Simple idea: Change the margins! by Sura, October 14

Change the Margins is a website my friend Wendy told me about. I’ve been doing it for years, but never thought to share the idea. I’m glad someone did. One other suggestion I’ll make is to use the column feature for easier reading or for drafts. There’s a reason newspapers and magazines use columns–it’s easier on the eyes.

Green is the New Black by Sura, September 17

YouTube Preview ImageHere’s an incredibly inspiring video of Majora Carter on Greening the Ghetto. A bit long but worth it. This is an empowering story of a community that organized to effect big environmental and development changes. She talks about finding commonalities and bridging divides between different communities, from her two worlds. “I have come from so far, to meet you like this. Please don’t waste me. By working together, we can become one of those small, rapidly growing groups of individuals, who actually have the audacity and courage to believe that we actually can change the world. We might have come to this conference from very, very different stations in life, but believe me, we all share one incredibly powerful thing—we have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

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