Starfish have been used as a metaphor by countless good causes who picked up a story from Loren Eiseley’s book ''The Star Thrower'', in which thousands of starfish are washed ashore and a child starts throwing them back in the water so they don’t die. Her mother tells her it will make no difference, and the child looks at the starfish it is holding and says, ‘It will make a difference to this one.’ <ref> http://www.domini.com/about-domini/The-Starfi/ </ref> | Starfish have been used as a metaphor by countless good causes who picked up a story from Loren Eiseley’s book ''The Star Thrower'', in which thousands of starfish are washed ashore and a child starts throwing them back in the water so they don’t die. Her mother tells her it will make no difference, and the child looks at the starfish it is holding and says, ‘It will make a difference to this one.’ <ref> http://www.domini.com/about-domini/The-Starfi/ </ref> |