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G20 Summit and French President Sarkozy’s baby is perfect timing
First post by Geez correspondents and World Vision’s global justice advocates Chris Derksen Hiebert and Sharon Marshall who are at the G20 Summit in France.Farmers flaunt wealth in support of starving peasants
Is a world-record harvest of soybeans by a line-up of quarter-million dollar combines part of the solution to world hunger? That depends who you ask.People power at Occupy Wall Street
On October 14, 2011, the 3,000-plus crowd occupied the park, Liberty Plaza, near Wall Street. The mayor tells the police to stand down.Christian school cancels Bush breakfast
A Christian post secondary school in Toronto thought it could get away with holding an unpublicized fund-raising breakfast featuring George W. Bush. The secretive approach back fired, and the school president missed his chance to shake hands with the most famous Christian of our time.Day 1 report - Veggies with my vegetables, made radio appearance
Day 1 report - I ate lots of vegetables, was super scrupulous about counting the amount I spent on food. Also was on the radio.Day 1 on four dollars of food per day
I ask my initial questions. How to count the dollars spent on food? Is this really helping?Occupy Wall Street - Dissent at the feet of power
Geez notes the actions happening off Wall Street. Anti-greed, pro-generosity and democracy activists sleep in nearby park, call for finance reforms.Um, sustainable fast food?
McDonald’s is now sustainable. Or so they say.Mennonites hold service of lament in front of tax man’s door, slow traffic, call for climate justice
An invitation to a special, public worship service in Winnipeg; a lament for our lack of climate justice.Nation of the Dammed
In my part-time work for a faith-based NGO that addresses energy issues, I recently wrote “Nation of the Dammed,” a magazine article that asks whether Canada’s multi-billion-dollar hydropower boom will help cool the climate, as industry leaders claim.
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