Help! I think I have a bad case of travel fever.
I love love love travel. I love the details: stamps in my passport, picking the book I’m going to read on the plane, and planning my…
Read articleDon’t mind me, I’m just sobbing on the bus.
Good book alert! I’m reading an incredible book right now called “The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles” By Hala Jaber, and it’s so moving and sad…
Read articleMandela’s Day Is July 18th
This morning I noticed a tweet by Idealist about Mandela’s Day, which is on July 18th, and celebrates Nelson’s Mandela’s 91st birthday this year. I was…
Read articleThe Warm Heart of Africa
Pop Quiz. Can you point to Malawi on a map? If you can’t, you’re not alone. I was born in Malawi, and more often than not,…
Read articleAlone in Mourning
In life, few things leave us lost. Few things rent our optimism and leave us feeling winded. I am writing this in the library. Snatches of…
Read articleThe Arctic Playground – Shouldn’t we do our homework before we start playing?
For some a voyage through the Canadian Arctic may be one of the most exciting and thrilling adventures one could dream of: indeed, hundreds of kilometres…
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THE BOTTOM BILLION (VIDEO)
PAUL COLLIER
MARCH 11TH, 2008
“The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It” (March 11th, 2008, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, UBC First Nation’s Longhouse)…
Read articleMoney CAN buy you happiness after all….damn.
from this NYT article There’s a neat article in the NYT covering the Easterman paradox – or why wealth isn’t associated happiness (that is, apparently now).…
Read articleA Little Hike
FADE IN: Dialogue in Mandarin with English subtitles. An impoverished rural village in contemporary China. EXT. A SMALL WOODEN HOUSE – – DAY MAMA, a single…
Read articleWas This Born of Ingenuity or Necessity?
good thing he’s wearing a helmet Mopeds and street bikes are a common form of transportation for of developing countries – they are cheap to operate,…
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