Archive for the “Society” category
In Defense of… Orange County?
by Roz on June 11, 2009
I never thought I’d be writing something like this, and from the title already it sounds as if I were contradicting myself: Am I here, really defending the town I so much detested?! Yes, in a way, I am. This (…)
Amazon Watch: Chevron’s “Rainforest Chernobyl”, “Time-Released Genocide”
by Roz on June 4, 2009
Coincidentally, tomorrow (June 5) is World Environmental Day 2009… Amazon Watch is an organization that came to speak at one of my club BEACN‘s events and showed us a documentary a few months ago about the Chevron-Texaco mess in Ecuador (…)
Berkeley Hunger & Homelessness Conference 2009
by Roz on April 7, 2009
The Berkeley Hunger & Homelessness Conference 2009 is an event that I’ve been working to put on, along with other student organizations on campus, for a while now. Although I must admit that throughout the planning process I was never (…)
Twenty-one years old as of May 22nd. Attends the University of California, Berkeley. Works hard. Sometimes takes life way too seriously but is beginning to accept life as it is. Thinks too much. Loves music. The color yellow. Enjoys political discussion and involvement in world issues. Liberal. Interested in sustainability, green business, social business & entrepreneurship, and Web 2.0.