Taking a break from caucus fever and found some info about fair trade certified goods for Valentine’s Day (and other holidays). According to TransFair: Over 90% of gift flowers in the US are given to women. In addition to fair wages, Fair Trade certification requires the farms provide employee benefits including 12 weeks paid marternity…
LOVE THIS! Triathlete Eric Harr has partnered with CARE to raise money for the organization’s work to, as they say in their own words “tackle the underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient.” They do this through initiatives for clean water, better access to education and HIV/AIDS work, to name a few.…
It’s not local but it definitely caught my eye. The United Way of Greater Milwaukee has placed ads around their city depicting a teenage boy as pregnant to raise awareness of teen pregnancy issues. It’s part of their “One Milwaukee” campaign regarding teen pregnancy as well as guns. Interesting. I have often thought if men…
Buried under a pile of paperwork (government forms make me itch), I dig myself out momentarily to offer you these news bits. Enjoy and remember to chew thoroughly. More Caucus Fest: Planned Parenthood not only is hosting a pre-caucus rally for the 35th anniversary of Roe v Wade on Jan. 19, but they are organizing…
It’s an assortment of goodies today (in no particular order, as usual) … Debate Fever: The Nevada Conservation League is urging folks to show up for the MSNBC presidential debates tomorrow (Jan. 15) at the Cashman Center, 850 LV Blvd. The NCL’s push, called Heat is On, is to make global warming an important aspect…
I have a cold and it has robbed me of the ability to think complex thoughts. I have cats and they make me laugh. (Insert cliche’ feminist-with-cats joke here.) So instead, enjoy this. (PS: I didn’t make this video. I’m not that talented.) Happy Weekend! — Emmily
If you haven’t put the Nevada Conservation League blog on your regular Internet reading list, I really recommend it. Erin does a great job of finding good nuggets of information and giving you everything you need to do something with the info you’ve just gotten. Take yesterday’s post. In one post she talked about bans…
Digression from relevant topics, yes. But I can’t pass up commenting on Whitney Pastorek’s gem in the Year-End Review issue of Entertainment Weekly. Can’t find the piece on EW’s incomprehensible website (probably another sign I’m old), but this thoughtful person posted it online. If you want to take a look without the link, follow the…
So now it’s all Clinton and McCain. But last week it was all Obama and Huckabee. Tell me again why we care what 1 million registered voters in New Hampshire think? (I mean, aside from the cute TV footage of the quaint town with 12 voters voting.) I mean, Nevada has one million registered voters.…
Can vote tampering be all the easier with electronic voting machines? Absolutely, according to the New York Times Magazine cover story from Sunday. Since Nevada has the only machines with a paper trail (and we saw accusations of voter tampering with machines in Ohio during the last presidential election), the threat is real. So what…
The Sin City Siren 