slacktivism.org http://slacktivism.org the rantings of a slacker hippie about the planet, social issues and other thoughts on the human experience Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:22:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 heading to belize….so i can be less of a slacker! http://slacktivism.org/2011/01/heading-to-belize-so-i-can-be-less-of-a-slacker/ http://slacktivism.org/2011/01/heading-to-belize-so-i-can-be-less-of-a-slacker/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:22:20 +0000 sunny http://slacktivism.org/?p=16 i am headed to belize next saturday for a month!!! i am thrilled, to say the least. i will be volunteering in san ignacio, which is about 10 miles from the guatemalan border. i will be spending my time setting up community gardens with kids and hopefully teaching internet and computer classes. i should have access to the internet fairly often so….don’t be a stranger!

]]> http://slacktivism.org/2011/01/heading-to-belize-so-i-can-be-less-of-a-slacker/feed/ 0 ok…yes i AM a slacker!! http://slacktivism.org/2009/09/ok-yes-i-am-a-slacker/ http://slacktivism.org/2009/09/ok-yes-i-am-a-slacker/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:08:44 +0000 sunny http://slacktivism.org/?p=9 as the name of this blog says, i am a perpetual slacker.  i have the best of intentions about saving the world, it’s the follow-through i lack!  anyway, i found some articles with good news for once!  there actually are  some companies out there trying to do something good and displaying even a baby social conscience, here they are!
Top 10 Green companies

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1730843,00.html

Responsibility Pioneers

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1921165,00.html

]]> http://slacktivism.org/2009/09/ok-yes-i-am-a-slacker/feed/ 0 why is the us so far behind? http://slacktivism.org/2009/06/why-is-the-us-so-far-behind/ http://slacktivism.org/2009/06/why-is-the-us-so-far-behind/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:46:27 +0000 sunny http://slacktivism.org/?p=6 why, does it seem, that the us is so far behind when it comes to recycling???  i have spent the last 4 weeks in manila, and have found recycling bins in place of garbage cans nearly everywhere i go!!  everyone rides public transportation and there seems to be more of a sense of a person’s impact on the planet.  for being such a “‘forward” culture….it seems we are a bit behind.

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