The Green in Weh Yeoh
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
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Give the Ladies Some Love
This week over at Lane Change, we have launched our latest campaign ‘Give the Ladies Some Love’. My friend Monica and I started Lane Change last year. We build fun, creative and global campaigns that use positive messaging and compelling challenges to raise awareness about the big issues facing our world. Rather than standing against something, we stand for something: a healthy earth and fair society. Read More…
Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade
Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade: Irreversible Decline or Imminent Victory by Brian Michael Jenkins
The idea of home
Sitting in my little blue kitchen on a cool Sunday morning in Beijing, cutting strawberries and drinking coffee I start listening to the ABC Radio National’s Boyer Lectures 2011: The Idea of Home. Read More…
Merry Christmas. Also I just wanted to thank you.
Earlier this month I received an email from a gentlemen (that read my blog) titled: “Just wanted to thank you”. I want to steal some of his words and pass it onto everyone that has helped to keep me motivated this year. Read More…
My Beijing winter bike challenge
As we go full speed ahead into a Beijing winter, I have decided to set myself a challenge. As of the 1st of December I am going to ride to work everyday through the depths of a Beijing winter. Read More…
China’s moth-eaten social safety net: Who will catch the poorest of the poor? Not corporations.
China is, without a doubt, on a fast track to ‘development’ with an astonishing US$3.2 trillion in foreign reserves. But inequality, particularly rural and urban, is extreme with an estimated 150 million people living below the United Nations poverty line of less than $US1 a day. China’s growing wealth has resulted in multiple international aid agencies (including Australia’s Agency for International Development) pulling out of China. So who is going to pick up the slack and help support 150 million people living in extreme poverty? Read More…
A trip to Inner Mongolia with Operation Smile
My twitter feed is often filled with harrowing stories about war, famine, corruption and other catastrophes, you name it and it’s there. So I want to contribute an unashamedly feel good story about a great organisation, Operations Smile, that works around the world giving kidlets a better start to life.