Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction (39)
By Katherine Dodds On November 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
What's new at HelloCoolWorld? We are getting ready to close our webstore for the annual BUY NOTHING DAY event. (Created many years ago by Vancouver artist and activist Ted Dave and taken up by Adbusters, now an international out of control anti-consumer activism day!) It happens when Americans traditionally start their post-thanksgiving shopping orgy that lasts until Christmas.
In these times, it does seem that unfettered consumption as a way of life has reached it's own bottom line. The day after BND we are going to be urging you to do a little more "Think-Buying" as now, it's more important then ever to support the progressive people, organizations, and causes that are also feeling the crunch as the financial crisis trickles down to their funders and donors making fund-raising more precarious.
We're thrilled to be working with Inter Pares this year on their alternative giving campaign -- Give Something Big! We're making it part of our Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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By Katherine Dodds On November 12, 2008 | 0 Comments
THIS SATURDAY VANCOUVER HEADS TO THE POLLS -- HOMELESSNESS ON THE TOP OF MAYORAL CANDIDATE GREGOR ROBERTSON'S PLATFORM (VISIONVANCOUVER.CA) At the Same time we at HelloCoolWorld are starting to do outreach work with the film BEVEL UP: DRUGS, USERS & OUTREACH NURSING. To stay in touch join our mail list.
BEVEL UP follows street nurses in Vancouver's Downtown East Side (DTES) working with anyone who needs their care. Many of these people are homeless. Watch this blog for details of our ongoing work with the film and the issues it represents.
By Katherine Dodds On September 26, 2008 | 0 Comments
French President Sarkozy says the days when "the all powerful market is always right are over". This footage part of a Real News Network video today that offers a less US-centric view of the alleged "bail out". Or, as economist and historian Dr. Michael Hudson tells the Real News crew, it's not a "bailout" but a "giveaway" and will create a new kleptocracy of billionaires.
By Katherine Dodds On May 01, 2008 | 0 Comments
Check out our "Feminist Heritage Minute" created for Inter Pares Mother's Day Campaign!
By Katherine Dodds On September 12, 2007 | 0 Comments
Want to share your thoughts on The Shock Doctrine with Naomi? Check out the Guardian blog and participate in the exclusive forums. Naomi is reading all the comments and will be weighing in later this week.
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