Posts Tagged ‘alternatives’6 results found.Watch your step.
April 22 is Earth Day. From last month’s EarthHour to this month’s Earth Day, there seems to be a lot of events on the environment. I get HBO, and even they are advertising about Earth Day. From what I saw, they’re going to be showing the “11th Hour“, a 2007 movie about looking at the state of the global environment and practical solutions … Read more → Let’s Go Green & Get CreativeThere was a time when it wasn’t cool to recycle (maybe it still isn’t for a lot of people) – It takes too much time or too much effort. But really, isn’t it something small that you can do to help out the environment, because in the end, pollution, loss of biodiversity, climate change, lack of clean water, etc. eventually affects us all. Before you click away from reading this, I’m not trying to convince you to give up your living … Read more → I want to donate some money.
Hippy and treehugger… that’s what I remember people being called when I first joined the Geography program at the University of Victoria. I guess that when you are studying about how the planet works or how the environment can affect how we live, you’re labeled as some sort of “alternative†person (i.e. freak like these mask we made in Bali?). I know the environmental movement has been going on … Read more → Chinese resentment, Emily Carr, Eco Bounty Hunter…
Here are a few things I’ve been reading that might be interesting in a topsy-turvy world… Resentment follows Chinese violence in Seoul China on Tuesday defended the right of Chinese students in South Korea to protect the Olympic torch, amid a brewing diplomatic row after protesters clashed during the flame’s journey in Seoul. … Public anger is growing over Sunday’s … Read more → Consumer power and Burma
Some people have asked me about what they can do to affect what is going on in Burma. Even though governments around the world have imposed economic sanctions on the country, it is unlikely to deter the continuing harassment, arrest and killing by the Burmese military government. Instead, what people can do is use their consumer power … Read more → H20 + Powder = One big mess!
Mid-April in Thailand (and other parts of SouthEast Asia) is Songkran time, or what would be loosely translated into Thai New Year. So on top of your typical New Years celebration, its also a time for pouring ice-cold water on anyone you happen to walk cross. Yep, Songkran is one … Read more → |
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(Posing infront of a huge poster in Siam Paragon… I think all the security guards and cleaning staff around us thought we were crazy)
