To begin with, congratulations to Barack Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Obama received the award, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”And while there are some who feel the award may be premature, my belief is that this award is probably delivered at just the [...]
The women below are exercising their constitutional right to Freedom of Speech — or are they? These ladies — who won an international Bridge competition last month — put together their sign in response to questions they got from other teams in the tournament. Members of teams from other countries were questioning how the American [...]
digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/11/01/haiku-productivity-gtd-zenhabits-add-values-to-your-project-list/”; On of the challenges faced by most of us in our modern world is that of ‘Overload’. We have hundreds of cable channels, hundreds of news outlets, millions of blogs — all beckoning us to spend our time with them. How to deal with “project overload”? All these things are waiting to [...]
digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/30/walmart-local-business-local-dollars-picture-image/”; Save this to Del.icio.us! Here’s a sign that carries with it some interesting questions. Is it good for society that we are driving down costs by moving our purchases to Mega-Stores like Walmart that source their products and services all over the world — and that tend to push their operating costs [...]
I write about the environment a lot. Mostly, it’s because I have a lot to say about environmental issues. Sometimes it’s because I’m scared. Not really scared like the apocalypse is coming, although I wonder about that sometimes. It’s more like we’re all about to graduate from high school and we’re faced with the decision [...]
Save to del.icio.us — tags freecycle recycle environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/13/a-simple-step-to-take-join-freecycle-recycle-2/”; About ‘freecycling’ and The Freecycle Network Freeycling is a worldwide grassroots movement of people banding together to recycle items by giving them away for free. While there are a number of different freecycling groups around the world, the largest and oldest [...]
Save to del.icio.us — tags environment motivation change toread Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/03/the-power-of-young-people-to-change-the-world-global-warming-environment/”; It surprises me how many people believe that their individual actions make no difference to the world. In a recent poll on this site, 45% felt that their personal actions “make no difference” with respect to Global Warming. (Of course, [...]
Save to del.icio.us — tags organic food environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/25/is-organic-too-expensive-how-much-is-organic-worth/”; Let’s Face it. Organic is Expensive. When I marketed Organic food to few consumers, they nodded in agreement about the goodness and health benefits. But the one question that I squirmed at was, “I heard its expensive, what’s the difference?”. At [...]
Save to del.icio.us — tags internet howto blogs collaboration wikis Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/24/internet-groups-work-together-howto-collaboration-blogs-wikis/”; One of the primary ways that people are banding together to solve common problems is by using the Internet to collaborate with others. Whether the common problems they faces are around the world or down the block, there are [...]
Save to del.icio.us — tags bicycling, environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/14/how-to-commute-by-bicycle-bicycling-good-bikes-for-commuting”; With the rise of oil prices and the growing ‘green’ movement, people everywhere are evaluating commuting to work by bicycle. And based on the response to our recent post “Choices: Bike or Drive?”, many of our readers are interested in commuting by [...]
