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Impact of the global financial and economic crisis on health

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:13:07 -0500

Statement by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan

We face a severe financial crisis of unprecedented dimensions in a world that has never before been so closely connected and interdependent. The consequences are global. The situation is volatile. The current financial crisis is rapidly becoming an economic crisis and threatens to become a social crisis in many countries.

The crisis comes at a time when commitment to global health has never been higher. It comes in the midst of the most ambitious drive in history to reduce poverty and distribute ...

Environmental Activists Expose Dangers of E-Waste

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:26 -0500

November 14, 2008, Delhi, India: In the streets of Mustaffabad, a poor quarter of Delhi, children in sandals sit on top of piles of broken glass and twisted metal, smashing computer monitors. Men with blowtorches melt circuit boards, while nearby, women sort and scrub other boards with diluted acid. Charred fiberglass and copper dust litter the ground.

This is the world of the electronic waste (e-waste) recyclers, who make a living by tearing apart the toxic remains of old home computers, cell phones and printer cartridges from the United States and other coun...

Ghana: Presidential candidates quizzed about sanitation on prime time radio

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:13:13 -0500

Candidates for the Ghanaian presidential election scheduled for December 2008 answered questions on prime time radio about their sanitation plans if they are elected.

The candidates took turns to answer questions on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show over three days from 23 to 26 September 2008. The media platform dubbed Flag bearers on Environmental Sanitation was by a coalition of water and sanitation NGOs in the country.

Everyday one of the candidates was taken through a series of questions to assess their level of understanding of the current state of sanitation...

Lifewater Researcher

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:06:20 -0500

Lifewater strives to maintain reliable and up-to-date WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) information and statistics. Lifewater Researchers investigate and submit reports to Lifewater on several subject areas. If
you enjoy learning, have research and writing skills, and want to help Lifewater maintain current and reliable information, consider being a Lifewater Researcher!

Visit our website for more info and an application: http://lifewater.org/get_involved/volunteer.html

Office Volunteer

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:52 -0500

Lifewater’s headquarters is located in San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast. If you are a Central Coast resident with free hours in your schedule, a special talent, or an extra set of hands for special
events, consider becoming a Lifewater Office Volunteer. Needs vary, so visit our website and please fill out an application, which will help Lifewater determine the best fit for your gifts and availability.

More than $800,000 Contribute "In Honor of Sarah Palin"

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:55:32 -0500

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Environmentalist Preaches Conservation as Chaos Engulfs Eastern Congo

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:46:25 -0500

Environmentalist Preaches Conservation as Chaos Engulfs Eastern Congo

November 4, 2008, Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo: With little more than a motorbike and a mission, Clement Kitambala has been spreading news about environmental issues in remote communities of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo.

Amid renewed fighting that has displaced more than 130,000, ongoing food crises and rampant sexual violence, his newsletter, Tunza Mazingira ("Conserve the Environment" in Swahili), has provided a steady voice for conserva...

Grats to ya boy

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:59:23 -0500

Last night around 8pm I was at a house party here in Oakland getting ready for my band’s set when somebody across the room shouted out “Obama won! he did it!” and the whole room broke out in cheers and clapping. I pulled out my cellphone and sent a text message to my friend Labrie (who’s been pulling hard for an Obama victory and recorded a couple songs supporting him and his candidacy) saying “Grats to ya boy” and went back to working on getting our sound set up. Later that night as we closed o...

A Message of Hope, Love and Light

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:12:50 -0500

Dear AOKW Luminaries and Friends,

I cannot help but comment on the profound shift of consciousness that has just occurred as a result of this US election. It cannot be described in any other way but this: Awakening. Humanity has just been Awakened to the possibility of a New World Order; one that may now be built upon a foundation of Open Dialogue, Cooperative Collaboration and Equal Fellowship!

However, I feel that the road ahead will be quite a challenging and perilous one. The events that occur in the week ahead may test our collective determination and resolve.<...

Enviro-Friendly Cookies

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:44:01 -0500

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A CBC Montreal news report on Felix & Norton's Urgence-Biscuits mobile cookie bakery, and the owners' social entrepreneurship efforts.

Bible Illuminated's The Book New Testament

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:58:55 -0400

Forget heavy leather-bound volumes - this New Testament brings an entirely new look to the table.

Even the format of Illuminated World's New Testament is a vast departure from any version of the Bible that readers are familiar with. It doesn't look like a book, but instead looks like a high-end magazine, complete with glossy pages and illustrated with contemporary photographs.

Why These Pictures and Highlighted Passages?

The layout is a departure from tradition, but the text itself is not. The New Testament uses the sta...

Former UN Representative and Nepal Specialists Join Advocacy Project Board

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:15:24 -0400

October 27, 2008, Washington, DC: Soren Jessen-Petersen, who served as the United Nation's Special Representative in Kosovo during the run-up to the country's independence, has joined the Board of The Advocacy Project (AP). Suvash Darnal, a prominent advocate for Dalit rights in Nepal and Devin Greenleaf, a former AP Peace Fellow in Nepal, have also joined.

The selection of three new members, each of whom represents an important AP constituency, signals an increased role for the Board as the organization prepares for 2009. Mr Jessen-Petersen will explore synergies wi...

The YP4 fellowship (heads up, college students!)

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:11:51 -0400

Make change today. The Young People For (YP4) fellowship is a leadership development program focusing on identifying, engaging and empowering young progressive leaders.

Ideology 101 in 2008

Political thought in the United States can't just be divided into two camps — us vs. them, left vs. right, progressive vs. conservative — it's much more complicated than that. There are actually a variety of progressive viewpoints on the economy, fo...

Hello from Big Sur - Alec Henderson

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:14:47 -0400

Hello everyone, After spending two months deep in the mountains of California's Central coast I and the majority of monks at the Tassajara Monastery have been evacuated due to the recent fires. My friends at the LA Times wrote a front page article http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-fires28-2008jun28,0,4613015,full.story on our plight and this has generated some significant publicity. I am hold up in Santa Cruz with the monastery dog, Ginger. She and I are well and blogging at http://sittingwithginger.blogspot.com/ I am only back on the grid until we can ret...

Ally Request - Common Good Finance

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:32:17 -0400

Easy Ways You Can Help Conserve Rainforests

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:54:33 -0400

1Choose foods grown on farms certified by the Rainforest Alliance

Buy coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, bananas, orange juice, g...

Summer Job with Web Startup Company

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:04:41 -0400

BetterLesson has summer jobs available in the Research and Field Organizing departments. We are looking for dedicated educators with at least one year’s classroom experience to help us dramatically improve the lives of teachers and the quality of the instruction they deliver to students.

Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to cooper@betterlesson.org

Founding Director of Product Research

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:02:37 -0400

We are looking for someone with a keen interest in education technology and policy to head up our product research team.   We are looking for someone who is anxious to immerse him/herself in education technology and policy in order to help craft the long term vision of the website. The right candidate will:

1.    Have 1 or more years of prior research experience
2.    Have prior experience in the fields of education technology and/or policy.
3.    Possess strong writing and strategic thinking skills. ...

Founding-Level National Field Director

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:37 -0400

We have begun an aggressive grassroots effort to reach out to educators across the country. We are looking to hire someone with a minimum of two years’ classroom experience to lead this effort.   The right candidate will:

1.    Have some prior experience in outreach, recruitment, or sales
2.    Be exceptionally organized, creative, persuasive, extroverted, and resourceful.
3.    Possess strong leadership, critical thinking, and writing skills.
4.    Be committed to the soc...

Feminine Face of Activism

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:46:04 -0400

WOrking from the Heart: The Feminine Face of Activism

Join women from a round the world for this life-changing 6-day gathering in Bali, with Balinese indigenous wisdom leaders as co-facilitators. WOmen of all ages will come together who all share a deep sense of "calling" to help generate the kind of world you want to leave for your children and grandchildren. Stretch into your future as a global citizen and allow this more intimate experience to open your heart and expand your capacities as a committed leader. For more information, please visit...

Story of Stuff - Alec Henderson

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:33:53 -0500

Greetings to all! Happy holidays! Merry Festivas (for the rest of us)! Please check out the video that Rebecca has posted here at Rethos. It is amazing! I never knew that for each garbage can of junk I throw out it needs thirty garbage cans of junk to be thrown out just to make it! So every time you haul a trash can out to the curb imagine that you are really hauling thirty trash cans to the curb! Unbelievable. This is a great video please check it out at http://www.rethos.com/news/view/911-The-Story-of-Stuff

An Idea: Here Buy - Alec Henderson

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:48:44 -0500

To all my allies: First to all of you that I have not yet written to individually, I am sorry. I am trying to get to reach out to everyone and to spend some time looking at each persons posts here on Rethos. In the meantime, I have started a Wiki that I would really appreciate getting some help with and input regarding. Its called Here Buy It allows anyone to publish information regarding local merchants who are not big box conglomerate monster stores. The goal is to provide an easy way for people to find goods and services in their local ar...

Ally Request - Jerry Harvey

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:46:27 -0400

Ally Request - Devin

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:41:42 -0400

Will any of you be in Los Angeles next week? - Alec Henderson

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:01:36 -0400

--- Dear Rethos family: I will be in downtown Los Angeles on October 15, 2007 for a protest rally designed to pressure investment firms to divest from companies who are funding the slaughter of tens of thousands of Men women and children in Darfur. I hope any of you can come. It would be great to meet, say hello, and indulge in a little civil disobedience! The situation in Darfur becomes more and more critical every hour. Try to imagine military secret police driving around Santa Monica and Venice in Humvees slaughtering everyone they encounter; razing the beach houses, ...

New comment! - Race and Urban Poverty

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:41 -0400

And the culprit is…? Could it be racism? The question of poverty is not really a question as much as it is a symptom of a particular mindset. Why does racism still exist, how it is perpetuated, who endorses it, how is it propagated, and who does it benefit?

If the “who” can be determined, the next question is, “Why, if at all, should racism be fought?”

Is poverty a means to an end? On the pyramid of economics, don’t the wealthy have to be supported by the poor? Would the elimination of poverty mean eliminating millionaires and billi...

Ally Request - Americans for Fairness in Lending

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0400

US Government links/information - Alec Henderson

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:55:19 -0400

Greetings: The website commondreams.org contains a great list of links to all official and political web sites by/of or pertaining to the United States Federal Government. I have posted it on my blog at http://www.rethos.com/news/view/433-First-Access-Information-Devices-from-Commondreams-org Please note that the list is attached as a word file which you can down load. The document contains all the links and requires that you depress the "ctrl" button while clicking to open. These links are extemely important to anyone attemping to pursuade others in the global community. It is firs...

First monday in October - Alec Henderson

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:06:52 -0400

October 1, 2007 was the first day of the new session of the United States Supreme Court. We should all keep a close watch on this august body as so many of our personal liberties are now in the custody and care of a majority junta of traitors who installed our current nightmare administration as against the will of our electorate. Keep up the great work you are all doing on Rethos! I am proud of you! Alec Henderson

Ally Request - Jason Boyer

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:06:18 -0400

E-waste Plagues China

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:02:25 -0400

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Alliance Accepted! - Ken

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:57 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - brittan

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:55 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - andy olsen

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:52 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Alec Henderson

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:48 -0400

We must end the Bush/Cheny Regime Now!

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:44:27 -0400

In May of this year (2007) I sent out the following to all my friends and family. The threat of nuclear war still looms as the White House continues to scramble atop the rubble heap called ‘Iraq”.

ALL AMERICANS MUST NOW ACT, WITHOUT VIOLENCE TO DEPOSE THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

The President of the United States, fourteen days ago, signed a presidential directive giving himself full dictatorial power over the sovereign United States in the event of an emergency which he de...

The world I want

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:20:39 -0400

I want to join a movement of world-wide universal compassion for all beings. I want to live in a world where people travel by bicycle and grow their own food and who realize, as Epicurus did, that life should be simple, wholesome, nutritional and supportive in all ways, physical, emotional and spiritual. I want to see the end of the corporate hegemony which sucks the life out of our local communities and replaces it with the robotic corporate model of the big box monoliths and the conformist consumer citizen automaton.

I believe in the model of the credit union, the labor union...

Letter Urging Arnold to Sign AB for Gender Neutral Marriage

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:25:16 -0400

Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger supporting the California Gay Gender Neutral Marriage Act.

September 21, 2007

Honorable Governor Schwarzenegger:

At this point in history even the short-sighted can see that there is no future for opposite-sex-only-marriage. More and more the high courts of this country are agreeing that equal protection demands that marriage laws be gender neutral under the heightened scrutiny by which gender based laws are judged.

As women progressively suffer less and less discrimination, the courts will be forced to accept ge...

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:46 -0400

Health hazards in E-waste

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:13:48 -0400

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Computers and other electronic equipment are manufactured from materials found naturally as well as man-made. While some naturally occurring substances, such as chromium, are harmless in nature, their use in the manufacture of electronic equipment often results in compounds which are hazardous. These are highly toxic and especially harmful to human health and the environment if not disposed of carefully.

Arsenic is a poisonous metallic element which is present in dust and soluble substances. Chron...

Did you know?

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:53:51 -0400

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By Matthew Della Valle

Did you know that computer parts and products are becoming a real problem for municipalities without the infastructure designed to stem the flow or halt e-toxics from entering our landfills and our environment? Computer circuit boards and batteries contain heavy metals like lead and cadmium, cathode ray tube monitors or CRTs have lead-oxide and barium. Brominated flame-retardents are used in printed circuit boards, cables and plastic casing. ...

An Entrepreneur That CARES....

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:38:44 -0400

An Entrepreneur Who Cares Jeff Skoll earned his wealth as the first president of eBay. Now, he looks for ways that business can change the world for the better

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Jeff Skoll thinks ~~- and cares -~~ big. He caught the entrepreneurial bug long before 1995, the year he earned his MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and became the first president of eBay, the online-auction site. This was after he had already la...

Alliance Accepted! - Christine

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:43 -0400

WHAT RETHOS.COM HAS BEEN UP TO

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:37:12 -0400

Hey… just thought that I would share some exciting news with the rethos fam….

Rethos.com was invited to join the 60th annual DPI/NGO conference, at the UN (United Nations) in New york, welcoming over 2000 non profits. (google the event to learn more about it :) )

This year’s focus was on global warming….an awesome opportunity and a wonderful way to increase our knowledge on an issue that is now being discussed more so than in the past.

A great organization that I have researched and come to love is Green Peac...

Alliance Accepted! - LifePrints

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:47:41 -0400

MTV THINK Host Political EVENT!!!

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:43:43 -0400

Calling all citizen journalists, visionaries, bloggers and vloggers! As part of a collaboration with The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Knight News Challenge, MTV News is looking for one aspiring reporter from every state and Washington, D.C., to be part of our Choose or Lose team. Read more about the program and if you think you have what it takes fill out the application .

MTV&#...

"Facebook Generation- Will Social Networks Change the Nature of Philanthropy"

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:39:23 -0400

Facebook Generation Will Social Networks Change the Nature of Philanthropy? By Tom Watson, 6/13/2007 A few weeks ago, my daughter and I started a bank and now we make loans to businesses all over the world. Now, before you speculate on my family wealth or means – and my place among the banking titans – consider that we started this little lending institution of ours with $250. And keep in mind that our “bank” is really one of thousands, that we meet with other owners online, and that they don’t appear to be captains of finance (from what I can tell by their...

Alliance Accepted! - Evan

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:59:56 -0400