Category Archives: Recycling

An Open Letter to My Children

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Dear Nathaniel and Hannah, I am sorry that my generation has failed you. We have bequeathed you a world that has too many problems, too much fear, and too much hate. Dad and I tried to raise you to see the good in people, to understand others’ perspectives, to argue for fairness

Anthropology, Citizenship, Cooperation, Current Issues, Donald Trump, Education, Environmental issues, Feminism, Gay marriage, God, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Interracial marriage, Islamophobia, Latino/as, Othering, Politics and society, Preconceived assumptions, Prejudice, Racism, Recycling, Science, Social justice, Women, Women's activism, Women's issues Read more

Fabulous Art from Abandoned Flip-flops

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Cleaning up beach waste in the form of abandoned rubber flip-flops . . . recycling landfill-able castoffs . . . training low-income men and women in job skills and providing them with living wages in Nairobi . . . creating beautiful art . . . saving fish, dolphins and baby turtles from

Africa, Community education, Current Issues, Dolphins, Environmental issues, Journalism, Othering, Politics of representation, Pollution, Recycling Read more