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happy monday!
this weekend was very busy for me, starting with a quick trip to seattle to see alice in chains play at the paramount theatre. followed by a day walking around the beautiful city, browsing pike place, and taking in the works at seattle art museum (thanks for the student discount!!).
saturday evening i had the [...]

The great minds at the Dogwood Initiative have come up with yet another awesome campaign to raise environmental awareness in Canada. This one is an effort to protect BC’s coast from oil spills and basically is a protest against the creation of a pipeline that would bring oil from the tar sands through BC to [...]

At first glance, the Dow Chemical Corporation presents an emotive advertisement; a closely cropped photo of a little boy is staring deep into the camera. The ad is a two page spread with the left page showing a magnetic photo of the boy. Superimposed over his face are low opacity letters which represent a fabricated [...]

more and more the world is waking up to realize that we need to be responsible, and think of alternatives in order to preserve the earth. unlike canada and the usa, many countries are actually putting these ideas into practice instead of just yabbering about them. politicizing environmental sustainability makes me sick. but on to [...]

Make Poverty History right now, there is active campaigning in over 100 countries around the three core demands: More and Better Aid, Trade Justice, and Cancel the Debt. In Canada, we’re also campaigning to End Child Poverty in Canada.

You’ve just got to be a part of this campaign.
Go to http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca and [...]