Home » 2009 » December (Page 2)Posted by John Malloy on 12/19/2009
For people whose lives were wrecked last year by Cyclone Nargis, it can take a long time to pick up the pieces and start looking to the future. But 20-year-old Aye Aye Thin has managed. She’s driving her community’s recovery forward by helping rebuild a key road. Watch video YANGON – The village where Aye [...]
12/19/2009Read More
WFP’s SAFE stove project sets out primarily to reduce the amount of time women in two African countries spend looking for firewood and hence to reduce the chance that they will be attacked or raped. At the same time, the project will also offer a concrete way of protecting the environment from desertification. Focus on [...]
12/17/2009Read More
We are as much a resource for teachers as we are an outlet for teachers to make change in the world. Through the collective power of this very passionate group of professionals, we teachers are positively changing the lives of students–not just students in our own classrooms, but around the world. As a teacher-run organization, we [...]
12/16/2009Read More
Danish police made around 250 arrests in Copenhagen Wednesday morning as an organized demonstration against the U.N. climate talks converged on the Bella Center ahead of crucial negotiations at the COP15 summit. Kristina Larsen, a spokeswoman for Climate Justice Action (CJA) — the group organizing the protest — told CNN that police have used pepper [...]
12/16/2009Read More
It’s that time of year again, skiing, snowboarding, skating, lots of baked goods, and family get-togethers. But with all these great things comes that heavy white stuff that mother nature likes to drop right on our doorstep… literally, and we in the Collingwood and Midhurst area expect to get lots of it so lets review [...]
12/16/2009Read More
GIFT CERTIFICATES Give the perfect gift to the golfer in your life this Christmas. A gift certificate to Fairways Indoor Golf & The Party Place is the perfect gift and a fantastic stocking stuffer for any family member, friend, business associate or employee who loves golf Available in amounts from $25 to $200 Phone Orders [...]
12/12/2009Read More
You might want to consider joining ONE … Over 63,000 ONE members, yourself included (thank you), have signed our petition asking the Danish Prime Minister not to double count development funding and call it climate change funding. That’s an impressive number of people, and it’s worth taking a moment to remind ourselves exactly why we [...]
12/11/2009Read More
Scientists may be a step closer to understanding the origins of human language. Two studies suggest that the ability to combine sounds and words to alter meaning may be rooted in a species of monkey. A team found the Campbell’s monkey can add a simple sound to its alarm calls to create new ones and [...]
12/07/2009Read More
Paint Plus! December 15, 2009 to February 2, 2010 Norma Lee, Kathy Kerr, Lenore Burton, Maureen Shaughnessy Watercolour, oil and photography Each accomplished artist will present their best works in an eclectic mix of style and media for an interesting and innovative show. Location: The Galleries, Meaford Hall Contact: Box Office Phone: 519-538-0463 Email: ticket@meaford.ca [...]
12/07/2009Read More
Kevin Spreitz – World In My Eyes: people, places & things December 1, 2009 to December 13, 2009 Times: – In his life as a photographic artist, Kevin Spreitz has documented and interpreted the world’s visual geometry and light. These museum-grade, limited edition prints represent beautiful slivers of time and space that are the world [...]
12/06/2009Read More
Chris Leach represented Canada in rowing at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Games. The founder of the Trent University Rowing Club, Chris Leach, started the Head of the Trent regatta in 1971. The inaugural regatta hosted crews from Brock University, the University of Toronto and Trent University. In the intervening years it has grown to [...]
