SEKEM, an Egyptian organic farming community has been chosen as one of 16 ‘Sustainability Champions’ in the developing world which are tackling environmental and social problems. These ‘New Sustainability Champions’ include just one company from the Middle East and North Africa region- SEKEM. Image via Bijan/flickr. MORE >>

I get a lot of questions about and requests for me to do videos on cheap and fast vegan meals - so here it is! was pretty shocked myself when I compared prices at Kroger, Trader Joes, and Whole Foods and found that you can make many meals for $2 or less and spend 15 minutes max preparing it. 50-$1 + 1 minute Oatmeal (sugar free): $.85 35 ($.75 MORE >>

OPEC sharply revised down its forecast for world oil demand for this year and expected consumption would remain weak in 2012, citing on Monday waning economic growth in key industrialized nations and a weak U.S. driving season. " It also lowered its estimate for crude produced by OPEC nations by about 100,000 barrels per day in 2011. MORE >>

Click here to view the embedded video. Surfers and sharks may not usually get along, but when a great white pup washed ashore California’s Venice Beach Pier with a hook in its mouth, these surfers didn’t have to think twice about saving its life. But in all seriousness, what these folks did was pretty cool. MORE >>

Penguins. The birds that wear tuxedos and star in major motion pictures. People call them “flightless birds&# but they do in fact fly; They just do it underwater. They are almost totally restricted to the southern hemisphere (but some live very close to the equator). They eat only seafood, including fish, squid, krill and other organisms. MORE >>