By: Joanna Hanson Nearly 4 Million miles of road cover the United States of America and the injustices seen from its ditches and sidelines are not few. Human beings are bought or stolen and forced into lives of prostitution and drugs becoming the trafficked of our highways. Truckers Against Trafficking is a non-profit organization, better known as TAT, created [...]
By: J.T. Liss You are being taken for a ride. Life passes in Technicolor, Yet you remain oblivious To its black and white propaganda. Red Blue Green You are unseen, So you make yourself heard, By following the herd. Truth is closer than it may appear, But you ignore the sign. Falling deeper Watch out for that next drop… [...]
By: Rezwan For many people the idea of climate change is of growing concern as they are not directly threatened. The people of Bangladesh however are becoming increasingly alarmed at the potentially devastating consequences of the sea level rise and climate change. The USA has the highest consumption of plastic based product and the largest consumer market for bottled water. Each [...]
By: J.T Liss J.T. Liss is a New York photographer that uses photography for social change. Using photography and turning it into advocacy, helping others in need, and allowing art to spread positivity. J.T. is a regular writer for Eye See Media. Big Sur – The famous mountains of Big Sur were one of the most amazing sights I [...]
By: J.T Liss Words by a 19 year old student. Students from this class were given a writing assignment using blackout poetry, a form of poetry that uses newspaper and eliminates words that are not needed with a black marker. Along with the paper, they were given a photo. With the photo they had to create a black out [...]
By: J.T. Liss A weed grows through a crack Of these sidewalks of pain that I walk on. Through violence and poverty, She slowly grows. Layers upon layers of cigarette butts And naysayers Attack. A daily life of Harlem trench warfare, Yet She overcomes. A tiny bud forms. A preview of all the beauty that could be. Maybe someday she [...]
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 [...]
Every year in the lead up to Mother’s Day, analysts and pundits are busy calculating the holiday’s economic impact. This year, consumer spending is expected to reach around $18.6 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. But maximizing the real economic value of women needs to be seen as a core strategy of the recovery and part of the [...]
The United States isn’t broke; we’re the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our economy is broken, producing more pollution, greenhouse gasses and garbage than any other country. In these and so many other ways, it just isn’t working. But rather than invest in [...]
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 [...]
