Blogs about: Affluence
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Toy stories and global ethics
I blogged earlier this year on the toy industry and Chinese production, and on the idea of ‘toxic consumption‘ - that the things we buy are bad for our health. Christmas seems a good time … more »
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Rick Warren on TED
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dearj2007 wrote 3 days ago: TED is an interactive place where ideas are shared and inspiration is cultivated from the words of g … more »
America - the planet's carbon Bigfoot
cfigallo wrote 4 days ago: An engineering class at MIT has released the results of a study of carbon emissions based on the ful … more »
Homelessness in Australia
lactatingbookworm wrote 1 week ago: At mum’s group people go on and on about real estate a lot. It seems as if everyone has a hous … more »
Affluenza - Food crisis - Possible poster for Xav's room
lactatingbookworm wrote 1 week ago: [Eat Money poster from The New Internationalist Shop] Only when the last tree has died, and the las … more »
Rick Warren, living life with a purpose: or the stewartship of affluence and influence.
jesusblogger wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s a great short film of Rick Warren speaking on living life with a purpose. This is not j … more »
Kids, Schools & Society: Healthy Spirits?
shadowphenyx wrote 1 month ago: So is the school environment a microcosm reflection of the ills of our society? Time to look at th … more »
Affluence = Spiritual apostasy, apathy?
akhomeschoolfun wrote 1 month ago: 3/13/08 Affluence = spiritual apostasy and apathy I have observed that the more affluent a congregat … more »
• Free Markets Are Rare Indeed
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Ron Robins wrote 2 months ago: Most major markets influencing business and consumer decisions are not ‘free.’ They are manipula … more »
Thoughts on Lent and Ash Wednesday
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Jason Barr wrote 3 months ago: Today is Ash Wednesday, also known as “Fat Tuesday hangover day”, also known as the begi … more »
Make poverty history?
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Jason Barr wrote 3 months ago: “All the time I get emails from socially-aware individuals and organizations asking me to part … more »
#75
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Ms. Eek wrote 3 months ago: Thanks to Mooni: The morning can be improved with the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry So what’s y … more »
1 in 10 Dispose Of 20000
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emalyse wrote 3 months ago: 1 in 10 Brits now have an average household income of £90,000 with around £20,000 of that ava … more »
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
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Jason Barr wrote 3 months ago: This is one of King’s most important speeches and yet one of his most little-known. Delivered … more »
Thousand rupees debt ? Time to visit an Indian jail !
Sane Voice wrote 4 months ago: In Andhra Pradesh - After a lull of some years, farmers are being jailed for debt in Andhra Pradesh. … more »
Affluence
malpoet wrote 4 months ago: The blackened stumps of sad neglect stare out from cracked and shrunken lips. o0-0o A hoarse request … more »
Rich Christians in an age of hunger
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Jeremy wrote 5 months ago: ‘Rich Christians in an age of hunger - moving from affluence to generosity‘, by Ronald J … more »
Commercialising childhood
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thenextwavefutures wrote 5 months ago: The average British child sees at least 10,000 commercials a year, many unsupervised - according to … more »
"our hands are too full"
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Jason Barr wrote 5 months ago: I got this from Reflections of a Jazz Theologian: Saint Augustine once said… God is always try … more »
Make Something Day
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Jason Barr wrote 5 months ago: I’m sure by now a lot of people have at least heard of Adbusters‘ “Buy Nothing Day … more »
