Hi folks, it has been far too long. Please pardon my unanounced absense from writing posts this past month. My husband and I have been in the middle of moving, for what seems like ages. However, we are finally done minus sorting through a few remaining boxes. This has been a big move for us [...]
Darfur is Dying is a free online simulation of Darfurians living in a refugee camp and the regular threats that are made to their saftey. The simulation attempts to convey the daily risks a Darfurian faces of being murdered, tortured, and raped by the Janjaweed militias when they need to leave the saftey of the [...]
Thank you to Maggie Mac who through her suggestion, pushed me a little further in my actions, or lack of action, against Starbucks. I took her up on her comment and called Starbucks and let my voice be heard. I started by sending an e-mail to their company comments department and requested a response to [...]
This morning I decided to boycott Starbucks. I love Starbucks coffee (I hate using the word “love” for such meaningless things but I need to convey that this is more than just “like”). It is hard to beat a decaf-no-whip-non-fat-mocha. Infact, I think one of the few things that can beat it is a decaf, [...]
In talking about the environment, global warming, and actions we can all take to reverse our negative impact on the environment, the term “energy” comes up frequently. However, when we learned about energy in fourth grade we probably were not thinking about how our use of certain sources of energy was causing devastation to our [...]