This coming weekend Ben DiFrancesco and his fiancée, Melissa, will be getting married in their hometown of Philadelphia. Following the ceremony the couple is planning to go on a honeymoon just like most other married couples but this honeymoon will surely be very different from many others.

The big difference is that Ben and Melissa will not be travelling simply for pleasure but also as a way to give back to others who need their help. Ben and Melissa both say that they had been looking for a good way to help with Habitat for Humanity and volunteering in Costa Rica during their honeymoon is what they decided on.

Of course the DiFrancescos are not the only honeymoon couple to do something like this. Habitat for Humanity says every so often a group of newlyweds announce that they will be volunteering as part of their honeymoon and along with that often comes all sorts of monetary donations as well.

Ben and Melissa even found a way to get friends and family involved in the entire ordeal as well. Rather than asking for gifts or money from guests they encouraged guests to either donate money to Habitat for Humanity or even accompany them on their expedition to Costa Rica. According to the couple at least a few close friends decided to step up and join them on the trip to Costa Rica while many more guests made a donation to help out the cause.

Just over four years ago two close friends, Madison and Rhiannon, discovered that the Girl Scout cookies they were selling had some negative effects on the environment that nobody else had addressed. The girls found that a large percentage of the palm oil found in Girl Scout cookies came from areas which were turned into palm farms by destroying large sections of natural rainforests.

The girls began a large campaign to try to save the rainforest and the orangutans that call the forests home. Obviously in the process the girls asked Girl Scouts of America for some help and it seems that their four year old endeavor is finally seeing some real progress.

The group responsible for baking the iconic Girl Scout cookies officially announced this month that they will only be purchasing the necessary palm oils from growers that do not and have not contributed to the massive deforestation in Asia.

The program these farmers are part of is called the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil which is determined to reduce the deforestation in Asia by using only natural palm growing facilities. According to many sources this organization is expected to have a major impact on the ecosystems of this region and as a result will make a big impact worldwide. Of course the girls that started the initiative with Girl Scouts are not responsible for the organization though they are responsible for convincing one of the largest supports to join the project to help spread the word.