Living Philanthropic – A Charitable Journey

by Global Patriot 10.21.2011

One of the 10 nominees for Volunteer of the Year at the 3rd Annual Classy Awards represented a different twist on the process of giving.  Instead of creating his own nonprofit, or just fundraising for one particular charity, Carlo Lorenzo Garcia decided to spend an entire year giving to charity, and do so by helping [...]

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Blog Action Day 2011 – Food

by Global Patriot 10.16.2011

Walk into any major supermarket in America or Europe and you’ll see food products, acres of them, as far as the eye can see.  From fresh fruits & vegetables to dairy products, bread, meat, seafood, and a wide range of both canned & frozen goods.  But in less developed parts of the world, it’s a [...]

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Community Garden = Instrument of Empowerment

by Global Patriot 10.11.2011

As we get older, we too often adopt the perception that we’re also wiser, and thus in a better position to positively effect the future of this planet, but if you’ve paid even the slightest bit of attention to the news lately, those of us who have been around a while are, to a large [...]

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The World Needs a Conversational Shift

by Global Patriot 10.09.2011

I had the good fortune to engage in a lengthy and thought provoking conversation with Mark Goodkin, publisher of Conversational Shift, on the topic of how society seems to have lost the ability to discuss issues of national and global importance.  Without this ability to exchange ideas, in a civilized fashion, we will be unable [...]

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PressPausePlay Film Goes Interactive

by Global Patriot 10.01.2011

I published a blog post about PressPausePlay back in May after viewing the film at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival, and if you read the post you know just how impressed I was with both the quality of the film and the insightful discussion of the topic at hand – how the digital age [...]

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Top Secret America: CAPs, SAPs, BIGOTS, the CIA

by Global Patriot 09.25.2011

We’re all aware that the world we live in has changed radically since 9-11, especially with regard to an expanding global intelligence community that is actively engaged in tracking terrorists and uncovering potential plots before they can ever be executed.  While virtually all countries have enhanced their anti-terrorism capability, no country has done so as [...]

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