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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Volunteer Brings Students in Washington Face-to-Face with Kenyan Poverty

June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you do not know how to read or write. You live in the Kibera slums."

This was one scenario played out Tuesday on a leafy Washington campus, as students in the summer program at the Washington International School struggled to understand life on the edge for children in Nairobi's notorious slums.

The role-playing game was designed by Kristina Rosinsky, who volunteered through The Advocacy Project (AP) for the Undugu Society of Kenya last year. Ms Rosinsky started the Digital Storytelling Project - a blogging workshop for disadvantaged youth - last summer, and continues to promote the project in the US through the interactive game and presentations.

As part of the game, the students were assigned different levels of education and income and asked to confront some of the daily challenges that face young people in Kenya - such as finding a job (shown at right), buying food, going to school, or staying healthy.

"I was a penniless, homeless, starving person on the street," said Thanya Chartsakukahajaru, a 15-year-old student from Bangkok who is taking part in the program. "I had 10 cents and my choices were to go steal food or go to the dumpsite. I stole food...I ended up in jail."

AP is keen to create a connection between Undugu's students in Kenya and young people in the United States, and Ms Rosinsky hopes that the Digital Storytelling Project might offer a way. 

Last summer, she helped 12 Kenyan students to post blogs and photographsdescribing their experiences living and working on the streets. Only two of her students had used a computer before she arrived, and only one had used a camera. But Ms Rosinsky (shown below, with one of her students) said the kids got used to the technology quickly, and impressed her with their writing.

On Tuesday, the students in Washington were given the opportunity to read and comment on the Kenyan's blogs, and many expressed interest in getting more involved.

"I'm surprised by the violence that's in their lives and the issues they're dealing with, (such as) marriage at 14 years old," said Catherine Golub, a 17-year-old student at the Washington International School.

"I think using their perspective is pretty unique," agreed 17-year-old Eric Hsiao, a summer student from Bangkok. "It's not some NGO or some person from a developed country saying, 'This is what's going on.' It's first-person."

The blogging project stalled last year for lack of funding after Ms Rosinsky left Kenya, but was recently reinvigorated when Undugu received a $7,100 grant.Barbara Dziedzic, one of two AP Peace Fellows at Undugu this summer, secured an additional $1,850 grant, and has since purchased two laptops, two digital audio recorders, an external hard drive, and other equipment for the Kenyan students.

AP has recruited two experienced Peace Fellows for Undugu this summer, and both hope to build on Ms Rosinsky's work when they return in the United States. Ms Dziedzic, a teacher at Arundel High School in Maryland, hopes to create an exchange between her own students and the young bloggers in Nairobi. Alixa Sharkey, a graduate student at UC San Diego, will be introducing Undugu to high school students in San Diego California, and Lexington, Kentucky.

      ●  Learn more about the Digital Storytelling Project
      ●  Read the blog of Kristina Rosinsky
      ●  Read the blogs of 2009 Peace Fellows Barbara Dziedzic and Alixa Sharkey
      ●  Learn more about the Undugu Society of Kenya
Tags: activism, social justice, africa, social change, volunteer, advocacy, blogs, kenya
posted by advproject on Monday, June 29 2009 permalink | comments (0)

New Women's Network Seeks to End Gun Violence in the Home

London, UK: Twenty-eight-year-old Paulina Kenamuni recently moved out of her boyfriend's house in Otjiwarongo, Namibia to escape their abusive relationship. On June 4, the man showed up at her mother's house with a hunting rifle, and fatally shot both women.

For a growing number of women around the world, the greatest risk from guns is not on the streets or the battlefield, but in their own homes - and most of the deaths are caused by a close acquaintance. In Portugal, 47 women have been killed in incidents of domestic violence so far this year. Eighty-two percent of the murders were committed by a current or former husband, boyfriend or partner.Disarming Domestic Violence Exhibit in Canada

This week, women in 28 countries launched the first international campaign to end the threat of armed domestic violence, led by the London-based International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). The campaign was unveiled as part of IANSA's Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (June 15 - 22), which is being observed this year in 85 countries worldwide.

The new network seeks to take guns out of the hands of men who have a history of domestic abuse, and are most likely to use a gun in anger. "If you have a previous record of violence, you simply should not be allowed to own or possess a gun," said Sarah Masters, who coordinates the IANSA Women's Network. "It is shocking that only four countries have taken action to reduce gun deaths in the home."

The Advocacy Project (AP), a partner of IANSA, is supporting the Disarming Domestic Violence campaign by sending Peace Fellows to eight IANSA members - in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Nepal, Namibia, Portugal, Serbia, and Uganda. The Fellows have been asked to collect information, document the stories of abused women, and create a common database for the campaign.
 
According to IANSA, women are three times more likely to die violently if there is a gun in the home. For every woman killed or injured by firearms, many more are threatened.

The global nature of the crisis is reflected in the new network, which includes top researchers in Serbia, community advocates in Namibia, and disarmament specialists in Canada. Together, they are demanding that spouses and partners are consulted before a gun license is granted, to ensure that men with a history of domestic abuse are denied access to firearms or have their licenses revoked.

Firearms licensing has already been integrated into domestic violence laws in Australia, Canada, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago - with impressive results. Canada tightened its gun laws in 1995, and by 2003 the gun murder rate dropped by 15 percent overall and by 40 percent for women. Australia, which overhauled its gun laws in 1996, saw a 45 percent drop in the murder of women within five years.Pauline Dempers interview

The campaign kicked off this week with a flurry of activities. In Argentina, advocates held a candlelight vigil and met with Argentine Senator Christina Perceval to press for a new bill on armed domestic violence. In Canada, activists brought their message to the First Annual Canadian Conference on the Prevention of Domestic Homicide in Ontario.

Peace Fellow Johanna Wilkie joined Pauline Dempers, the National Coordinator of Breaking the Wall of Silence (an IANSA member) in Namibia, for an interview  on Namibia's national radio station. Nepali advocates held a rally Sunday to brief representatives of political parties. Advocates in Serbia launched their campaign with a television appearance Monday (June 15) and a press conference today. Women in Portugal will kick off their campaign June 29 with a documentary screening and discussion.
Tags: domestic violence, Women's Rights, activism, gun control, social change, iansa
posted by advproject on Friday, June 19 2009 permalink | comments (0)

Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo

Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

They're also the ingredients being used by environmental advocates to create a light, inexpensive cooking fuel that could ease deforestation in the region.

Clement Kitambala, a Congolese advocate, and Ned Meerdink, an Advocacy Project (AP) Peace Fellow, came upon an idea online to make briquettes out of organic waste material. Mr Kitambala, who also produces the environmental newsletter Tunza Mazingira ("Conserve the Environment" in Swahili), secured $150 in funding from a United Nations fieldworker to construct a wood press for making the briquettes (shown below). He recently produced the first batch of about 500.

"The briquette project...is a prime example of the cleavage between social and environmental issues, given that the deforestation in eastern Congo has shown itself to be dangerous for both the environment and people's budgets," Mr Meerdink wrote in his blog.

Environmental concerns often go ignored in eastern Congo because of the extreme violence and food insecurity. But human rights groups point out that environmental degradation has actually fueled the conflict, because armed groups vie for scarce resources and less usable land.

Mr Kitambala began exploring alternative fuels after realizing that "makala" - traditional charcoal made from eucalyptus trees - was putting pressure on the forests and the finances of local villagers. Makala is essential for daily cooking, but it involves cutting down eucalyptus trees, digging a series of large holes, and burning the eucalyptus with other branches and mud in the holes for several days until the charcoal is created.

The constant cutting has created major problems for forests in eastern Congo, and this, in turn, has increased the price of makala, since people must travel to more and more remote areas to find eucalyptus. According to Mr Meerdink, in 2005, the price for 100 kilograms of makala (about a week's worth) was $5. Now, it costs $22.A modified bombula

Mr Kitambala's briquettes are easier to light, burn longer and at a higher temperature, cost less, and require only small amounts of wood.  To make the briquettes, about 50 kilograms of organic waste is processed into a pulp and mixed with water to make a dough. The mixture is then put in the press and compacted into briquettes, which are left in the sun to dry for a day or two. A batch of about 500 briquettes produces cooking fuel for a family for about two weeks.

Families will need to modify their existing metal cookers, known as bombulas (shown at left), in order to use the briquettes. This costs about $3, and Mr Kitambala is seeking a few hundred dollars to help families modify their bombulas. If the idea catches on, he feels, villagers could prepare their meals less expensively, while making a small contribution towards preserving trees.

Mr Kitambala would also like to secure funding for five more presses, which could be distributed to five different areas of Uvira. He has identified groups of demobilized female militia soldiers in each area who could, he hopes, work on the project and earn a badly-needed income.

This summer, AP is sending two more Peace Fellows to join Mr Meerdink in eastern Congo. Walter James will be volunteering with Arche d'Alliance, a conflict survivors' group in Uvira, and Elisa Garcia-Mingo will be volunteering with Bureau pour le Volontariat au service de l'Enfance et de la Sante (BVES), a child welfare organization in Bukavu.
Tags: Environment, africa, Congo, alternative fuel, bves
posted by advproject on Wednesday, June 17 2009 permalink | comments (0)

45 Peace Fellows to Support Community Advocates in 26 Countries

Washington, DC: During the school year, Kate Cummings is a graduate student at Tufts University in Boston. For three months this summer, she will be helping women in Kenya to campaign against rape and human trafficking.

Gretchen Murphy, from American University in Washington DC, will spend her summer working with survivors of landmine accidents in Vietnam. Rebecca Gerome, from the University Sciences Po in Paris, will travel to Colombia to help build an international network against armed domestic violence.

The three students are among 45 who will volunteer this summer for community-based partners of The Advocacy Project (AP) in 26 different countries. Several features of this year's fellowship program reflect the growing appeal of AP's model of international service, which seeks to help marginalized communities campaign for social change.

More than 450 students from about 200 universities applied for Peace Fellowships this year - a significant increase from past years. The model has also attracted the attention of several major social justice organizations, three of which are taking Fellows this summer to work with their own partners abroad. 

The London-based International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) has asked for nine Fellows, including Ms Gerome, to help members of the IANSA Women's Network collect data on armed domestic violence. Sarah Masters, who coordinates the Women's Network, said that by collecting similar information from nine countries Peace Fellows would provide a "global snapshot of this very serious and little-known issue, and lay the foundation for a strong international campaign."

Four Fellows, including Ms Cummings, are being deployed to Africa by Vital Voices, a Washington-based organization that advocates for women's rights. They will split their time between five local groups in Cameroon and Kenya.

Four more volunteers will help Survivor Corps, which is also based in Washington, to build its program for survivors of violent conflict in Northern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Colombia. Two fellows, including Ms Murphy, will also be working with Survivor Corps partners - Landmine Survivors Network-Vietnam and Red de Sobrevivientes y Personas con Discapacidad El Salvador. 

Tassos Coulaloglou, who coordinates AP's fellowship program, welcomed this growing interest in AP's model and said that students are particularly well suited to working with community-based advocates. "Our program is unique and the more we get out and tell people about it, the more interest it generates," he said.

Fellows from North America (shown above) completed a three-day training last week in Washington. European fellows are being trained this week in London.

This year, all Peace Fellows will profile their host organizations through text, photos, and videos. Helped by a generous two-for-one offer from Pure Digital Technologiesand donations from supporters, AP is sending each Fellow out with a Flip video camera which they will use and then leave with their hosts.

As part of the profiling service, Fellows will also help their hosts to develop and use Google Sites where the profiles can be stored and used in their advocacy. AP hopes that in time, the groups can develop their own websites and newsletters, and use these in campaigns. Several AP partners, from Afghanistan to Kosovo, have used this approach to produce significant social change.

As in the past, all Fellows will produce regular blogs, which will be excerpted in a bi-weekly e-newsletter. AP is also seeking e-mentors to follow the blogs of selected Fellows and connect with them after they return. Scores of e-mentors have already signed up. Fellows will be asked to promote the work of their hosts upon their return through outreach at universities, local schools and diaspora groups.

While AP's immediate focus is to ensure a safe and productive summer for this year's Peace Fellows, a longer-term goal is to encourage the idea that short-term volunteers can trigger a process that can produce a sustained, long-term impact.
Tags: activism, social change, blogs, iansa, vital voices, survivor corps
posted by advproject on Friday, June 12 2009 permalink | comments (1)

Volunteer Aid Nepal

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For Volunteering in Nepal with us.

Contact Address (Office )

Volunteer Aid Nepal (VAID Nepal)
Reg No: - 1095/064/65 (Government of Nepal)
Nayabazar (Town Planning), Khushibu, Kathmandu
(Near of Prime College) House No. : 598/66 ( Yekikaran Marg )
Phone: - 00977 1 2442738, 00977 9841917144
Fax-977 1 4380605,
Email: info@volunteeraidnepal.org , vaidnepal@hotmail.com

Web: www.volunteeraidnepal.org

posted by volunteeraid on Wednesday, April 01 2009 permalink | comments (0)

simple way to help Nepal through volunteering

Volunteer Aid Nepal offer various volunteering programs.

Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP)

Think Globally Do Locally

The Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP) of Volunteer Aid Nepal in Nepal is located  rural area of Western Development Region of Nepal. We provide volunteer work in Nepal at grassroots level, helping local community organizations and School to achieve their goals in Nepal. Volunteers of Rural Empowerment Program (REEP) help local schools and Community Based Organization (CBO) by Teaching and working with community workers, teacher, students and villagers. The mail objective of the program is to empowering local people for community change and Human development. The focus groups of REEP project are disadvantaged youth group, School Student, and other back warded Dalit, Janajati, women etc. ( for more details please follow REE program link )

The Children Home Support Program (CHSP)
“Be a parent of parentless”

The Children Home Support Program (CHSP) of Volunteer Aid Nepal in Nepal is located urban area of Central or western Development region of Nepal. In the period of conflict (From1996-2006 AD) many Nepalese Childress have became home less, parent less and voice less also. Now some children are getting basic needs from many orphans home. Our responsibility is to support those orphan Children to shaping their future. We provide aid to the orphan home by mobilizing volunteers. Volunteers of Children Support Program (CSP) help Children home by working children home for the progress of children. Working in the Children Home is an opportunity to sharing love with children. The main objective of the program is to supporting to Children Home to achieve their goals of shaping the future of Homeless Children. Volunteer can help Children Home by encouraging and teaching children, organizing child development program, helping their works, making strong organizational structure, gardening, cleaning and sharing skills according to own field. ( for more details please follow CHS P rogram link )

General Teaching Program

“Travel to teach and Learn”

In this program volunteers are placed in local schools to teach conversational English and reading classes to Nepali children. It is our goal to ensure that the children of Nepal are able to advance their practical written and verbal English language skills. In Nepal, English is becoming more and more of a required skill for job placement, educational advancement and future success. Schools in Nepal often lack in funding and resources. Class size can range from 10 to 80 students. School runs from Sunday to Friday with Saturday off, students are between 4 and 16 years of age. To teach English at a Nepali school you don’t need to have formal teaching qualifications. You will need a good command of written and spoken English, plenty of enthusiasm and a lot of patience. Festivals, exams, holidays and strikes disrupt the teaching schedule at various times throughout the year. We ask that volunteers in the teaching program have a second choice of program for these times. You may also like to consider teaching in an informal setting within the orphanage program where many children need additional assistance with school work.

Community Development Program (CDP)
“Working together is success”

The Community Development Program (CDP)include building classrooms, school repair and decoration, toilet building, recycling projects, wall construction, library hall building, road repairing and other community based construction or infrastructure development works . It also includes helping to build low emission, energy efficient stoves which help the health of poor communities. Student of engineering and who are interested in construction works participate in this program. The main objectives of this program is to fulfill the little needs of rural infrastructure and empower on the new principal of development “development form below” .The focus area of Community Development Program are marginalized and satellite village. The volunteer group of Community Development Program can learn more about local way of doing and they can also shape the local way of doing.Construction works is more difficult than other Volunteering Program.Only physically strong Volunteers can complete their jobs. The job will be more easy, if volunteer have construction experience.

Volunteers of CDP can share their idea and knowledge related infrastructure works. This is a unique way of sharing skills and learning local way of doing. As a developing country, Nepal is facing lack of adequate infrastructure in various fields. Your help will be more valuable for making new developed Nepal.

Cultural Exchange Program (CEP)
“New Culture, New Experience”

The Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) of Volunteer Aid Nepal located both urban and rural area of Nepal provide the opportunity to learn about new culture(what Nepali actually do?) and make good friendship relation with Nepali people through participatory observation. Nepal is multicultural, multilingual and Multi ethnic South Asian Country. It is famous for her cultural heritage around the globe. The mail objective of the program is to introducing Nepali Culture in detail to foreign people .People from the abroad can be the member of community to celebrate Nepali Festival. The main Nepali festival are Dashain, Tihar , Teej, Janaipurnima etc. The importances of Festival are culture relative. The Cultural Exchange Program include celebrating festival, being member of community, learning reason of tradition, sharing new idea, helping local people, empowering to avoid bad practice, preparing report on cultural aspects of Development etc. This is an opportunity to learning new culture, tradition, practice and norms.

Sport Development Volunteering Program (SDVP)
“Sport for Health and Friendship”

The Sport Development Volunteering Program (SDVP) includes train to be gainers, making sport team, organizing sport program, making sport play ground, teaching sport technique, conducting physical exercise training, empowering sport clubs, assisting sport club, arranging sport competition etc. The volunteers of Sport Development Volunteering Program (SDVP) Will get opportunity to learn Nepali Game ie Kabarti, Dandibiyo etc. This Volunteering program is designed for sport interested persons. This Program will help to making good health of villagers and also helps to make good relationship and brotherhood among the people. This type of Volunteering Program is probably the first time in Nepal. We welcome application for Sport Development Volunteering Program (SDVP) from all sport interested person.

Save Wildlife Program (SWP)
“Conservation of all for all”

Volunteer Aid Nepal place to volunteers in National Park and Conservation Area. This Program includes wildlife care at wildlife breading center, breading center management, Save Wildlife training, National park visit etc. The naturally beautiful country- Nepal is rich on her natural resources and bio-diversity. The aim of the organizing Save Wildlife Program (SWP) is to mobilizing volunteers for the save of wildlife and jungle.

Rural Health Support Program (RHSP)
“Health is wealth”
This is an opportunity to work as a Rural Health Co-coordinator in marginalized community of Nepal. The Volunteers of Rural Health Support Program (RHSP) help to improve the health condition of rural people. Nepal is facing lack of skilled manpower in health sector; the small contribution of volunteers will be more valuable for rural people. The Rural Health Support Program (RHSP) includes empowering local people, helps to local Health Center, providing primary health care, suggesting rural Health workers, suggest to Women Health volunteers (WHV), preparing Rural Health Report , train to villagers, save motherhood, taking classes for empowering school Children , regular visit of villages etc. To participate in this program, health related knowledge and experience is necessary for all.

Agriculture Volunteering ( AV)
“Helping farmer, increasing production”

Nepal is Agriculture majority country of south Asia. More than 60% people are engaging in Agricultural works but have no good output due to lack of Skilled Agriculture manpower and modern technology. The main objective of organizing Agriculture Volunteering (AV) program is to helping Rural Farmer to increase food production. This program includes help to farmer, help to making Agriculture infrastructure, participating Agricultural works, sharing new idea, working at field with farmer, suggest to improving Agriculture System, preparing Rural Agriculture Report, encourage to villagers for produce vegetable etc. The volunteers of Agriculture get opportunity of learn traditional way of farming, labor exchange system, free labor system, production share system and other system.

Reserch and Internship Program ( RIP)
“Come Nepal to know more”

This program is specially designed for university student. They can participate in this program in different sectors. Students who are studying theoretical subjects or going to obtain university degree can be a part of Research and Internship Program (RIP). This program is providing to you an opportunity to gaining new experience and knowledge related your subjects. This Program is divided types. One is who are interested to do research in Nepal - can involve our research project. Another is who most have do research and internship according to their university rules to obtain academic degree will get assistance form Volunteer Aid Nepal. According to our Objectives, we conduct research works to identifying solution of problem and knowing ethnographic account of different Nepalese People.

Photography and Vediography Volunteering Program (PVVP)

“Techno volunteering Program”

The first time in Nepal, Volunteer Aid Nepal operate techno-volunteering program. This is a unique program to make community developed. The volunteers of Photography and vediography program don’t pay their time in any construction works at community. By the use of Camera and Video, they work to make community developed.
The photo and video production is more effective to flash out the core problem of community. The photo and video production will be produced for public to show the problem of community that help to make the plan for solve the problems of community. Through this program, the policy makers, government head, political leader and NGOs professional will be conscious about problems. Volunteer Aid Nepal makes documentary to promote voluntary service and to keep the history of Voluntary service in Nepal. We are also planning to make educational documentary films for public people.

Every Program Requirement

Volunteers for program must:
-Be 18 years or older
-Have no major health problems
-Some related knowledge  according to Volunteering Program
-Be eligible to obtain a tourist visa to Nepal
-Flexible, commitment and adjustable

Program Information

  • Project Duration: Min one weeks to Max 12 Month
  • Application fee :USD $ 45 only
  • Location of project: Around  Local City of Kaski , Dhading , Gorkha Districts
  • Arrival Airport:Kathmandu (airport code KTM)
  • Working Hours:Depend on program types
  • Program Fee  : 3 Package  ( participant , semi and full package rates )

Volunteer Aid Nepal would profoundly appreciate your application for volunteering in Nepal. You may wish to offer to be an Active Volunteer of above Program. The application is open for National and international Volunteers. You can also contact us at info@volunteeraidnepal.org or vaidnepal@hotmail.com . Thank you.

 

Contact Address (Office )

Volunteer Aid Nepal (VAID Nepal)
Reg No: - 1095/064/65 (Government of Nepal)
Nayabazar (Town Planning), Khushibu, Kathmandu
(Near of Prime College) House No. : 598/66 ( Yekikaran Marg )
Phone: - 00977 1 2442738, 00977 9841917144
Fax-977 1 4380605,
Email: info@volunteeraidnepal.org , vaidnepal@hotmail.com
Web: www.volunteeraidnepal.org

 

posted by volunteeraid on Wednesday, April 01 2009 permalink | comments (0)

ethipedia is born!

“ethipedia” is an online database of concrete practices adopted by organizations seeking to incorporate greater social and environmental responsibility into their operations.

Homewww.ethipedia.net/len

The goal is to offer a library of replicable strategies for applying sustainability principles to one's organization. By making this information accessible, this site hopes to accelerate the market shift towards sustainable operations.

This is also a showcase for good strategies implemented worldwide. Business and organization reps, researchers, students and consultants are all invited to submit accounts of best sustainable practices instituted worldwide.

To ensure a high degree of credibility, the site Administrators monitor and vet submitted practices according to a set of concrete social and environmental criteria (which will soon be published on the site).

This is a meritocracy: The more practices that an organization can publish to its name on the site, the greater its visibility.

This resource is free and accessible to all businesses and institutions wishing to move towards greater sustainability.

Tags: business sustainability corporate social responsibility citizenship green company
posted by ethiquette on Saturday, March 21 2009 permalink | comments (0)

Emperor small section score was the best thing Wade Yao Ming Zhou District nominated

From December 23 to 29 this time, James made the team record of 3 wins 0 negative, which are home win over Rockets, Heat and Wizards, the Cavaliers will be home record to 16 wins 0 negative, the results of this first home League . wow goldIn these competitions, the emperor of small field are 26.0 points and shooting 53% In addition, he also received 6.7 rebounds, and 6.7 assists. Knight current record of 26 wins 4 losses, is the best start in team history records. In the Rockets beat the game, James scored 19 second half points to be scored 27 points, scored with his victory. Heat a reversal in the game, James scored 33 points contribution and nine assists, one on the fourth quarter to be 11 minutes.

     Bryant made last week with his 4 wins 0 negative record, and his average of 30.0 points and shooting 54% of the market are a few rebounds and assists were 5.5 and 4.0. One of the most significant victory in the course of a Christmas Day victory over the Celtics 92-83, the game in Kobe get 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Army Green has been the Lakers 19-game winning streak end. 130-113 victory over the Warriors in the game, Bryant 10 of 10 penalties, a total of 31 points.

     The following is a concrete expression of two people:

     James:

     Dec. 24, James Knight 99-90 Rockets get 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

     Dec. 26, James Knight Wizards 93-89 to be 18 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.

     Dec. 29, James Knight Heat 93-86 to be 33 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds.

     Bryant:

     Dec. 23 Grizzlies 105-96 Lakers Kobe get 36 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

     December 24 Hornets 100-87 Lakers Kobe get 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

     December 26 Celtics 92-83 Lakers Kobe get 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

     December 29 Warriors 130-113 Lakers Kobe get 31 points and a season-high 4 steals.

     Other players nominated:

     De Weien - Wade, Rashad - Louis, MO - Williams, Gerald - Wallace, Joe - Johnson, Rodney - Starkey, Yao Ming, Kevin - Durant, Tony -- Parker, Jermaine - O'Neal.

Tags: wow gold, buy wow gold
posted by Leanna on Monday, December 29 2008 permalink | comments (0)

How Green are our Green Celebrities? It is all a question of give and take!

By Jackson Kern

 

We love our celebrities.  And more recently, we love green.  So we must love our green celebrities.  But in the amorous enthusiasm of our love affair have we ever halted long enough to ask: just how green, really, are they?

The answer, inevitably, is that they are in many cases not quite so green as they sometimes seem.  Treehugger.com recently published an article showcasing the hypocrisies of certain celebrity environmentalists "in need of Green 101".  Amongst them: Paul McCartney, Woody Harrelson, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (along with his wife actress Gwyneth Paltrow) and, yes, Madonna.  Seems that Sir Paul, while so gracious as to avail himself of a (free) new Lexus hybrid, took delivery of the hot item direct from the Japanese factory by air (though Treehugger.com is careful to note that he did not make these arrangements and apparently was less than thrilled with this choice).

 Woody Harrelson was guilty of a similar crime after he opted to have his favorite vegan shoes and belt flown into Cannes when he noticed their absence from his travel bags.  Chris Martin planted 10,000 mango trees in southern India in 2005 to offset the carbon footprint of "26 million in album sales".  But, Treehugger.com reports, "Most of the trees died in 2006."  Apparently an Estée Lauder product line which features Gwyneth Paltrow in its advertisements has been revealed to contain "dangerous chemicals."  And Madonna, who graced the cover of Vanity Fair's May "Green Issue", is guilty of that cardinal sin which is gluttonous hydration, spending nearly 10,000 dollars per month to earn the moniker "The Queen of Bottled Water."

Entirely aside from this checklist of specific hypocrisies (in the shadows of which undoubtedly lurk many more), it is worthwhile to make the observation that more generally, the lifestyles of the rich and famous are hardly in perfect alignment with the message of green.  In the face of often shameless greenwashing, even those producers and service providers who have genuinely achieved a green shift of some degree fail to remind us that an important part of "going green" is to consume not more but less.  Though there are exceptions as there are to all rules, the incomes generally associated with celebrity in Western society are not highly correlated with the virtues of thrift and frugality. 

So are green celebrities really, well, green?  The answer lies in an evaluation of equity, i.e. in the question of whether or not these celebrities give as much as they take.  Celebrities are uniquely positioned to channel social energy and capital toward projects and initiatives for which they are impassioned.  If it is with achieving results that we are concerned, then the collective movement of celebrity environmental initiatives carries the potential to outstrip the negative effects of these amusing anecdotal contradictions. 

Whether or not this potential will be achieved remains to be told by future generations
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Demand for green energy workers to skyrocket in Canada

New nationwide project helps those looking to connect with training programs

By WorkCabin.ca Staff

Looking for one of Canada's hottest job markets? Look at the earth, wind and sun.

As millions of students return to classrooms across Canada, thousands are doing something powerful: They're giving their career aspirations a real jolt at a growing number of post-secondary institutions now offering training in sustainable energy programs. These students are the next crop of soon-to-be skilled workers for the country's exploding green energy industries.

When they graduate they will enjoy something not every grad can boast: a virtual guarenteed job and endless possibilities for growth.

But there's a dilemma: Canada needs even more of these workers today, tomorrow and in the future to help the industry meet its rapid expansion.

In wind energy alone, the demand for workers will skyrocket. Canada presently has about 2,000 megawatts -- enough to power 560,000 homes -- of wind power and 3,000 Canadians employed, but that's expected to reach more than 12,000 megawatts by 2016.

Geothermal energy (using ground temperatures to heat and cool homes) is also booming. It is estimated that there are more than 40,000 units -- mostly home-based units -- installed across Canada. In Manitoba, ranked second in the country behind Quebec for geothermal installations, the province's hydro utility estimates that geothermal units have provided energy savings that have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 35,000 tonnes annually -- the equivalent of taking 10,000 cars off the road. If you need more evidence that geothermal is hot, consider this: Google is investing $10 million in the technology in the U.S. where more than 100 geothermal power plants are either under construction or planned during the next several years.

Likewise, solar power is growing hotter too in Canada. New solar farms are pointing skyward to harvest natural energy, and a major breakthrough by a British Columbia-based company promises to make solar power even more affordable. Day4Energy has developed technology that cuts the cost of solar power by 25 per cent. It's a huge step for the industry and will bring solar power closer to many homeowners who previously ballked at the cost.

With so many sectors soaring, it's not hard to see why there's a growing need for workers for research and development, manufacturing, engineering, technicians, installation, maintenance and more.

Knowing where to turn for training has, until now, been more or less a find-out-for-yourself process. A new nationwide project, Clean Energy Classrooms (www.cleanenergyclassrooms.ca) sponsored by the British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association, green energy promotions and recruiting firm Renewable Recruits, the B.C. government, colleges and other partners, is changing that in a big way.

"From Vancouver Island to Prince Edward Island, this growing industry needs more trained and capable employees," says Randyn Seibold, project manager for Clean Energy Classrooms. "Facilitating access to Canada's clean energy programs will ensure that sustainable energy is on the students' radars when making their career training decisions."

Clean Energy Classrooms is a one-stop online directory for information and links to training options through post-secondary, industry, native and non-profit programs. A print version of the project will be distributed to secondary schools, employment centres and other locations this fall.

The initiative is already winning rave reviews from post-secondary institutions which offer programs in sustainable energy.

"The Clean Energy Classrooms project provides a way for our department to leverage scarce marketing resources to reach the audience that would be most interested in our program," says Eric Smiley, an instructor in the green building and renewable energy technician program at Vancouver Island University.

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