Islander07’s NewsCloud Journal http://islander07.newscloud.com A NewsCloud community weblog Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:08:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 en Governors’ plan aims to make ocean healthier http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/governors-plan-aims-to-make-ocean-healthier/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/governors-plan-aims-to-make-ocean-healthier/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:08:11 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/governors-plan-aims-to-make-ocean-healthier/ West Coast governors Tuesday released an action plan for improving ocean health by curbing pollution, preventing oil spills and reducing harmful shoreline development.

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]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/governors-plan-aims-to-make-ocean-healthier/feed/ Life in Iran with Rick Steves :: Photo Diary by Abdi Sami http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/life-in-iran-with-rick-steves-photo-diary-by-abdi-sami/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/life-in-iran-with-rick-steves-photo-diary-by-abdi-sami/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:58:32 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/life-in-iran-with-rick-steves-photo-diary-by-abdi-sami/ Abdi Sami’s photo diary of Rick Steves’ trip to Iran shows that there are people living their lives behind the headlines. Sometimes its easy to forget that Iran is a country with 65 million people, with subways and major antiquities.

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]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/30/life-in-iran-with-rick-steves-photo-diary-by-abdi-sami/feed/ Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen? by Sarah van Gelder http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/16/americans-say-no-to-war-with-iran-will-washington-listen-by-sarah-van-gelder/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/16/americans-say-no-to-war-with-iran-will-washington-listen-by-sarah-van-gelder/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:24:44 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/16/americans-say-no-to-war-with-iran-will-washington-listen-by-sarah-van-gelder/ story photo

Public opposition to Resolution 362, which encourages what amounts to an act of war against Iran, is growing.

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]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/07/16/americans-say-no-to-war-with-iran-will-washington-listen-by-sarah-van-gelder/feed/ Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep from Singing? :: Interview with Sarah van Gelder http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/04/04/pete-seeger-how-can-i-keep-from-singing-interview-with-sarah-van-gelder/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/04/04/pete-seeger-how-can-i-keep-from-singing-interview-with-sarah-van-gelder/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:40:14 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/04/04/pete-seeger-how-can-i-keep-from-singing-interview-with-sarah-van-gelder/ story photo

It’s not fame he’s been after during his decades of singing. “Fame is a snare and a delusion,” he says. He marched for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, played music on the banks of his beloved Hudson River, and was celebrated at Carnegie Hall.
He’s been working for change all his life, and he’s seen some of his fondest hopes come to pass.
Sarah van Gelder interviews Pete Seeger

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]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/04/04/pete-seeger-how-can-i-keep-from-singing-interview-with-sarah-van-gelder/feed/ Acupuncture for All by Pamela O’Malley Chang http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/acupuncture-for-all-by-pamela-omalley-chang/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/acupuncture-for-all-by-pamela-omalley-chang/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:49:33 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/acupuncture-for-all-by-pamela-omalley-chang/ story photo

With increasing numbers of people unable to afford health care, these community practitioners are making acupuncture accessible. Community acupuncture clinics provide service at affordable prices.

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]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/acupuncture-for-all-by-pamela-omalley-chang/feed/ Vote Hope 2008 :: interviews with changemakers on the best hopes for the 2008 election http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/vote-hope-2008-interviews-with-changemakers-on-the-best-hopes-for-the-2008-election/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/vote-hope-2008-interviews-with-changemakers-on-the-best-hopes-for-the-2008-election/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:46:50 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/vote-hope-2008-interviews-with-changemakers-on-the-best-hopes-for-the-2008-election/ story photo

opportunities for real change in the 2008 election

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]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2008/01/07/vote-hope-2008-interviews-with-changemakers-on-the-best-hopes-for-the-2008-election/feed/ Hello world! http://islander07.newscloud.com/2007/12/06/hello-world/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2007/12/06/hello-world/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:43:18 +0000 islander07 Welcome to Newscloud.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

]]> http://islander07.newscloud.com/2007/12/06/hello-world/feed/ Live Free�Do It Yourself :: by Sarah van Gelder YES! Magazine http://islander07.newscloud.com/2007/12/06/live-free%ef%bf%bddo-it-yourself-by-sarah-van-gelder-yes-magazine/ http://islander07.newscloud.com/2007/12/06/live-free%ef%bf%bddo-it-yourself-by-sarah-van-gelder-yes-magazine/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:01:27 +0000 islander07 http://islander07.newscloud.com/2007/12/06/live-free%ef%bf%bddo-it-yourself-by-sarah-van-gelder-yes-magazine/ story photo

What happens when we throw off the invisible chains that keep us from realizing the world we want—when we, as they say in the global south, decolonize our minds? Step off the path and Live Free.
by Sarah van Gelder

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