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There are 9 million children on this planet who are refugees. Of the 6 billion people alive on Earth today, 2.1 billion of them are children. If you can't do the maths, by our calculations that means that 0.4% of the world's children - or nearly one in every 200 - are refugees.
In an attempt to do our part to help combat this problem, Hippyshopper is taking part in Click4theCause, a collaboration between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Microsoft.
For every web search made using Click4theCause, Microsoft will donate money to the ninemillion.org campaign, which provides refugee children with education and sports programmes.
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Events and happenings
Well folks, it's all happened: online aliases have been put to faces, deserving winners have woken up clutching their trophies, and we're nursing our hangovers with double-strength fairtrade coffee. Yes, the 2007 Shiny Awards are done and dusted, and I'm happy to report there was a strong ethical focus to the whole shebang.
As a young, forward-looking kinda company, responsible living has been a fundamental part of Shiny's ethos from the start, so the winners of Green Gadget of the Year were chosen carefully by the team. For newer readers, this is the prize that was scooped last year by the very cyber-punk Voltaic Systems solar powered backpack. And in a year that's seen ethical consumerism take up residence firmly in the mainstream, there was more competition than ever...
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Announcements
The Shiny boys’ tuxes are back from the dry cleaners, while the girls are fending off calls from major Italian fashion houses.
Yep the awards season is on its way. And up there with the Globes, the Oscars and the south Suffolk Marrow growers' Vegathon is the annual Shiny awards.
Each year Team Shiny, in conjunction with a crack posse of gadget know-it-alls from The Sun, Guardian, Q etc get together to vote for the best and worst gadgets of the year.
Among the categories are serious stuff like Green Gadget, Best Smartphone and Web 2.0 innovation as well as a few more entertaining contests which we’ll let you know about very soon.
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Announcements
Welcome to the first Carnival of the Green for 2007, and being the first one in three weeks, it's triple packed. Up top we've got word from Carnival founder and Hippyshopper emeritus Al Tepper, who was tapped to write Blogbridge's 'Green Planet' expert topic guide. His list, in alphabetical order: Eco Worrier from Times Online, ecorazzi, Greenpeace, Gristmill from Grist, Hippyshopper (!), Joel Makower, RealClimate, The Oil Drum, Treehugger and WorldChanging. Wow. That's amazing company to be in and thanks are due from me and (again, alphabetically) John, Katie, Ken and Sarah. Now, on with the carnival!
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Announcements
Seventh Generation and TreeHugger have put out a call for entries for Convenient Truths: a green video contest.
Videos should show easy, practical and creative ways of reducing your own carbon emissions in everyday life and be between one and two minutes long.
You've got until the end of February to get yours in and there is nearly $30,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. So beg, borrow or steal* a camcorder and have at it.
*Not really. That would be bad.
Related: A Year of Living Generously
Announcements
We're looking for more writers for Hippyshopper, so if you're interested get in touch! We need someone who can post a couple of times a day (5 days a week) about green issues, products, reviews and news. We're after someone who is based in the UK, ideally near London, so that you can attend product launches and press annoucements. There's potential for this job to grow as Shiny Media is currently expanding at a rapid rate, and if you'd also like to write for any of our other sites, make sure you let us know.
If you're interested in writing for us, please send over an email telling us about yourself along with a few sample posts for Hippyshopper. Emails should be sent to me (Katie) at editor[at]shinyshiny.tv
I look forward to hearing from you!
Announcements
BRANDISH, Shiny Media's new site for men dedicated to The Coolest Stuff in the World is now live and kicking, so check it out and spread the word. It'll feature must-have gadgets,
fashion that won't make you look like a metrosexual arse, illegally
fast cars, fine Cuban cigars, Japanese robots, that sort of thing.
Shiny People
There are 9 million children on this planet who are refugees. Of the 6 billion people alive on Earth today, 2.1 billion of them are children. If you can't do the maths, by our calculations that means that 0.4% of the world's children - or nearly one in every 200 - are refugees.
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