In “They Walk The Line“, top environment reporters talk about journalism vs. activism. Grist Magazine preface the article with the tension between simply reporting facts dispassionately or engaging activism in the face of daunting environmental problems such as global warming, biodiversity loss, and fossil fuel consumption, to name a few. I find it quite interesting…
Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life
“Jigga What??!? Jigga Who?!?” This is what some of the UN administrators must have been saying when UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan informed them that they would be working with Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter in the global fight to provide clean drinking water to the almost two billion people who lack consistent access to it. Carter, Def…
Sanaga Peregrinations: You did a great job ! Thanks ! You’re FIRED !
Sanaga Peregrinations: You did a great job ! Thanks ! You’re FIRED ! je dois dire, cela est un tragédie pour notre continent bien-aimée. dis-moi, s’il vous plait, pourquoi nos fonctionnaires ne peuvent pas travailler sans harcèlement et stupidité…
#7
i just saw this last night while i was watching soccer and waiting for my lady to board her early-morning flight to the dominican republic. HopStop.com is an amazing site that allows you to text message directions directly to your mobile phone, or text an address to them while on the move and receive directions…
ethiopia in troubled waters
I am excited to see that the US has sent troops to help in the Ethiopian flood crisis. At times like this, it helps to remember that there is some notion of human compassion in our military despite our current crises… As an engineering student interested in water resources and environmental stewardship, it is difficult…
#4
on Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand… this week, as i was walking through the “bog people” exhibit at the carnegie museum of natural history, i really needed to remember that verse… the second verse especially touched my soul, because i know that…
>the solid rock… be encouraged
>my hope is built on nothing lessthan Jesus’ blood and righteousness;i dare not trust the sweetest frame,but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.on Christ the solid rock I standall other ground is sinking sand,all other ground is sinking sand…when darkness veils his lovely face,i rest on his unchanging grace;in every high and stormy galemy anchor holds…
#3
this week, i’ve been doing a lot of thinking… i’ve just been allowing laziness to get the best of me, though. i could’ve been much more productive with my studies, letting opportunity after opportunity to get ahead in my research and my assignments slip from my fingers. i’ve been letting the feeling of tiredness dominate…
#2
so, someone needs to tell me why i’m awake at 4.28am on a saturday morning… i was watching a movie about dietrich bonhoeffer’s resistance to the extermination of the jews in nazi germany, and i was moved by a number of things. the most striking thing about the movie for me was the juxtaposition of…