Close up of fish in market, Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece, Europe

Lucerne crop being gathered for animal forage by local agricultural workers in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Lucerne crop being gathered for animal forage by local agricultural workers in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

A farmer marking up freshly sheared sheep in Wet Sleddale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Jackdaws and rooks lined up on a electricity pylon, prior to roosting, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom, Europe

Close up of fresh lemonade in glass

Close up of Hispanic nightclub dj

Close up of hands holding tomato and cucumber over flowers

Close up of basket of fresh vegetables on garden soil

Close up of hands holding green peppers over flowers

Close up of hands holding fresh vegetables over flowers

Close up of basket of fresh vegetables on leaves

Hispanic sisters picking up pumpkin

Close up of computer equipment, files and coffee on office desk

Close up of hands holding green cucumbers in grass

Close up of basket of fresh vegetables on flowers

Close up of green peppers in basket on wet leaves

Close up of hand choosing cupcake at birthday party

Close up of candles on birthday cake at party

Close up of basket of red apples on red wooden table

Close up of basket of red apples in wet leaves

Close up of hands holding strawberry buds

Close up of hands holding carrot over flowers

Close up of girl holding wrapped gift

Close up of smiling girls hugging

Close up of decorated cupcakes

Close up of girl clapping at birthday party

Schotte-Clique Basel Band, procession of Gugge musicians, 25th annual international meeting for Gugge music in Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Ripe wine grapes in vineyard, St Emilion, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Aerial view, car park of OLG Hamm, Hamm higher regional court, commuter parking, Hamm, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, car park of OLG Hamm, Hamm higher regional court, commuter parking, Hamm, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Close-up of beautiful woman showing something on smart phone to her friend sitting by

Aerial view, car park of OLG Hamm, Hamm higher regional court, commuter parking, Hamm, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) family meeting at waterhole, mammal, close-up in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Bumblebee (Bombus spec.) collecting nectar from a blossom

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

A LAotian-American female monk with shaved head makes an offering of rice during worship as the Laotian American community celebrates the Buddhist new year by gathering at a property in suburban East Hartford Connecticut on April 28, 2007. Several shrines are set up on the property. The celebrants leave offerings of food, flowers and money, pray, dance, and feast for a day. Immigrants from Laos, including the Hmong people, are refugees from the Vietnam War era, when they helped United States in the war.

Girl holding up starfish, Florida, United States

Girl picking up sand dollar, Florida, United States

Girl picking up starfish, Florida, United States

Girl holding up starfish, Florida, United States

Woman picking up seashells at beach

Girl picking up sea shell, Florida, United States

Girl holding up sea shell, Florida, United States

Girl holding up sand dollar, Florida, United States