“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Unknown Recently, I had the privilege of visiting the Salaam Food Pantry as part of Project Jatropha’s humanitarian efforts. I met the founder, Mr. Irfan, and the...

“It’s Earth day. I wonder if we can plant more trees than people for a change?” —Stanley Victor Paskavich Happy Earth Day from Team Project Jatropha! Earth Day is a day that is celebrated to raise awareness to protect the earth and its...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are the two kinds of major environmental pollutants, which exist everywhere, including our bodies, and they are produced when plastic fragments into small pieces. Microplastics are small plastic pieces, about the size...

“Microplastics will inhabit the known universe eventually. Including us.” – Anthony T. Hincks One of the major pollutants that are frequently discovered in our oceans and the Great Lakes is the microplastics, which are the plastic particles...

Happy New Year from Team Project Jatropha! As we enter 2024, we, as responsible citizens, have several critical environmental issues to tackle. Burning fossil fuels is one of the major contributors of global warming, causing climate change at a...

“The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction.” – Gordon Brown Burning fossil fuels causes carbon dioxide to be emitted, which traps the heat in the atmosphere, and as a result, this...

The California Coastal Cleanup Day is an annual event that occurs on the third Saturday of September. It was first celebrated in 1985 to motivate people to volunteer to remove trash from the oceans, so that they can help protect the aquatic...

“Children with curable blindness suffer the most. Unlike adults they face many obstacles and find it hard to cope with life.” – Sankara Eye Foundation On 09/21/23  as a part of the Humanitarian mission at Project Jatropha, I had the privilege...

Happy Belated World Manta Day from Project Jatropha! World Manta Day is observed every September 17th. The first World Manta Day was celebrated on September 17, 2020, to symbolize Hawaiian culture and to raise awareness of the significant threats...

“Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than...