Posted in Globalization, Magazines, tagged photography on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Cultures On The Edge is an online magazine published quarterly by a team of experienced web entrepreneurs, along with world-renown author Wade Davis and professional photographer Chris Rainier. Together we have molded our skills to present a dynamic online magazine that hopes to support cultural diversity through education. We are dedicated to open dialogue [...]
Posted in Fun, Globalization, tagged Globalization on July 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Some remarkable statistics about the rate of change occuring in the world today.
Posted in Globalization, Non-Governmental Organizations, Organizations, Social Justice, tagged global poverty; mdg; millenium development goals on July 12, 2008 | No Comments »
My husband just posted this info on his blog and I thought it looked applicable for TLB. You can also subscribe to a weekly prayer list which provides a prayer guide for countries around the world.
The Micah Network and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) have created the Micah Challenge campaign to grasp a moment of unique [...]
Posted in Community, Emergent, Globalization, Organizations, Social Justice, Websites, tagged Brian McClaren, Global crises on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Everything Must Change seeks to bring focus to the global crises of the planet, poverty, peace, and meaning. (For those of you (understandably) skeptical of the emerging church, I’d recommend giving this pause for thought. Brian McClaren has some great things to say regarding the Christians’ role in a global context.
From the site:
When I began [...]
Posted in Community, Funding, Globalization, Monasticism, Social Justice, Websites, tagged Shane Claiborne on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
RelationalTithe.com is an interactive platform for connecting and meeting needs across socioeconomic and geographic barriers. It is also a place to explore, to meet, to share dreams and ideas, to ask and discuss questions, to learn and to grow together. We are determined to live intentionally, in joyful and responsible relationships with those around us. [...]
Posted in Culture/Race Relations, Globalization, Organizations, Social Justice, Travel, tagged socially responsible travel, Travel on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Our Vision
We envision a people centered globalization that values the rights of workers and the health of the planet; that prioritizes international collaboration as central to ensuring peace; and that aims to create a local, green economy designed to embrace the diversity of our communities.In a world where the economics of quantity fuels corporate power [...]
Posted in Articles, Globalization, Social Justice on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Blogger Steve Kimes questions the traditional interpretation of the proverb, “Teach a man to fish…” Very interesting article!
Posted in Books, Globalization, tagged global women, Globalization on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
from Amazon:
Everyday, around the world, women who work in the third world factories of global firms face the idea that they are disposable. Melissa W. Wright explains how this notion proliferates, both within and beyond factory walls, through the telling of a simple story: the myth of the disposable third world woman. This myth explains [...]
Posted in Books, Globalization, Special Topics, tagged global women, Globalization on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
from Amazon…
“The current discourse on globalization, according to the authors, has little to say about the “migration of maids, nannies, nurses, sex workers, and contract brides,” since, to most economists, these women “are just individuals making a go of it.” The positive effects of their labor are sometimes noted: the money they remit to home [...]
