February 18, 2012 – 9:02 am
My favorite link this week is from a journalist writing about the solace she finds in food while working far from home, in Afghanistan. “As I stood in the morning light in my grimy Kabul kitchen, the hot coffee made me feel almost at home,” she writes, evoking my own memories of the very same [...]
February 10, 2012 – 9:24 pm
Activism in a ‘Post-Occupy’ World There are some great ideas in this article on activism and social change in a “post-occupy” world. Including this gem (which I would love to see go viral, if anyone has any idea about how to make that happen): “…every time you find yourself grousing: “Why isn’t someone doing X, [...]
February 3, 2012 – 12:59 pm
Psychology of aid It seems Alessandra Pigni and I are of one mind. In this short feature on Channel Four she talks about why ‘changing the world starts from within’, and acknowledges that as an aid worker, ’I come here with my wounds as well, and my issues and my problems’ Story-telling and aid I love [...]
January 20, 2012 – 11:47 am
1. I made a book! (Wait, did I already tell you about this?) The first (VERY) good thing this week is that my book is available for sneaky-sneaky pre-launch preview. It won’t actually be official launched until the end of February. But if you are in the know (which you obviously are, since you are [...]
January 11, 2012 – 1:18 pm
I think I may take a leaf out of my friend Susannah’s book and generally post my round of links on Friday so you can click through them at your leisure over the weekend. But this week I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out on a few time-sensitive things, so I’m sharing this [...]
