovarian, cervical and uterine
- Everyday problems - e.g. period pain, endometriosis, menopause, incontinence, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Half of all women in the UK still experience a reproductive health problem during their lifetime, be it trouble conceiving, intensely painful periods or gynaecological cancer. Wellbeing of Women is the only charity dedicated to changing this by funding medical research that will benefit these women and the professionals who diagnose and treat them.
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Full Charity List: Click here
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Dates to put in your diary:
Tue 24/02: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 02/03: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 09/03: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 16/03: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 23/03: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 30/03: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 06/04: WT Open Evening, London. 6pm
Tue 24/04: WT/Chelsea Bar Party, London. 9pm
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Make A Difference With THE WISDOM TRUST
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Everything you do on our website, every page you look at, every question you answer and anything you buy through our shopping mall raises money for charities & good causes all over the world. Help us make a difference today. Click here for more details.
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Clicks so far today: 2039 Total clicks for year: 62578
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Raised today: £0.14 Raised so far: £14873.52
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Inspirational Quote For Wisdom
Impatience breeds anxiety, fear,
discouragement and failure.
Brian Adams
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