We stayed right near the The Independence Temple, headquarters of the Community of Christ. It’s a beautiful peace of architecture.
After that, I spent a lot of time reading about Joseph Smith, Jr., the Latter-day Saint prophet.
Independence was also home to Harry S. Truman.
Lots to learn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence,_Missouri
... Like a short drive north in the summer will usually result in late-night skinny dipping under the northern lights.
My colleagues are bring Ralf Nader to Toronto to speak on October 28th…
http://www.the215.ca/events/nader/
http://upcoming.org/event/37392
!!Ralph Nader in Toronto!!
“Innovative Solutions for our Survival: Connecting Climate Change with
Social Justice.”
October 28, 8:30 PM
Ryerson Theatre (43 Gerrard St. East, Toronto)
On the heels of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, with gas prices over a dollar
and Toronto billowing in record days of smog, hear Ralph Nader discuss:
address other social problems
* How Canada can the lead the way at next month’s Global
Climate Change Summit in Montreal
* How innovative solutions to our social and environmental
challenges are emerging right here in Canada
Got my done at http://www.urbanprimitive.com
Can’t wait to do another one!
Greenpeace is looking for a new a t-shirt design with the acronym ‘FUKC’ that needs to be accompanied somewhere on the t-shirt by the saying explicitly “Forget Using Kimberly-Clark”.
If you want to know more and participate join the Kleercut group here on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/kleercut
They said: “Feel free to be creative with the letter or adding in easily printable images (like toilet rolls or trees). Make sure that the final product is something that you or someone equally hip would wear.”
The closing date of the competition is 15th November.
The prize is getting your design profiled on a Greenpeace t-shirt and 10 free t-shirts for you and your friends!
They’ve uploaded a couple of examples here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gillo/52120742/in/pool-kleercut/
