Category Archives: Social Action

Al Gore - New Global Warming Slideshow at TED

From TED Talks: In Al Gore’s brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of “generational mission” — the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement — to [...]

Posted 14 April 2008 † Ethan § Faith § Global Citizen § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

will.i.am’s “Yes, We Can” Obama speech video - facebook application

Yes..We..Can… Barack Obama inspires me and gives me hope for positive change and leadership. will.i.am’s video tribute captures this hope.
I’ve made a Barack Obama “Yes, We Can” facebook application that showcases the video and some helpful links. Click on through and add it to your facebook profile and then share it with all of [...]

Posted 05 February 2008 † Ethan § Culture § Film & Video § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Harry Potter and The Dark Lord Waldemart

On June 21st, the final Harry Potter book, Deathly Hallows, will go on sale and millions of copies will go flying off of store shelves. Unfortunately, the smaller local and regional bookstores will not be seeing much of this initial rush. Why? Wal-Mart will be selling the books at a loss at [...]

Posted 10 July 2007 † Ethan § Books § Culture § Humour § News ‡ Comments (0) °

End the genocide in Darfur

After reflecting on the [tag]genocide[/tag] in [tag]Rwanda[/tag], the late Senator Paul Simon said: “If every member of the House and Senate had received 100 letters from people back home saying we have to do something about Rwanda, when the crisis was first developing, then I think the response would have been different.”
During his first year [...]

Posted 10 April 2006 † Ethan § News ‡ Comments (0) °