50 Helpful Resources That Will Enhance Your Writing Skills | The Best Article Every day July 7, 2009
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The Best Article Every Day. One of my favourite blogs that I subscribe to. And this is a really great resource today.
50 Helpful Resources That Will Enhance Your Writing Skills.
“We collected over 50 useful and practical tools and resources that will help you to improve your writing skills. You will find copywriting blogs, dictionaries, references, teaching classes, articles, tools, as well as related articles from other blogs.”
Sustainable Living and other resources July 7, 2009
Posted by MelissaHK in environment.Tags: environment, green, resources
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If you haven’t yet discovered PlanetFriendly.net, you may want to heck them out. They have all kinds of links and resources in areas of environment, sustainability, conservation, and other similar areas.
One such resource is the Sustainable Living Guide, which “is all about sustainable living – activities and choices that can help sustain your health, your spirit, and the planet. The focus is on positive, constructive things you can do in your home, at work, at school, and at play. From bicycling to organic gardening… from non-toxic home and garden products, to strawbale homes… from co-ops to ecovillages… there’s an amazing variety to explore and experience. You will find how to’s, tips & ideas, products & services, organizations, education, employment and more.”
Just check out this sample of links from the first section of the guide, How To Be Green:
- What You Can Do www.ec.gc.ca/eco/ www.ec.gc.ca/eco/main_e.htm (from Environment Canada)
- Eartheasy – activities & ideas to live more simply, efficiently and with less impact on the environment. www.eartheasy.com
- How To Be Green (printable factsheet) www.greenpeace.org.au/resources/factsheets/pdfs/How_To_Be_Green.pdf (right click to “save target”)
- The New American Dream (More Fun, Less Stuff) www.newdream.org
- Busy Person’s Guide To Greener Living (links directory) www.greenmatters.com www.greenmatters.com/gm/subscribers/links/hlhome.html (USA-based)
- Community Action Ideas www.earthday.ca/EDy2k/TakeA/CAN/CAN.htm www.earthday.ca/EDy2k/TakeA/TakeAfrm1.html www.earthday.ca
- How To Stay Healthy & Still Eat Chocolate (book & website) www.karenandkathy.com/samplechapters.html www.karenandkathy.com (Canada, 2002)
- Responsible Buying & Consumption www.sustainable.org/living/buying.html (USA)
- Personal Solutions for Climate Change www.climatechangesolutions.com/english/individuals/ (Canada)
- Living Sustainably www.sustainable.org/living/living_index.html (USA-based)
- Canadian Green Consumer Guide & Green Business Guides (print) www.pollutionprobe.org/Publications/Practical.htm
- What can you do? Where to start? www.planetfriendly.net/enviro.html (Canada)
The guide also includes: Home & Garden, Food & Gardening, Construction & Renovation, Health, Products & Services, Books, Magazines, Travel & Recreation, Transportation, Energy, Technology, Community, Ecovillages, Events & Courses, Education, Groups & Organizations, Jobs & Volunteering, Business & Industry, Faith & Spirituality, Simplicity, Activism, and Directories, Portals & Networks.
June 27 edition of Groundwire now available July 7, 2009
Posted by MelissaHK in media, news, radio.Tags: aboriginal, chuo, community-media, crfc, groundwire, ncra, radio
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GroundWire is a twice-monthly dose of grassroots independent journalism from the campus community radio sector of Canada and is a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association. This is the second bi-weekly edition of GroundWire, thanks to a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada (on a personal note, woohoo!).
The June 27, 2009 edition of GroundWire was produced by CHRY 105.5 FM in Toronto. Listen online
Presenting the June 27, 2009 Headlines: With Narration from the Women’s News Collective at CHRY 105.5 FM
- Abousfian Abdelrazik Returns to Canada | David Koch (CKUT)
- Adil Charkaoui’s Cross Canada Tour | David Parker (CKDU)
- CSIS Security Certificate Update and the Case of Mohamed Harkat | Tariq Jeeroburkhan (CKUT)
- Toronto City Workers’ Strike | Candace Mooers (CHRY)
- Ontario Labour Actions Increase | Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY)
- Canadian Companies Sued by Palestinian Community of Bil’in | Libby Drew (CHSR) and Chris Albinati (CKUT)
Presenting the June 27, 2009 Features:
- The National Community Radio Conference in Montreal: A Year in Community Radio. CHRY’s Jacky Tuinstra Harrison talks with volunteers, speakers and organizers about the future of community radio in Canada and the spirit of volunteerism at this year’s annual conference.
- On Friday, June 19th, the National Association of Friendship Centres hosted a forum on Urban First Nations issues in Ottawa, with three candidates for the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations: Shawn Atleo, John Beaucage and Perry Bellegarde. Lisa Abel CHUO
- With threats to form a Caledonia militia aimed against Aboriginal activists, Jesse Zimmerman of CHRY brings us voices from a counter-protest, re-asserting territorial rights for six nations indigenous peoples.
Low Power FM Gets Great News! June 8, 2009
Posted by MelissaHK in radio.Tags: community-media, lpfm, policy
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Congratulations to Low Power FM (LPFM) stations and supporters in the United States!
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Broadcasters lose in court over low-power FM radio
By Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica
Supporters of low-power FM (LPFM) radio won a victory on Friday when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit to stop the Federal Communications Commissions from protecting LPFM stations from full power station signal interference.
“This is terrific news for the low power radio community,” declared Sakura Saunders of the Prometheus Radio Project, which helps LPFMs. “Now, these stations can focus on serving their local communities, rather than live in fear of displacement due to the whims of their full-powered neighbors.”
On the other hand, the advocacy group that defended the LPFM service was circumspect about the win. “The decision in the courts merely protects the status quo,” noted the Media Access Project in a statement sent to Ars. “Congress still must pass legislation to allow more low-power FM stations to operate nationwide.”
There’s also the question of how to ensure the funding these stations need to more effectively serve their signal areas. More about that later, though. First let’s look at the nuts and bolts of this case.
