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Today, with many others, I participated in a rolling fast to promote debt cancellation.  I visited Brian Bilbray’s office to ask him to vote for the Jubilee Act (HR 2634) which expands debt cancellation to many countries that were not included in the 2005 G8 agreement.  He is planning to vote for the [...]

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On the surface, writing a letter to your representative can seem like a meaningless act. You may be skeptical that doing so would make any difference at all. In reality, writing a letter to your congressman or senator is easy and the impact it can make is much greater than you would think. OK, I [...]

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This fascinating lecture by Hans Rosling, a Global health expert and data visionary, dispels some of the current myths about the “so-called” developing world.  He argues quite effectively that all nations are moving toward better health, lower mortality rates and increased living standards.  He argues that sub-Saharan Africa has possibly made the best progress toward [...]

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Every year, more than 10 million children under age five die, mostly from preventable and treatable diseases.
An important bill is in congress right now that could save countless lives.  In 2007 it is estimated that 1.8 million children will die from dehydration alone due to diarrhea.  Very simple steps can be taken to save these [...]

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The following article in The Los Angeles Times caught my attention and reminded me of Jesus’ works in Mark 9:40.

Famed wrestler battles poverty, pollution
UNICEF taps the Mexican legend El Hijo del Santo for kids’ campaign

MEXICO CITY — During his long, sweaty career as a lucha libre wrestler and occasional B [...]

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A recent article by (yes I’m plugging him again) Jeffrey Sachs in Scientific American helped to explain why some regions of the world seem to be trapped in poverty. But progress is possible. “Investments in infrastructure can break economic isolation. Such improvements include all-weather roads, power grids that reach rural areas, wider cellular phone [...]

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Well folks, it’s official, we’re banning bottled water. We have a good fridge filter that we’re planning to use to fill up reusable bottles when we’re on the go. We haven’t thought through all of the details but for now we plan to buy no more bottled water and to avoid drinking [...]

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It’s probably never too early to get your kids thinking about global issues.  Our youngest, Luke, has been really impacted by all of this talk around our house about the world.  He often expresses deep concern for the children who are dying from starvation everyday.  After some silence he’ll say something like, “Dad, we have [...]

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I was shocked to learn that we (Americans) will spend 16 billion on bottled water this year and that we will throw 38 billion water bottles into our landfills — more than $1 billion worth of plastic. Does this seem as excessively wasteful to you as it does to me?? You probably realized [...]

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July marked the halfway point in our commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (The MDGs). 189 countries in all pledged to fight extreme poverty halving it by 2015 and ending poverty that kills by 2030. Leading economists agree that it can be done. We have the technology, resources and a better plan. [...]

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