altruism

"Through lists, diatribes, quotes from great thinkers, inspiring profiles, and cartoons, the Kid President team offers 100 suggestions for kids and adults alike to make the world more awesome"--Provided by publisher.

When Leo outgrows his red bicycle, he sends it to Burkina Faso, where it starts a journey through many hands and has many uses. Includes information about how to get involved in bicycle donation efforts.

Discusses the biology and psychology of why people will make sacrifices to help others.

Examines how altruism can lead to personal and societal success, and explains how natural selection favors humans who can cooperate and demonstrate traits such as empathy, generosity, sympathy, and altruism.

A guide to making the world more "awesome" that contains stories about kids changing the world, step-by-step information about how to make pretty much everything a little bit awesomer, and interviews with celebrities.

Imagine waking up every morning believing that your actions can make a significant change in the world. For everyone who has ever yearned for a better life and a better world, the authors share a blueprint for personal and social change that has the power to transform lives, one act at a time. Through inspirational stories from all walks of life, the Kielburgers reveal that a more fulfilling path is ours for the taking when we find the courage to reach out. This book describes an approach to life that leads us to recognize what is truly valuable, make new decisions about the way we want to live, and redefine the goals we set for ourselves and the legacy we want to leave. Above all, it creates new ways of measuring meaning, happiness, and success in our lives, and makes these elusive goals attainable.--From publisher description.

Klein?s groundbreaking findings lead him to a vexing question: If we?re really hard-wired to act for one another?s benefit, why aren?t we all getting along? He believes we?ve learned to mistrust our instincts because success is so often attributed to selfish ambition, and with an extraordinary array of material?current research on genetics and the brain, economics, social psychology, behavioral and anthropological experiments, history, and modern culture?he makes the case that generosity for its own sake remains the best way to thrive.

A series of twenty-one true stories about horses and how they impact the lives of people around them.

"On a hot summer day in Rivertown, Caroline is inspired to start a lemonade stand to help raise money for a friend in need. That simple act of generosity sets off a ripple of activity that spreads throughout the town as growing numbers of kids engage in larger acts of charity for the same good cause, culminating in a town-wide paddle race down the river. Along the way the kids discover that every little bit of generosity matters and there are countless ways to have fun while helping others."--Cover.

Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness.