Posts Tagged ‘Activism’

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May 17th, International Day against homophobia and transphobia

The next video was a joint effort by http://gays.com and the Committee for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia.

Following inspiration by Australian blogger Steeviebeebishop, French site gayclic.com launched a similar video project for IDAHO.
The community got together to do their video footage and gayclic.com edited this [...]

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World Malaria Day

I always wonder why we assign a whole day to a disease… wouldn’t it be more encouraging to dedicate the day to the fight against that disease? Or to the promotion of awareness? Or to its prevention? Why not call it World Malaria Prevention Day?
There is little I can say in this post to express [...]

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Unusual gift to show you care

Yes, Valentine’s is near…
It doesn’t mean we spinsters need to hide in our rooms for a whole day eating ice-cream. It can actually be a good chance to show those you care about, that you care enough to make a change in their name.
I came across this webpage thanks to Care2, the online community where [...]

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End of 2008 petition…

As we reach the end of 2008, it seemedĀ appropriateĀ to make some kind of balance of the year… but I must be true to the fact the I know very little about what is going on around the world, and that most of the events taking place worldwide exceed the limits of my critical thinking… At [...]

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Season’s GREENtings

In a previous post I mentioned my enthusiasm for greeting cards. I said I had stopped buying paper-cards and had moved to e-cards and making my own. The reasons behind this shift had little to do with me being an ecologist, which I happen to be (a very imperfect one, but I’m trying to improve!). [...]

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Trip to Mendoza: Day 4

On Tuesday morning we woke up early again, and headed toward the station with Romi. This time we left earlier and didn’t have to push the car, so we arrived with enough time to not have to jump on the bus while it was leaving. We would stop in Potrerillos for a while before taking [...]

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Going public while saving the world (or how Facebook has changed the way we relate to the world)

Facebook…
What can one say about it? It has brought us nice moments, such as meeting up with old friends and… well, that’s pretty much all the good stuff about it…
There is something to it that makes it be quite addictive to some people. I have found myself clicking on facebook more than once a day [...]

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