International human rights law comes with a lot of jargon attached to it. There’s the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Economic, Social, and Cultural rights. And then there are countless more protocols, conventions, and councils. Although these conventions and documents are all a testament to the…
Here’s the second installment of Feature Friday this week: Beyond Good Intentions. Beyond Good Intentions is a wonderful ten-part film series investigating the effectiveness of international aid. According to the website: The Beyond Good Intentions film series follows the round-the-world journey of first-time filmmaker, Tori Hogan, as she investigates how international aid can be more…
I haven’t done Feature Friday in quite a while, unfortunately, since I have been so busy this summer. So today I decided to double the effort and feature two great initiatives. Here’s the first one….and check my next blog post for #2! Better World Books Better World Books (BWB) is in my eyes – the…
I just want to take the time today to send some appreciation the way of Samantha Karol of Lifes Chocolates, who has started an amazing, energetic, appreciative revolution. She’s featuring a series of guest posts from fellow bloggers about the meaning of appreciation, and she’s given me the great opportunity to join in. So check…
It’s a widely believed theory that the Internet, social media and other online tools and technologies can serve to undermine authoritarian regimes and help to spread democracies. As I wrote before, technology represents the ‘democratization of information’ – by which regimes no longer have a monopoly on knowledge. By reaching people who might never have…
Do you call yourself an environmentalist? If so – or even if you care about the environment – perhaps one of the best things to do is become a vegetarian. I’ve been a vegetarian for the majority of my life. Although my family is vegetarian, they felt that I should be allowed to eat meat…
