Posts Tagged ‘wikipedia’
fairtrade: the big swap
February 25th, 2010 by lifeproof
Fair Trade (wikipedia): is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as social and environmental standards. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, chocolate and flowers. Fair Trade’s strategic intent [...]
Tags: Amnesty International, Caritas Internationa, Catholic Relief Services, Christian Aid, fair trade, Fairtrade, Fairtrade Fortnight, Oxfam, SERRV International, social movement, sustainability, the big swap, wikipedia
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share 2.0: culture of sharing
February 21st, 2010 by lifeproof
Last year in May, we were having an informal talk with Jonathan D. Schwartz, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Cablevision Systems and previous General Counsel of Napster (remember Napster vs. Metallica), as a group of international media scholars in New York City. We talked about his current occupation and his past career activities, but [...]
Tags: Apple, blogger is the new marketer, BookCrossing, Bruce Nussbaum, Cablevision Systems, change of consumer culture, Channel Thirteen, consumer, consumer culture, consumer dynamics, CouchSurfing, CrowdSpirit, culture of sharing, Design Thinking Class, dynamics of sharing, dynamics of sharing in web 2.0, facebook, file sharing, filesharing, Google, IBM, ICQ, internet, iPad, IRC, Jonathan D. Schwartz, Kindle, Mac, Metallica, Microsoft, MP3, MSN, napster, New York City, PirateBay, Robin Chase, share 2.0, sharing dynamics, social media, social media analysis, social media consulting, the culture of sharing, The New School, The Pirate Bay, web 2.0, wikipedia, Windows, zipcar
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, Reminder
Encomium Aletudinis * – Part II
November 24th, 2009 by lifeproof
* The Praise of Fatness (Continued from Encomium Aletudinis * – Part I) There is an undeniable fact that we are getting bigger in all age groups and all regions around the world–except for some regions in Asia and most of Africa. One response to the obesity epidemic is to try to come over it [...]
Tags: aletudo, Beth Ditto, carbon footprint, Cigarettes Are Sublime, Cornell University, Dina Goldstein, Eat Fat, Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, encomium aletudinis, Energy Consumption & Climate Change, Fallen Princesses, Fat Actress, Fat Venus figurine, gay, global warming, Gossip, greenhouse gas emission, Hollywood, Hurley, Ian Roberts, International Journal of Epidemiology, Kirstie Alley, lesbian, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lost, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, NME Awards, normalizing obesity, Phil Edwards, Photography, punk, Ricky Gervais, The Guardian, The Praise of Fatness, Treehugger, vox populi, wikipedia, Women's Glib
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles
Ramona Falls, the band
November 12th, 2009 by lifeproof
A friend shared this video with me, which immediately made me a fan of Ramona Falls: an indie rock project founded by Brent Knopf and based in Portland, Oregon. Brent Knopf is also one-third of the band Menomena. I don’t know much about them, therefore I will only share the information that I know so [...]
Tags: Brent Knopf, facebook, I Say Fever, Menomena, MySpace, Ramona Falls, wikipedia
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