Click List: September 1, 2010

Stories from around the Web today that inform, inspire and incense us here at TakePart:


Conservation: How sewage could save New Orleans from hurricanes and help restore the natural ecosystem. [National Geographic]. 

Education Reform: Charter schools' next challenge? Helping students with limited English language skills. [EdWeek].

Food Industry: Food behemoth Chiquita processes more than 320 million pounds of fruit a year. What do ya do with all those scraps? Process them into sustainable biogas, of course. [Slashfood]. 

Overfishing: Hey anglers, there's 34 million sockeye salmon in the Fraser River run this year, the largest number since 1914. [Seattle Times]. 

Pandemics: 100 million kids in China are going to get vaccinated against measles. [ReliefWeb]. 

Foster Care: Fewer kids are being removed from their homes and placed in foster care. Child advocates are hailing the decline. [Detroit Free Press]. 


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On Our Radar

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  3. Sweet Potato Chili with Kale (FORKS OVER KNIVES)

  4. How to Cleanse the Right Way (KRIS CARR)

  5. Italian White Bean, Kale and Potato Stew (FORKS OVER KNIVES)

  6. Is Subway 'Real' Food? (100 DAYS OF REAL FOOD)