Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura Review
Category Archives: In Africa
Video Explains Why Free Access to Contraception is Absolutely Essential
Share This: The Gates Foundation recently released a video describing why it is so incredibly important for all women world-wide to have free access to contraceptives and family planning services. Though the video is specifically talking about the developing world, … Continue reading
Posted in activism, education, Family, girls, health, In Africa, In the U.S., india, video, women
Tagged access, animated, animation, bill gates, Birth Control, Contraception, contraceptives, Economy, free, Gates Foundation, In Asia, In The Americas, initiative, kenya, Malawi, melinda gates, planning, Pregnancy, pregnant, risky sexual behavior, unwanted pregnancy, womens rights
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The Important Media Network’s Round-Up of Women’s Rights Week
A big thanks to all of Important Media writers and blogs who participated in Women’s Rights Week. Our different websites covered diverse issues related to local economies, hunger, entrepreneurship, health, matriarchies and international philanthropy. The Inspired Economist introduced us to many … Continue reading
Posted in activism, important media, In Africa, In the U.S., science, Society
Tagged appropriate technology, Eileen Fisher, endocrine disruptor, Gail Kelly, gifts, healing candida, homemade body care, hunger, In The Americas, irene rosenfeld, Kim jordan, nakate, network, online resources, plant based diets, Politics, Women's Rights Week, womens rights
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Featuring a Focus on Women & the Caped Crusader, Avenging Uterus
This week the Important Media network is celebrating the varied accomplishments and rights of women; our many diverse blogs will be highlighting different aspects of this topic. To help consolidate all of this week’s featured articles, we will list … Continue reading
Posted in activism, blog, girls, important media, In Africa, In the U.S., Society, sustainable, video, women
Tagged avenging uterus, caped crusader, cartoon, CEO, civil rights, comic, dnc, EcoLocalizer, Economy, Elizabeth Warren, feelgood style, female, female focus, Inspired Economist, ladies, Matt Bors, Michelle Obama, network, Politics, rights, Sister Simone, speech, Superhero, vagina, Women's Rights Week, womens rights
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Making a Better Future for Endangered Sea Turtles in Africa (Video)
I found this touching and beautiful video about protecting the endangered leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles of South Africa and Southern Mozambique. With daily news of oceanic dead zones, megalithic plastic ocean pollution, and our dwindling oceanic species, it is … Continue reading
Posted in activism, africa, animals, education, endangered species, In Africa, South Africa
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Endangered Baby Hippo Rescued by South African Animal Sanctuary
Last week Britain’s Daily Mail reported about a South African wildlife sanctuary that is now caring for an orphan baby hippopotamus, who was rejected by its mother shortly after it was born. The hippo has been named Prince Harry, … Continue reading
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Green Renaissance: Helping Nature to Fight Back
This inspiring image of a bicycle-powered lawn mower drifted through my social media stream today. The pedal-powered idea is so simple and beautiful, it is utterly genius. This device motivates me to somehow create a bicycle driven washing machine. The … Continue reading
Posted in activism, africa, animals, bicycle, bike, conservation, Environment, green, In Africa, nature, ocean, South Africa, sustainable, video
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Green Renaissance: Helping Nature to Fight Back
This inspiring image of a bicycle-powered lawn mower drifted through my social media stream today. The pedal-powered idea is so simple and beautiful, it is utterly genius. This device motivates me to somehow create a bicycle driven washing machine. The … Continue reading
Posted in activism, africa, animals, bicycle, bike, conservation, Environment, green, In Africa, nature, ocean, South Africa, sustainable, video
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Bamboo Bike Project {Green NGO Highlighted}
Continuing on with my Green NGO Highlighted series, which I got away from for a short time, here’s a cool one a good Facebook friend of mine shared with me nearly two months ago. It’s the Bamboo Bike Project, based … Continue reading
Posted in activism, bicycle, bicycles, bike, bikes, green, In Africa, transportation
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Visualize 29,000 Dead Somali Children
As too few news outlets cover the ongoing tragedies in Somalia, evidence presents a modern society which may have become immune to high-volume loses of human life. 29,000 Somali children have died in the last 90 days from lack of … Continue reading
Posted in energy, Environment, In Africa, In the U.S., Society, Somalia, transportation, united states, water
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Matriarchal Societies, Amorous Bonobos and Penis Fencing
Yesterday Reverend Billy’s passionate Earthalujah sermon got me thinking about trying to listen more attentively to the planet, and how we might be able to create more sustainable ways in which to restructure our diseased society. I starting pondering what … Continue reading
Posted in animals, culture, In Africa, Sex, Society, women
Tagged ape, Bisexual, bonobo, chimpanzee, Congo, Corrina Laughlin, egalitarian, female, genital, homosexual, intercourse, kissing, LED, matriarchal, matriarchy, penis fencing, primate, recreational, rubbing, scrotal, sexual, sharing, social, structure, Utopia, UTOPIANist
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