By: Thalia Rahme This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011/12. The Syrian revolution has inspired many artists, writers, painters, directors and photographers. It has awakened the genie that was sleeping in many innovative Syrians, who are showcasing their work online. The result is an amazing bouquet of photographs, paintings, songs and poems that depict not only the struggles [...]
By Guest: Matt Rump My name is Matt Rump and I own a company called CycleRecycle, you can check it out at www.cyclerecycleuk.com. Fundamentally, we are an Independent Bicycle shop with a difference. The difference being that we recycle bikes and parts, which in turn keeps bikes and parts out of landfill. This is a article about how I use a [...]
By Darcie Nolan, Eye See Media The Waldo Canyon Fire broke over the ridge above my family’s home early Tuesday June 26th. Having already burnt 5,000 acres, it blew past three different points as the firefighters worked to hold it back. Winds over 65 mph and temperatures above 95 F pushed the flames into the neighborhoods nestled at the foothills [...]
By: Pablo Jimenez At times we don’t understand how our actions can affect our future, or how our life can change when we choose to follow our dreams. After meeting a 17 year old boy (at the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica) that had been in prostitution since the age of 12, I had the burden and dream of [...]
By: Leslie Berliant I have been cooking, baking and candy making for as long as I can remember. From the time I started kindergarten, sometime around the middle of November, my mother would come in my room in the morning, feel my forehead, proclaim that I was too sick to go to school and for the next week I [...]
By: Julie Fahnestock Note from the author: I hope you’ve enjoyed this series thus far. Many thanks to those of you who have posted very engaging comments and questions. It’s so great to see the energy around this movement. I love being part of it and it seems that millions of others do too. And, I think the debate and disagreement [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra A crowdfunding campaign for Women of the War aims to bring the stories of the women who took part of the Salvadorean Civil War and who are now leading their communities for peace, equality and justice. Through IndieGoGo, Lyn McCracken and Theodora Simon are raising part of the funds needed to make Women of the War, a full length documentary featuring [...]
By: Matthew Snyder One of my goals is to find ways to get men involved in the fight against human trafficking. There has been a lot of debate about what the role of men in abolition could be, but I think that at the end of the day it’s about setting an example. On top of that, there is also [...]
Please note: This posting critiques the fair trade industry at the close of 2011. As of January 2012, Fair Trade USA revised their standards and the current standards will be discussed in a future posting.) Part 4 of a multi-series blog. Read Part 1-3 here Fair Trade International and Fair Trade USA have both had a positive impact on the [...]
BY JACOB PATTERSON-STEIN More Than Me is an organization that help get girls off the street and into school in one of the poorest slums in the world in Liberia, West Africa. This is a repost from their latest blogpost. This is a guest post from Billy Vierbuchen, a More than Me volunteer that recently joined Katie on the ground [...]
