Environmental Graffiti

Poverty Forces These Children to Sleep in the Strangest Places

What to some may seem like a disgusting place that one hastens to pass is a suitable sleeping place for others. Drainage pipes, train stations, garbage bins, house entrances and really any little ledge not claimed by anyone else are turned into makeshift beds by millions of homeless children every night.

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Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums

One billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – now live in slums, and it is predicted that the number of slum dwellers will double within the next quarter of a century. Such statistics are as staggering as they are sobering. Yet beneath the shacks and lean-tos of corrugated metal, plywood and plastic sheets, communities thrive and individuals meet the daily challenges their lives throw up at them.

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Why I’m Green with a Capital ‘G’

Sometimes people ask, “Why are you running for the Green Party of Canada? They’ll never win.” Well, sometimes it’s not about winning. It’s about doing what’s right. If you are true to your values, and your values are good, then sooner or later

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