This is shamelessly showing how Canadian ThingsAreGood is. Fridays are the day when we put up “fun” good news, and what’s more fun than hockey?
Google has announced a deal with the NHL to show hockey games on Google Video, just not live games.
“Now you can download full-length NHL games and watch them on your time. Whether it’s a memorable game or a keepsake of your first in-arena experience, NHL Video is always available on Google.”
Most people who think of horseback riding visualize the rich, wearing pants with ridiculously huge hip width. Vancouver clothing line Miss Filly is trying to turn that idea on its head. The clothes collection is not only fashionable, it also tries to help women and girls live a fulfillled life.
Miss Filly designer Heather O’Hara grew up with horses, despite not being rich. O’Hara believes in the powerful bond between women and horses, and this is reflected in her clothing line. Miss Filly includes shirts, hoodies, tank-tops, toques, and panties. Designs include lassos, hay bales, and the trademark Miss Filly ponies.
The clothing line has worked with organizations such as the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, by contributing to fundraisers and riding scholarship programs. O’Hara hopes to start a Miss Filly Foundation for inner-city girls and women at risk. Clothing can be viewed on-line at the Miss Filly website.
An economist, Mark Anielski, has looked at the benefits of keeping Canadian forests. The conclusion is that each year Canada’s forests do $93 billion in carbon regulation and tourism. Anielski says that we need to take this into consideration when we talk of chopping down trees and our overall approach to the boreal forest.
“Boreal forests regulate the climate by capturing and storing an estimated 67 billion tonnes of carbon in Canada alone – a job worth $1.8 billion, based on the price of carbon emissions from the global insurance industry.”
Universal health care for all is still years away, but the number of people receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy has reached the one million mark in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a huge milestone that was announced this week at the International AIDS Conference.
“The one million figure represents a tenfold increase since December 2003, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Sub-Saharan Africa still accounts for 70 per cent of the global unmet treatment need, however, and 95 per cent of the 38.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in the developing world, where countries face tremendous challenges in dealing with the epidemic.”
Today I was at the International AIDS Conference happening here in Toronto (previously). I was there representing TakingITGlobal, whom I work for, of course there were plenty of other wonderful organizations. Conviently, there is a list of every organization there, but one organization that had a really creative booth was CUSO.
CUSO setup a series of “rooms” where you had the chance to express what you really wanted to say to whomever. I wrote a message to those jerks who hold back HIV/AIDS medicinebecause I hate how they put profits before people. Despite my short tirade, other people had novel ideas and heart-warming messages.
It is just fantastic to see that so many people care about HIV/AIDS, and that they are doing something about it! TakingITGlobal has conveniently made an online resource of what you can do!
If you are in the Greater Toronto Area I strongly urge to get to the conference! There is a free section called the Global Village where many organizations have information booths.