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2007/07/31 02:30 41 (GMT) Think the Earth Project@Tokyo

How much is a life worth? Human Trafficking in Japan and the World
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2007/05/02 17:05 15 (GMT) PolarisProject@Tokyo, Shibuya

Yukon News and New Business
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2006/11/14 19:26 28 (GMT) Dave Simpson@Setagaya ku Tokyo

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2006/06/12 02:19 45 (GMT) Dave Simpson@Setagaya, Tokyo Japan

yukon Native Visit to Japan
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2006/06/12 02:14 04 (GMT) Dave Simpson@Setagaya ,Tokyo Japan

Homes for tsunami victims
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2005/07/15 22:52 19 (GMT) David Edwards@1202 allen ave erie co 80516

student
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2005/06/09 19:58 56 (GMT) paul j blattner@slc,utah, 84105

Part-Time Temporary "Green" research work
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2005/05/16 21:05 27 (GMT) Anthony Branch@14 Las Uvas Court, Sacramento, CA 95833

How about a stand?
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2003/05/30 17:26 53 (GMT) William Kirwan@75 wea c-6e ny ny 10023

Our bit of Social responsibility
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2003/04/16 04:58 46 (GMT) mel@Sydney

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2003/04/05 12:20 45 (GMT) mel@Sydney

WAR...
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2003/04/04 01:01 18 (GMT) tsunke@Kyoto

Don't Shoot!
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2003/03/16 03:42 08 (GMT) beepang@HONG KONG

How can I do to stop this happen??
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2002/12/06 16:45 22 (GMT) beepang@Aberdeen, HongKong

the mammals in the zoo will be moved...
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2002/07/09 04:16 53 (GMT) beepang@Aberdeen

set the conscious free!
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2001/12/05 01:55 50 (GMT) beepang@Aberdeen, Hong Kong

START THINKING!
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2001/05/22 09:53 49 (GMT) Andreas Rasche@currently in Sweden

We are building a house for 162 Nepalese homeless children.
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2001/05/09 05:53 51 (GMT) MIAKI@Tokyo

Break Up!
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2001/04/25 13:54 37 (GMT) John Walker@AK, USA


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mel@Sydney's Earth News

Our bit of Social responsibility
2003/04/16 04:58 46 (GMT)

Sometimes when I'm asked to draw up and spend hours on how to create the 'slick' and 'perfect' edge detail of a piece of joinery I always wonder why are they/ why am I spending so much time with unneccesary details when there are obviously more important things happening with the rest of the world that needs to be adressed. Why spend countless hours searching for the perfect designer lounge to suit the carpet colour of a new bachelor apartment when millions of refugees are desperate for temporary shelter to be thought of and constructed. Mind you, I get excited to work on any type of projects , but I want to do my bit of social responsibility. I'm about to graduate this year from Interior design, but have started working full time since the beginning of the year, though I've been working part time since about 3 years ago. Any suggestions on how and where we as a designer could contribute our skills to the social side of things? Check out the website below dedicated to the late Tibor kalman!!!


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donate a part of your time? work with symbols?
2007/05/20 23:44 52 (GMT) Peter Matthews@Kyoto

One way is to donate a part of your professional time, as a designer, to helping any social/environmental efforts that catch your own interest. Your contribution as a designer might be worth a lot more than any direct financial donation. Another way is to try and incorporate a variety of symbols of your concerns into designs. When you become confident with a particular symbol, then you can start working with it more intensively... I guess this is how many artists work.