The guys over at WhyDev posted a tongue-in-cheek piece last week about 9 development terms they hate. It seemed to ruffle a few feathers, which highlights an ongoing frustration about terminology and language used when talking about development. Read More…
What is an international aid worker? Well like any term it’s open for debate. But for me an aid worker is someone who has dedicated his or her life to working with marginalised or disadvantaged communities to find ways to reduce poverty and improve life situations. The work of an aid worker spans everything from working with the environment to engineering. Whether it be working to build the capacity of teachers in remote schools or working in partnership with farmers to find ways to make their crops more drought resistent. Read More…
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.
The global water crises is one of the environmental issues that worries me the most. Approximately 70% of plastic drink bottles in Australia end up in landfill and can take up to 1000 years to biodegrade.
A functioning civil society is important to every aspect of our communities. From the global to the local. From business to politics. Civil society keeps us all on track. It draws focus back to the important stuff like equality and sustainability, it is the homeostasis of society.
‘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.
There is nothing better after a week of red pollution suns and bureaucracy in Beijing to sit down with a beer and trawl through designs from startups like Artecnica.
This week’s WIP (Work in Progress) is inspired by China’s bitterly cold winter. I am currently in Beijing for a month doing an intensive Chinese course and it is FREEZING.
Last week I was wandering the aisles of the local supermarket in Shanghai and came across a packet of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Fair Trade buttons. I followed up this discovery with some further research into Cadbury’s Fair Trade and CSR initiatives. What I found was impressive and here are three reasons why I am now a reformed Cadbury Dairy Milk customer: Read More…