When the worst earthquake in Japan’s history and the subsequent tsunami knocked out all power in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, editors at the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, the city’s daily newspaper, printed news of the disaster the only way they could: by pen and paper.
Newseum Acquires Hand-Written Newspapers Chronicling Japan Earthquake : NPR
Papercrane/hope in Boboli gardens, Florence
Whether it´s to hold charity events or fundraisings to pass donations further to organisations like the red cross, amnesty etc, helping a someone in need or just making people aware of how we treat animals or nature, you make difference. If you´r already involved in an issue and you support anyone or anything in any way, keep up the good work! If you need some more information about what is really happening in the world, in order to be able to make a plan of what is possible to do for helping, there are websites to check out:
The feeling of standing on a board is nothing but absolutely crazyfun, fun, fun and this fantastic organisation created Afghanistan´s first skateboardingschool. Skateistan strives to tell a positive story about Afghan youth, using global media platforms to send a message of hope, unity and peace. You have to check this site out, I can just imagine what difference this makes for the young people of a suffering country. Buy cool stuff in their shop!
Ok, that was about Skateistan, tomorrow I will give you more advice where to go…
Go, give some love today, baby.
Here is my donation box for the event One Night For Japan. It is already falling apart, as you can see, but I guess that shows that its very, very handmade :)
After waking up this morning I read some news on the net and found something interresting at reuters.com. According to the newssite the nuclear crisis in Japan is slowly stabilizing. Now the country must focus on repairing the damage wrought by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast coast a month ago, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said.
The operator of Japan´s tsunamidamaged nuclear power plant, Electric Power Co, announced on Wednesday that preparing plans for compensation to everyone affected by the crisis has begun. Although nothing special has been decided.
To me it sounds like good news. Have a nice day you all
E
After the earthquake that struck the coast of Japan March 11th 2011 the almost 10 m high tsunami swept over cities and farmlands of the northern parts the country. People missing, people who lost their homes, people who died. As this wasnt enough Japan had to face the worst nuclear emergency since Tjernobyl. As a project in school we had the chance to get our opinion out creating a poster, about the source of energy that nobody wants next to where they live. I´m proud of being against nuclear power.
The nuclear accident in Fukushima is not the worst ever, but the most complicated. The earthquake triggered three active reactors to shut down. The subsequent tsunami damaged the grid connection and flooded the station’s backup diesel generators, causing a station blackout. The subsequent lack of cooling led to explosions and partial meltdowns at the Fukushima I facility, with problems at all six reactor units and the central spent fuel pool.
At the time of the quake, reactors 4, 5 and 6 had been idled for planned maintenance. The remaining reactors were shut down automatically after the earthquake, and emergency generators were started to run the water pumps needed to cool them…
As complicated it is to read about and understand, it leaves a bad aftertaste. The whole nuclear power thing.
Let´s go green. Totally green. Keep on voting for wind, water, solar resources of power. Renewable energy from nature!
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Stabilo pencils art. no 88/46 :) love E
A little symbol of hope is what can make difficulties less heavy. Details of color and nature can help bring some joy in sad times.
Photo: me in Boboli gardens, Florence
Something to think about. Manami´s words.
Photo: me in apartment, Florence
