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pegkerrThis caught my eye on Twitter today, a post by John Green (of the Vlog Brothers fame, the two guys who came up with the term "Decrease Worldsuck"):
Shawn's project, in turn, caught Hank and John Green's eye, I think possibly through their Project for Awesome. Here are two videos, where they talk about taking the money contributed over the Internet to make a tangible difference in a child's life. This is a good example of what I am beginning to think of as the ripple effect, where one person's idea or effort inspires others. I also really appreciated Shawn's attempt to teach the children how to do the Nerdfighters salute.
What I did today to make the world a better place: Learned about the CFL Recycling challenge and re-tweeted it on Twitter. Discovered the Earth911.com site and used it to look up where I can recycle CFL bulbs near my home.
realjohngreen: Everyone should follow Shawn Ahmed @uncultured as he reports on life working in Bangladesh with people in poverty.Out of curiosity, I took a look. Shawn has apparently decided also to do what he can do to make the world a better place, putting it on the line in a personal way. He writes:
On September 14th, 2006, the University of Notre Dame (of which I was a student studying for my Masters in Sociology) canceled all of its classes so that students could learn about an important issue: the problem of global health and third world poverty. One of the people who came to speak to us was Dr. Jeffrey Sachs (author of the book The End of Poverty).Here is his YouTube Channel and here is his blog.
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs believes that extreme poverty can be eliminated in our lifetime. The power of this message inspired me to put school on hold so that I could do my part and hopefully inspire others along the way. I have come to Bangladesh to try and help the poorest of the poor. I am sharing this experience with the world through the power of YouTube.
Shawn's project, in turn, caught Hank and John Green's eye, I think possibly through their Project for Awesome. Here are two videos, where they talk about taking the money contributed over the Internet to make a tangible difference in a child's life. This is a good example of what I am beginning to think of as the ripple effect, where one person's idea or effort inspires others. I also really appreciated Shawn's attempt to teach the children how to do the Nerdfighters salute.
What I did today to make the world a better place: Learned about the CFL Recycling challenge and re-tweeted it on Twitter. Discovered the Earth911.com site and used it to look up where I can recycle CFL bulbs near my home.
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Date: 2009-02-19 08:59 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2009-02-20 07:16 am (UTC)K.