Peace Portal's Blog – April 2009 Archive (6)

Ryan Fix of the Pure Project will be on the Peace Portal Radio Show live in 5 minutes!



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The Pure Project is committed to supporting the creative sustainable economy in the transformation of ideas into value based, enterprises that are sustainable on all levels. In doing so we expect to build a community of sustainable businesses, which support each… Continue

Mrs. Obama has planted an Organic food garden at the White House, designed to produce fresh fruits and vegetables for the White House staff and guests.

This has brought her in bad favor with big agriculture business for not using chemical pesticides, worried what message the action may send to consumers. The Mid America CropLife Association penned a response to this rebel, pointing out the vital role these toxic substances have played in America and how her…

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In case you have a child or know of someone who does (ages 12 and under), they can get a FREE pair of eyeglasses from Target:



Target is doing a special promotion for their optical service. It could end any time but will definitely end no later than April 29th. Children 12 and under can get a free pair of glasses.



They need to bring in a valid prescription for glasses from their doctor and Target will let the child pick from about 40 different frames. They will place their… Continue

Peace Portal is requesting people from countries around the world to please consider joining our website at www.peaceportal.mobi/open so we may meet global goals of members from 100 countries.



Peace Portal creates cooperative projects to meet UN Millennium Development Goals by integrating, identifying, and funding… Continue

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ON APRIL 22

Support the Earth on EarthDay, pick up trash, hug a tree, bless the planet, do something different - don't drive that day by riding your bike; consider volunteering at a community outreach location, something.



We must show by our actions that we as individuals take our personal response-ability seriously, to BE Architects of a New Dawn.…

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Repost of: Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis, by: Henry A. Giroux:



As the United States and the rest of the world enter into an economic free fall, the current crisis offers an opportunity not only to question the politics of free-market fundamentalism, the dominance of economics over politics, and the subordination of justice to the laws of finance and the accumulation of capital, but also the ways in which children's culture has been corrupted by rampant… Continue