Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century » United Nations http://www.riehlife.com Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:35:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Powerful Young Voice Silences the U.N. for Five Minutes http://www.riehlife.com/2009/10/16/3038/ http://www.riehlife.com/2009/10/16/3038/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:45:11 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3038

In 1992 Severn Suzuki of Canada addressed the United Nations on behalf of E.C.O. the Environmental Children's Organization. Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and Severn traveled 5,000 miles to implore the United Nations for change. Her voice is strong and eloquent.

Here's the original link.

The Daily Challenge, the official blog for Do-Gooders, has a good post and the video as well.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2009/10/16/3038/feed/ 0 End World Hunger a grain and a letter at a time at Free Rice http://www.riehlife.com/2007/12/17/end-world-hunger-a-grain-and-a-letter-at-a-time-at-free-rice/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/12/17/end-world-hunger-a-grain-and-a-letter-at-a-time-at-free-rice/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:13:43 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/12/17/end-world-hunger-a-grain-and-a-letter-at-a-time-at-free-rice/ Judy Tart writes: "Here for my wonky friends---play this vocabulary game and feed the hungry-- -have fun and help people at the same time."

I got above 1,000 grains of rice...44 vocab level...decided I'd better stop and put it on my blog.

For every word you get right, Free Rice donates 20 grains of rice through the United Nations to end world hunger. Click here.

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