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Observations of a Volunteer Mediator at Climate Change Talks in Bonn

31 May – Day 1 This is May 31. I am now here in Bonn after quite a journey getting here through the trains, etc. Wonderful country, Germany. Four hours of sleep, just ran a wonderful hill getting ready…physically and…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2021

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Aid Work Jobs: So you want to a paid teaching job

A friend of mine asked if I knew of any aid work jobs. She is an unemployed teacher with years of experience but since she moved recently to a new school district she did not have tenure and a protected…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2021

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Observations at the latest climate change conference: Re-caps from Bonn

This is a draft of Mark Kirwin’s observations of the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. KIRF Co-Founder Mark Kirwin, is using his experience as a professional attorney mediator to help promote mediation as an effective mechanism for finding agreement…

Angela Kirwin
July 23, 2010

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Our “KIRF Work”: Disaster relief that is small-scale but effective

Mark Kirwin driving through Port-Au-Prince. Photo: CJ Paone We started our small foundation KIRF (short for “Kirwin International Relief Foundation”) in January 2005 after we returned home after surviving the tsunami disaster in southern Thailand with our children. Since then…

Angela Kirwin
July 23, 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

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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

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KIRF gets media coverage in Ventura County Star “Ventura family fulfilling needs worldwide”

KIRF got some publicity yesterday (finally!). Journalist Alicia Doyle wrote a nice full page article about our “KIRF work” that was published in the Communities section of the Ventura County Star newspaper. The article wrote about our “client-driven/ informal aid…

Angela Kirwin
February 19, 2009
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quote for the day re: helping others

“It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.” by HH Dalai Lama (from the…

Angela Kirwin
August 6, 2008

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