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It was a food day (sorry Ice Cube)

All Ice Cube puns aside, October 15th and 16th 2011 will certainly go down as the days the voices of the people were amplified. As I work in development, I’ve been really engaged with World Food Day this year. Even …
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16. October 2011 by The Geecologist
Categories: Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies | Tags: activism, BAD11, Occupy, OccupyLSX, OccupyWallStreet, OWS, protest, World Food Day | 2 comments

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  • ActionAid My favourite charity
  • London Mining Network The London Mining Network is a coalition working to expose the environmental damage and human rights abuses committed by mining companies based in London
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  • No More Bad News This is the blog accompanying a New Media & Tech course I’m teaching at the University of Arts London (London College of Communications)
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  • Stop Climate Chaos Coalition The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition is the UK largest climate change campaigning coalition

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  • Googledigook Sam’s web copy roflcopter outlet
  • Hazy's Green Blog The ever-lovely Hazy’s blog about environmental campaigning and all things green
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  • Laura's blog Lovely Laura’s blog about her life in Oxford
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  • Behance Great network of designers sharing recent projects
  • But Does It Float Great site to browse in quiet moments for inspiration
  • CoDesign Loads of design inspiration
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  • Ffffound Brilliant image sharing site (still looking for my invite… *hint*)
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  • Jason Munn Poster designer for many bands
  • Justin Santora Superb screenprinting skills
  • Matthew Lyons' blog Beautiful design from Matthew Lyons
  • Mix Online Community site for web designers
  • Patent Pending Industries These fellas are pretty handy with gig posters
  • Smashing Magazine Like the ‘Viz’ of web design magazines, everyone claims they remember when it used to be really good, but it’s always pretty good…
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  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped Design ideas, across all mediums
  • The Bird Machine Jay Ryan’s main outlet on the web – aka the god of screenprinting
  • The Heads of State Great illustrations and posters site
  • This Isn't Happiness Some great images for inspiration