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Green Film Montage up on WiserEarth

November 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: activism · culture · environment · media

Mobile Media Toolkit by MobileActive.org

October 28th, 2011 · No Comments

I’ve been with MobileActive.org for one month now, working as an intern on communications for the Mobile Media Toolkit project. The toolkit aims to be an all-inclusive asset for media creators of all persuasions. The site is now available in Spanish, Russian and Arabic translations and we expect to add more languages in the near future! [...]

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Tags: activism · education · media · technology

Exploring the Creative Process

October 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments

I’ve written a guest post at Writer’s Rising on the creative process and my struggles to balance it with technology:  Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the so-called “creative process,” thanks to a couple books I’ve been reading: Gail McMeekin’s “12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women” and Oriah Mountain Dreamer’s “What We Ache For.” [...]

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Tags: culture · empowerment · media · Sharings · technology

How to Re-position Your Career for Digital?

October 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Last week I volunteered at a Wimlink event on transitioning your career to digital (blog recap link). I’d found this group on Meetup a couple months ago and have so far really enjoyed the two events I attended. There’s something so inspiring about a group of professional women coming together to learn from one another! [...]

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Tags: empowerment · feminism · gender roles and division of labour · media · technology

Mashable #SocialGood Summit Day 2 Recap

September 21st, 2011 · No Comments

My favorite part of the day was all the talk on Gender and the media. I’d heard about Geena Davis’ institute on Gender in Media before, but it was great seeing her on stage talking about the negative representations of women in the media. The institute brings their research to studios, who seem to be [...]

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Tags: activism · feminism · gender roles and division of labour · media · technology