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Disaster Relief in Haiti: challenges ahead for KIRF

We are communicating with people who just got back from Haiti and those who are still there. We know where to go on the island now. The challenge now is getting reliable transportation from the border of the Dominican Republic…

Angela Kirwin
January 28, 2010

Haiti

Earthquake relief in Haiti: Stage I and Stage II (KIRF)

We have been getting a lot of support for our relief efforts in Haiti. We are sincerely grateful for everyone’s help. KIRF’s Director and co-founder Mark Kirwin is coordinating a Stage II relief effort in Haiti that will distribute relief…

Angela Kirwin
January 15, 2010

Haiti

Earthquake Disaster Relief in Haiti

KIRF expresses its sincere condolences to all of those who were injured and lost, family and friends, because of tragic earthquake in Haiti this week. KIRF will be assisting new relief efforts in Haiti as it did after the Peruvian…

Angela Kirwin
January 14, 2010

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Understanding global warming: our atmosphere is like a bathtub about to overflow

Finally, I have found a cogent and easy to understand explanation of the process of global warming. It is in the article “The Carbon Bathtub” in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic. Explaining the issue of global warming in…

Angela Kirwin
November 17, 2009

India

WWF funded study: We have five years to switch to a global clean-energy industrial economy or it’s too late

The world has just five years to change to a low-carbon industrial economy before climate change goes past the point of no return according to scientists at Climate Risk, an environmental research firm known for its work for global insurance…

Angela Kirwin
October 20, 2009

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Climate Change is a social justice issue for developing countries

It’s about time for America to wake up and realized that climate change is affecting real people now. And, that climate change = more poverty, more hunger, higher food prices, & more war unless something is done. Now. Journalist Cara…

Angela Kirwin
October 19, 2009

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6 Fun Projects Kids Can Do To Help Stop Global Warming

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What can kids do to help stop global warming? How can busy parents respond to the climate change crises while juggling work and taking care of their kids? These are real concerns. And, global warming is a serious problem that…

Angela Kirwin
October 16, 2009

Heritage seeds as a sustainable solution to water scarcity, food scarcity & global warming

As a sustainability response to climate change and global warming, one strategy that you don’t hear about a lot is farming using heritage seeds. Heritage food plants are plants native to an area and that propagate naturally (as apposed to…

Angela Kirwin
September 4, 2009

Bioethics of Poverty or “Structural Violence”

The greatest bioethics issue of today is the existence of economic and social barriers to health and adequate medical care. In the United States, with the lack of universal healthcare, these barriers are growing with the poverty rate that has…

Angela Kirwin
June 8, 2009

India

Scientific explanations of helping others through altruistic behavior and why we started KIRF

I like helping people. I discovered this after I finished the Hawaiian Ironman World Championships and tore my Achilles tendon while training to qualify for next year’s race. During this time in my life, each day was designated as…

Angela Kirwin
June 1, 2009

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