Welcome! This Blog will share with you information about organizations, authors, books, and media to make your life (and the lives of those around the planet) a little better (or at least a little more informed).
Books
My favorite books tend to be about people engaged in personal exploration or real-life struggle. I particularly recommend authors like Steinbeck (In Dubious Battle), Upton Sinclair (The Jungle), Jack London, and Biographer Irving Stone (For the Defense). Some of my more contemporary favorites are John Nichols (Milagro Beanfield Trilogy), Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams), John Irving (A Prayer for Owen Meany), Rohinton Mistry (A Fine Balance), Harry Thomas Danvers (Tecun), Edward Abbey, Sherman
Alexi, Jennifer Harbury, Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle (Food Politics), and Marc Linder. Having been a Peace Corps Volunteer, I particularly like some of the novels and biographies written by retuned volunteers (i.e. Susan Lowerre, Moritz Thomsen, Mike Tidwell)
Public Media
Public Radio
favorities include WPFW for news and WXPN, KRCC, and KCRW
for music. They all stream live on-line.
Favorite shows: Democracy Now, Living on Earth,
Internet Radio
http://www.pandora.com, an internet radio station where you are the DJ and can play any song you like. It will also introduce you to artists similar to the ones you select
Social Media
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org
Other Organizations
http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org
On-line Film Festivals
They’re short, sometimes sweet and easy to digest. The short form film has gone digital. Today, thanks to the Internet, they’re as close as your computer.
Check out
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/insideindies/infocus/shortsweetonline
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org
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