#25: Become a microlender at Kiva.org

Last year, I had the privilege of going to see Muhammad Yunus speak at Book People here in Austin. The store was absolutely packed with people clutching his wonderful books, Banker to the Poor and A World Without Poverty, and wishing to hear some inspiration from this prophet of sorts. He founded the Grameen Bank [...]

#24 Be Green!

Or at least be as green as you possibly can.  You may have to start off taking baby steps, which is currently what I’m doing.  But don’t be discouraged because every little bit helps our enviroment!
Start by getting in the habit of turning off lights when you’re not using them and use natural sunlight as [...]

#23 Fly

Not literally, well, kind of I guess. The flying I am talking about is getting in one of the old-fashioned, 4-seater planes basically as a little “sight-seeing” adventure! This seems like something rather difficult to come by, or probably sounds a little pricey, but it’s all about who you know.
Our friend Peter is trying to [...]

#22 Visit Washington DC

I had the opportunity to visit DC during the end of my senior year of high school and it was AMAZING!  There are so many interesting monuments, land marks, museums, buildings, etc to see and the best part is that they are all in relatively close walking distance.  I was only there for four days, [...]