Producer of Bell 8 Productions, documentary LA CHANA, Dance on Camera Festival (1994-2012)
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Deirdre Towers retweeted
Horrific. THOUSANDS of Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia - with many sent to re-education camps to replace their love of Ukraine with "a love of mother Russia"
@POTUS and @SecBlinken - Sanction the abductors. Bring Ukraine's Stolen Children home
Deirdre Towers retweeted
The #Kwakiutl First Nation has been calling for #OldGrowth logging deferrals for 10 months and no one from the BC gov has come to the table says David Mungo Knox, the Nation's hereditary Head Chief. Listen to the CBC radio interview here: ow.ly/8Mbt50F7KPY #BCpoli #UNDRIP
Deirdre Towers retweeted
Happy earth day...deirdretowers.medium.com/why…
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72,000 food workers have contracted COVID-19. OSHA is ignoring them. ow.ly/dGrZ30rjXMM
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Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak, Enchanted owl, 1960 stone cut print on paper #womensart
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"Meet Julia Butterfly Hill. She climbed a giant Redwood-280ft. She stayed up there alone for 2 years, in raging winter storms, surviving many challenges, physical & mental. She saved the whole forest. Never think that YOU a single person can not make a difference" @ hilltopgina
Deirdre Towers retweeted
In 1720 Marseille allowed a ship from plague-ridden Cyprus into port, under pressure from merchants who wanted the goods and didn’t want to wait for the usual quarantine. More than half the population of Marseille died in the next two years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_…
Deirdre Towers retweeted
A simple, human-scale solution that has a big impact, wash after wash. Find out why the Cora Ball, the world’s first microfibre-catching #laundry ball, is a MyGreenPod Hero #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #CoraBall @rainbow_brands bit.ly/2UANlYC
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Cora balls are trying to reduce the pollution of microplastics from the oceans. One of the several startups trying to reduce plastic pollution of the seas. bbc.com/news/business-461378…
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"The tragedies keep happening, while the one thing that we know can reduce the number and the death tolls of mass shootings has not been done," writes Bill Clinton bit.ly/2YzGUYI?utm_source=tw…
Deirdre Towers retweeted
Guess who’s not on a cell phone in this pic? Barbershop Books’ child-friendly reading space was designed specifically to get young boys reading.
Thanks @DaxHair for sponsoring a reading space at La formula barbershop in Patterson, NJ.
Deirdre Towers retweeted
#DYK: Money sent home by foreign workers to their home countries reached a record high of $529 billion in 2018 and dwarfed official development assistance. Learn more:
Deirdre Towers retweeted
Gmorning!
(Respira un momentito)
Approach your day with kindness
(It’s the last thing anyone’ll expect)
Save some for yourself
(You’ll never see it coming)
Deirdre Towers retweeted
This edible packaging grown from kombucha wants to replace #plastic:
Roza Janusz, a design student at the School of Form in Poznan, Poland, has created biodegradable packaging that can be grown (yes, grown) by modifying the process used to make kombucha. buff.ly/2BYr9j8
Deirdre Towers retweeted
Shout out to our partner @gogwr for their cool endeavor with @BioCellection to increase plastic recycling with innovative processes ♻️ #SanJose #circulareconomy #SiliconValley cnn.com/2018/03/09/world/mir…