TED (Technology Entertainment Design) is a conference that brings together leaders and innovators in technology, entertainment and science. The TED prize is used [e]ach year [to] honor a maximum of three individuals who have shown that they can, in some way, positively impact life on this planet. We are looking for inventors and entrepreneurs, designers [...]
The following are all of the links that were submitted for this week’s Carnival of the Green which One/Change is hosting. Below the links I have included the comments provided by the submitters (when applicable). If you are interested in making submissions of your own or hosting future carnivals, check out Treehugger. I hope you [...]
I wanted to let you all know that I have not forgotten about the water series. My computer broke over a month ago and Kendall has been nice enough to share his computer with me during this time. Unfortunately, all of my information for the water series is on my computer and I haven’t been [...]
Lately, my life has been full of conversations revolving around the topic of relationships. Being connected to other people is something that has always been very important to my husband and me. I believe that human beings were created to be in relationships with other human beings and the conversations as of late have consisted [...]
I very briefly explained the water crisis in the introduction. I will use this post to give a more thorough view of the worldwide water situation. As I said before, there is always the same amount of water on earth. The following numbers and percentages can start to get a little confusing, but I have [...]
Anthropologie uses sweat shops (as well as engaging in other ethically sketchy behavior). Huge sigh. Jasmin over at Worsted Witch, who also shares my love for what she describes as “Anthroplogie’s sense of Old World sophistication”, broke the news to me a couple of days ago in a post. It is incredibly disturbing that Antropologie [...]
Last night I was going through the blogs I read and came across this video, A Girl Like Me, on Trying to Follow. In this documentary, Kiri Davis (the director) interviewed 6 young black women about how they view themselves and how others view them based on their skin color. Kiri Davis did an excellent [...]
The general idea behind the term “fair trade” is that producers and workers trading/selling their goods internationally will be fairly paid for their products. This can become very relative, therefore, standards in the form of certifications were started to keep everyone in check. There are a couple of different fair trade certifications/labels out there. If [...]
Amnesty International’s ad campaign, which began May 29th, has been circulating the web and receiving a lot of attention. The ads, which are appearing on transparent bus stop shells, are pictures depicting just some of the horrific injustices that are taking place in many countries. Above the pictures, in various languages, is the ad’s tagline, [...]
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 [...]