Archive for 'Poverty'
Creativity Not Negativity Will Stimulate This Economy
23 February 2009
What this country needs right now, during these hard economic times, is for us to put our creativity caps on and innovate our way out of this slump in the economy.
All the negativity that we hear coming from the news and especially the channels that cover the markets does absolutely nothing but sell airspace for [...]
I.O.U.S.A. The Movie: America In Debt
1 February 2009In case some of you missed the movie on CNN, I though it might be nice to put it up for people to see. The movie takes a look at how we got into the financial situation we are in, not just as a nation but also as individuals, and what we need to do [...]
Living Life As A Refugee…
10 November 2008Life as a refugee cannot be easy, imagine being displaced and uprooted from your home and to have to leave everything that you know, or lose your life. That is the case for thousands in the Central African Republic. A little known country by the rest of the world, the Central African Republic is rich [...]
Blog Action Day: Poverty: The Mud Cake Film
14 October 2008Imagine if all you had to celebrate your birthday or your kid’s birthday was a mud cake. It’s not so far fetched in many poor parts of the world. Let’s face it, if we are reading this we are one of the lucky ones. Let’s help stamp out poverty in whatever way we can. In [...]
Inclusive Business: Helping Fight Poverty
19 August 2008Inclusive Business is not a new idea but it is an idea that is hopefully taking off. With the global agenda now including socially conscious issues like global warming and climate change, the folks involved with this idea are hoping that “Social Warming” as they like to call it, will take hold. Inclusive Business is [...]
Changing The Social Fabric Of Poverty…
27 February 2008Putting your money where your mouth is. The Mayor of NY City, Mike Bloomberg is doing just that. He has raised millions of dollars, a lot of it his, to to start a program to reduce poverty in the State of New York. No, not just by giving the money away, but by giving [...]
