Radiation found in Massachusetts rainwater
Trace amounts of radioactive iodine linked to Japan’s nuclear crisis have turned up in rainwater as far away as Massachusetts during the past week.
The global water crisis has already left one in eight of us without safe drinking water. The addition of radiation to our water cycle is terrifying. We must be aware of the global water crisis and help preserve our planet!!
I’m creating a Google Earth file that documents a handful of water crises around the globe… I’ll definitely post the link when I’m finished!
Keep questioning,
Sara
An ongoing list of charities, etc. on tumblr
I hope that more charities will be joining tumblr’s ranks, so in an effort to raise awareness of different organizations and their missions, I’m creating a list of these groups & their tumblr presence!
- UNICEF
- Doctors Without Borders
- For Japan With Love: Raising awareness & money for Japan relief efforts
- The Charity Tube: Humanitarians & YouTube join forces
- Care Movement: Bringing news of people in need to those who want to help
- Twenty Project: A personal music & art project, raising money for charity: water
- Stop World Hunger: Raising awareness of world hunger
- Human Trafficking Exists: Bringing awareness to the fact that slavery still exists today
- Global Labour Rights: Putting a human face on the global economy
- Voiceless Victims: A personal project hoping to encourage people to change things for those who cannot speak for themselves; submissions are welcome!
- 5 Minutes for Change: Changing the world in 5 minutes or less; how to make a difference in the world - many types of issues, many ways to help
- WaterBytes: A two-week project created by Penn State Brandywine honors’ scholars. The goal? To raise awareness of global water issues through podcasts, twitter & social bookmarking.
- The Voice of Humanity
- Global Health
- Global Water Challenge
- Operation Blessing
- H2O Journal
- Sierra Club
- Be The Change
- Teachers Worldwide
- To Write Love on Her Arms
- Firemen’s Relief
- The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention to LGBTQ youth.
- First Book: Access to New Books for Children in Need
- Start Some Good Blog
- Harm Reduction Coalition: A national advocacy and capacity-building organization that promotes the health and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by drug use.
- Live for Others: A community-run blog associated with “Bless,” a Christian charity working to build a better future for Europe.
- Unified Theater: An organization that helps to create student-led theater groups that let young people with and without disabilities shine.
- Good Neighbors USA
- Cambodian Kids Foundation
- POP!Tech
- Cure Thrift Shop
- Robin Hood: Targeting Poverty in NYC
- Positive Collective
- First Books
That’s all I could find… I would love to see more charities flock to tumblr (charity: water, water.org, Three Avocados, Courtney’s House, One Day’s Wages, etc.). If you have any to add to the list, please comment below!
Keep questioning,
Sara
Edit 7/31 - I need to catalogue/better organize this list… hang tight!
1000 reblogs = $10
10000 reblogs = $100 .. and so on
Okay, we know, we know, it’s shameless self promotion. We will be using the increased traffic from our website to fund this donation. We will be sending Red Cross the check for the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami.
UPDATE: We forgot to add what we’d do if someone were to “like” the post. We will combine the reblogs and likes we got from our last post along with the reblogs and likes we get from this post.
We wish we can donate more, but it’s all we can handle. If you would like to donate directly to the cause, please click here.
We will be donating 1 cent per every reblog, 1 cent for every like and 5 cents per every new follower we get. We’ll be sending the check to American Red Cross.
Email us at what@viaSQUARED.com for any questions regarding this.
EDIT! Hopefully this will get enough notes, but if it gets too many, we’d have to stop it at 50000!
(Source: theroyalties, via tulletulle)



