by Lisa Steyn, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - Rather than contributing to further waste, freegans aim to curtail garbage and pollution by reclaiming and...
by Rebecca Burns, In These Times, USA - As President Obama hailed the “extraordinary achievement” of U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq in December, continuing protests...
by Robin Niblett and Claire Spencer, InDepthNews, Canada - The Mediterranean stands as a dividing line between a prosperous Europe and a poor North Africa...
by Kristen Allen, Der Spiegel, Germany - An award-winning new German film takes an unexpected look at the problem of far-right extremism, following the fictional...
by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone, USA - In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides,...
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I love these projects.
www.kids-with-cameras.org was born out of a similar initiative and was documented in the Oscar winning film, Born Into Brothels.
Seeing the world through a child's lens is always somewhat of a pleasant shock to me because our society is so used to disregarding the wisdom inherent in children's perspectives. Unfettered by all the information and choices that adults must grapple with, and often just for basic survival, children offer a perspective and voice that we should all be celebrating.
Posted by Sarah | February 27, 2008 10:16 AM