shamal

Member since: December 30, 2007
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Cool Earth related site

One of my favorite sites talking about the Earth in general. A portal for Earth related information: meteorology, history, archeology, etc.... More

shamal submitted 398 Days Ago, www.eoearth.org
0 comments, Tags: Earth, environment

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In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to Altruism

Inspiring story of the motivated few using the power of collective intelligence to improve the welfare for all exponentially. For example, IT workers create social networks to share information on the working class providers -- day ... More

shamal submitted 325 Days Ago, www.nytimes.com
1 comments, Tags: poverty, India, social networks

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Mounting political resistance

My dear friend Shahid Buttar, a non-violent activist and poet, shared this cool site and movement directed at stopping the war. It educates us on ways we can take a stand through intentional actions like bike rides, benefit shows, ... More

shamal submitted 266 Days Ago, bayareadirectaction.wordpress.com
2 comments, Tags: action, politics, activism, (More)

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Using Social Media for Social Change

Article has interesting use cases in how certain social web-applications are being used for good in the world. Thanks to Ian Rogers for passing on. Nice examples of Twitter, Facebook, blogs, MySpace, and others in action.... More

shamal submitted 177 Days Ago, www.readwriteweb.com
0 comments, Tags: action, Internet, china earthquake

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Music boosts your immune system

Study finds that music can increase your immune system's ability to fight diseases. Those who also played a percussion instrument while listening to the music also benefited from an added boost to the immune system.... More

shamal submitted 95 Days Ago, www.telegraph.co.uk
1 comments, Tags: health, music

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