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The Power of One: Cleaning Up the Coastline, One Person at a Time, with Barrel Bag — Discover

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Makere

Environmental activist and teen founder Tucker Grooms created his nonprofit, Barrel Bag, to make it easier for people to clean up trash at the beach. His website has grown into the online hub of the organization. The Power of One: Cleaning … Continue reading →

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A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Makere

Originally posted on Live & Learn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHWX_yR7wrk Jóhann Jóhannsson, 47, was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He has been composing music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, TV and films. His stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music, frequently combines electronics with classical…

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I Explain Winter to my Future Grandson

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Makere

Originally posted on Sea Chanteys & Mexican Radio:
It was a window that kept out mosquitoes. A season both savage & dull, like a dog gnawing a bone out of boredom more than hunger. You were the bone, it the teeth…

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Peace through Justice

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Makere

Originally posted on Auckland Peace Action:
It has been an amazing ‘Week of Peace’ action here in Auckland. The things that we have achieved collectively during this campaign – culminating this week – will go a long way towards building…

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Leonard Cohen on Creativity, Hard Work, and Why You Should Never Quit Before You Know What It Is You’re Quitting. BY MARIA POPOVA on BrainPickings

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Makere

“The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.” BY MARIA POPOVA Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist Leonard Cohen (b. September 21, 1934) is among the most exhilarating creative spirits of the past century. Recipient … Continue reading →

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The day the music ended.

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Makere

November 10, 2016 There is something sadly synchronistic that we should lose Leonard Cohen in a week that has held up a mirror to democracy in the US and beyond, in which a man who has deliberately and calculatingly fanned the flames … Continue reading →

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Max Richter – 2002 Memoryhouse – YouTube

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Makere

If ever there was music which captures the mood of this November in 2016, Max Richter’s 2002 Memoryhouse is surely it. From climate change occurring at an ever-increasing rate to the Clinton vs Trump debacle of the US election just … Continue reading →

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Nukes are back in fashion: proliferation, a terror we thought we had left behind

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Makere

Originally posted on First We Take Manhattan:
In the beginning of October, 40 million Russians engaged in three days of drills in preparation for a nuclear or natural disaster. Last week, Vladimir Putin instructed Russian officials overseas to bring all…

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I know a woman… rape culture

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Makere

Originally posted on WhaeaJo:
Trigger warning: sexual assault. I read a good blog on Friday, written by a good man, in response to the Australian court ruling that Gable Tostee was not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of Warriena…

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A Feminist Army

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Makere

Utterly brilliant. feministkilljoys I have been taking some time out to reflect upon the last three years, to process what has happened because, of course, some experiences are difficult to process when they are happening. By some experiences I am referring … Continue reading →

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