Inner: Girl Power, Super-Dad Matt Damon & Cookies
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Being able to fly or run faster than the speed of light is great material for comic books and adventure cartoons. In real life every girl can have super hero powers for a better world. Do you already know the secret formula for your girl powers? It’s a three part blend - first, every girl needs a true friend. Secondly, all girls need a parent or caring adult to talk with and look after them. The last ingredient is the ability to care about others and the world around you. Put it all together and you’ve got it - girl power potential. We hope you’ll find your super powers. Your inner super hero spirit will bring you some fun and may just get other people in your life inspired by your positive attitude. Here’s a few stories that might get you thinking about what you can do for a better world.
Clearly girl-power is energizing this celebrity dad who has four daughters! We imagine Matt Damon’s girls are learning how to use their power to make a difference with dad’s mission to work with people around the world to get clean water. If you want to help bring clean water to girls why not give up buying bottled water and give to a great charity like water.org. $25 = clean water for 1 person
Check out Ellen McGirt’s, Fast Company story , http://bit.ly/MattDamonWaterDotOrg
Meet two heroines who have used their girl powers to bring attention to the problem of rain forest clear cutting to make room for palm oil farms. They are both admirers of the life work of scientist Jane Goodall and animal advocates trying to protect the orange orangutan. Watch them tell their story on this video interview.
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