Inspirational and good news.
ThingsAreGood.com is going to have a general meeting for all peoples interested in changing the world for the better! Come out and talk about the world, meet like-minded people, or just come to drink.
Our first meet up will be in Toronto next week:
Where: The Last Temptation in Kensington Market (on the West side of Kensington Ave close to Dundas)
WhenThursday December 15th, 8:00 PM and on!
Look for the group of people who look like they’re talking about goodness!
In a move meant to combat the growing trend of ‘biopiracy’ (companies or countries patenting organisms or techniques which originated elsewhere), India will be releasing an encyclopedia of traditional ayurvedic, unani, and siddha medicine next year.
The project, dubbed Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, is meant to showcase and protect India’s cultural heritage.
A new website, Truthdig.com, that “drills” beyond the headlines to get to the truth.
From their About page:
“Truthdig is a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around major “digs,†led by authorities in their fields, who will drill down into contemporary topics and assemble packages of content—text, links, audio, video—that will grow richer with time and user participation. To offer frequent change and surprise, the magazine will also present a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site’s editors and staff.”
December 6th marks the end of White Ribbon Days. Not coincidentally, the day is also the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, a tragedy that occurred in 1989 when 14 women were murdered at the city’s L’Ecole Polytechnique. Vigils were held across Canada today to mark this sombre anniversary.
White Ribbon Days are sponsored by the White Ribbon Campaign. The WRC is the largest movement of its kind in the world, and is organized by men in an effort to eradicate male violence against women. However, the WRC does not make any public statements on December 6 because it believes that men should “step back and listen to the voices of women.”
While certainly not good news, these statistics are worth repeating: Girls are four times more likely than boys to be victims of sexual assault by family members. 12 per cent of girls in grade nine are pressured to have sex. Adolescent wives are three times more likely to be murdered. (Stats courtesy of The Toronto Star)
P.S. (9:55 pm) Just came across this great website created by the National Film Board and the Global Women’s Memorial Society. “The Global Women’s Memorial Website project is dedicated to remembering women who have been murdered & promoting women’s memorials as an act of resistance to violence against women.” It’s worth checking out.
European lawmakers want to find out what is going on with CIA “torture planes” flying through their airspace and landing in some European nations.
The planes use airstrips in Europe as the flights transfer people to “secret” CIA bases. Interest in America’s activities involving the planes, bases, and torturing is on the rise among Europeans. It’s good to see that the Europeans want to find out what is really going on.