Becky Blab

Since last Monday, I’ve watched in horror and disbelief at Superstorm Sandy’s devastation. At first it was unclear just how widespread the wreckage was, but it has been slowly unraveling with each day.  I wanted to do something and tried to sign up to volunteer through the Red Cross, but there were several obstacles: they [...]

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I have been working with UNICEF’s Social and Civic Media team since March 2nd and feel incredibly lucky for the opportunity. It is a new section, and doing a great job negotiating the sticky terrain which comes with attempting to organize social media for such an enormous, international organization. A few weeks ago, I had [...]

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I’ve been helping WiserEarth with some blog posts as they are in their annual fundraising period. I have discovered lots of interesting work that their members are doing all around the world. It’s been quite inspiring for me! Please check out the posts below. Permaculture flourishing in the Amazon: “I saw poverty all my life” Carla tells [...]

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Here’s an excerpt, read the full post on Green Films on the WiserEarth blog. Moving back to the US after nearly five years in India, I was very much aware that my carbon footprint was about to increase substantially. Every time I visited, I’d gasp in horror at the packaging waste, the lights left on [...]

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        In pure immigrant fashion, last weekend we moved from one sub-let apartment in Astoria, New York, to another, bigger one via pushcart. The big dent in the plan was Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, who had yet to rear her not-so-ugly head and the preparations were on in full force throughout the paranoid [...]

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