Glowfish
A network of , , and , creating change together.
Glowfish is the fastest growing network of people, organizations, and ideas dedicated to progress. Like you, everyone and everything here believes in bettering the human condition, whether through sharing the arts or the provision of essential needs, whether on this continent or another, whether in our free time or as our livelihood. Glowfish is dedicated to creating connections and the sharing of ideas that create action toward bettering humanity. Glowfish is and has something for everyone.

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Recent Topics
If anyone has an interest in starting a local chapter of Mensola, or wants to start an organization that mentors children dealing with cancer in their families, please send me a message, and I can send you a lot of materials to get started with.
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The nature conservancy is doing a great job working against climate change. See their webpage at http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/
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"In fresh drafts of a summary of its next report, the group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has said that it is more than 90 percent likely that global warming since 1950 has been driven mainly by the buildup of carbon dioxide and other he
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Five Basic Steps to Saving Rainforests "TREES" is a concept originally devised for an elementary school audience but serves well as set of principles for saving rainforests and, on a broader scale, ecosystems around the world. * Teach others about
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Alternative fuels, as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), include ethanol, natural gas, propane, hydrogen, biodiesel*, electricity, methanol, and p-series fuels. These fuels are being used worldwide in a variety of vehicle applications. Lear
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Recent Strategy Papers
Mentor Training - Grief, Cancer, and Death by Mensola
Thesis: This document contains our lesson plan for mentor training. Mensola's mentees are children dealing with cancer in their families.
Summary: Summary: 1. Introduction 2. Exploring our own experiences and conceptions of death and grief. 3. Kids, Cancer, Death, and Grief 4. Questions to help healing
Mentor Training - Mentoring, Relationships by Mensola
Thesis: Here, we describe a plan for a mentor training session.
Summary: Summary:rn1. What is Mentoring?rn2. Qualities of a Good Mentor.rn3. What do kids want from a mentor?rn4. What is a mentoring relationship?rn5. Listening and Communication Skills.rn6. Stages in a mentoring relationship
Recent Resources
Books for Parents and Kids dealing with Cancer
summary: Books for Parents and Kids dealing with Cancer and Grief. The list is targeted to people who might mentor children with a parent who has cancer.
Easy Thing You Can Do To Help Our Environment
summary: Simple tips on how we can all help the environment.
Clinics Abroad
summary: List of international clinics where medical & allied health students can volunteer. CMS students may get sophomore elective credit for clinics in this document.
Taizhou Hospital, China - CMS student application
summary: Application for CMS students to volunteer at Taizhou Hospital in the Zehjing Province of China. These applications should be turned into ihig@rfums.org by the January deadline.
Useful links
summary: Links to other organizations that offer international health volunteer opportunities.
Search Alternative Fuel Vehicles
summary: This web site created by the US Dept of Energy allows you to search alternative fuel vehicles that are currently available.
US Dept of Energy Alternative Fuel
summary: This the US Dept of Engery's home page for alternative fuels and all its information.
First Mentee Meeting Conversation Topics
summary: This contains some questions that mentors can ask mentees at their first meeting to break the ice.
Mentor/Mentee Activity Suggestions
summary: A list of activities a mentor and mentee could do together.