Monthly Archives: January 2012
Around the World
17 Countries. 343 Days. 6237 Photographs. One incredible journey. Time lapse video of the many amazing places Kien Lam came across after he quit his job, packed a bag, grabbed his camera and bought a one way ticket to London. … …
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Women Hold Up Half the Sky: An exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in L.A. inspires the notion of pure, transparent freedom.
by Kathlene McGovern It’s an election year. That special time in America when candidates latch on to issues of freedom: personal, financial, lifestyle. Who has too many of them, who doesn’t have enough and the notso-subtle suggestion that if you don’t … …
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Ashes and Snow : Extraordinary Images of Interaction Between Humans and Animals
The following video excerpt is entitled Feather to Fire, and is narrated in three languages by Laurence Fishburne (English), Ken Watanabe (Japanese), and Enrique Rocha (Spanish). More information about Gregory Colbert and Ashes and Snow is available at www.ashesandsnow.com. … …
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10 Reasons Not to Buy Pet Store Puppies
Most dog lovers know about the often horrid conditions of puppy mills, the unregulated breeding facilities owned by disreputable breeders. Dogs are often bred far too frequently, are kept cramped together in squalor, and are not socialized with humans. In … …
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What does SOPA mean to you?
The proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives mainly to curb piracy, has been at the receiving end of severe backlash from Internet companies including Google and Wikipedia. The widespread disapproval of the proposed bill, … …
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Symbolic Typography Made Of Ice
Canadian environmental artist Nicole Dextras creates large ice sculptures to form letters and words as part of her Ice Topography installation series. She made the icy block letters, which range from 18 inches to 8 feet tall, by pouring water … …
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The Greenhouse Project
Times are hard right now. Looking around, from city to small town, there are empty buildings everywhere. For lease signs loom in windows, brand new office buildings stand deserted and never used. It all seems like such a waste of … …
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Major Retailers and Clothing Brands Launch ‘Sustainable Apparel Coalition’
A group of 30 large retailers – including Walmart, Target, Kohl’s and J.C. Penney — apparel manufacturers and environmental groups, have formed the Sustainable Apparel Coalition to eventually provide consumers with sustainability scores on clothing labels. The coalition first will … …
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