http://momentscount.com The Moments Count Journal is a weekly Internet magazine bringing worldwide change through collaboration. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Moments Count is committed to the concept that every person has a purpose and a power to change the world. We work to create worldwide conversation. This diverse engagement energizes ideas and facilitates opportunities to take action to improve the world we all share. Visit us at http://MomentsCount.com/and tell us how you or someone you know is changing the world. The Moments Count Journal no The Moments Count Journal contactmc@momentscount.com contactmc@momentscount.com (The Moments Count Journal) Moments Count You Have Power and Purpose In Your World. moments count, brooke leigh sheldon, valli keller, positive change, create change, inspire http://momentscount.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/MCLogo_Tag2.jpg http://momentscount.com/topics/world/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9752/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9752/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:12 +0000 Chris Palmer http://momentscount.com/?p=9752 http://momentscount.com/archives/9752/feed/ 1 http://momentscount.com/archives/9707/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9707/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:00:12 +0000 Mark Fraser http://momentscount.com/?p=9707
Lately, I have been paying close attention to the details of the many species of Dragonfly that can be seen swarming on these long hot summer nights. They seem to be having a population boom as of late. I assume with the longer hotter weather lately there is more food for them, so that makes [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/9707/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9695/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9695/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:00:40 +0000 John W Strobel III http://momentscount.com/?p=9695 http://momentscount.com/archives/9695/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9492/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9492/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:30 +0000 Moments Count http://momentscount.com/?p=9492 http://momentscount.com/archives/9492/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9441/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9441/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:00:51 +0000 Moments Count http://momentscount.com/?p=9441
Video and article from NPR The U.N. estimates that the world's population passed the 7 billion mark on Monday, 10/31/2011. Much of that growth has happened in Asia — in India and China. Those two countries have been among the world's most populous for centuries. But a demographic shift is taking place as the countries [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/9441/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9403/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9403/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:25 +0000 Alexandra Wallace http://momentscount.com/?p=9403
I spent more than half of my September on the road this year, traveling from bright Las Vegas to dusty Arizona, through the stunning Mesa Verde, and through corn. So. Much. Corn. The main destination of this adventure was to see my grandmother Elizabeth, or Bette, as we all know her as, for her ninety-sixth [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/9403/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9397/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9397/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:00:35 +0000 Brooke Leigh Sheldon http://momentscount.com/?p=9397 http://momentscount.com/archives/9397/feed/ 4 http://momentscount.com/archives/9318/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9318/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:00:11 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=9318 http://momentscount.com/archives/9318/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9357/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9357/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:00:57 +0000 Moments Count http://momentscount.com/?p=9357
From A Place To Love Dogs Happier Days For those who have not seen this video from The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, it is a heartwarming story of an unusual bond between Tarra the elephant and her best friend Bella, who just happens to be a dog. The Sad Event Sadly, on Oct. 28th/2011 The [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/9357/feed/ 2 http://momentscount.com/archives/9052/ http://momentscount.com/archives/9052/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:32:07 +0000 Shoot 4 Change http://momentscount.com/?p=9052
A hydroelectric dam threatens ancient tradition of the Himba in Namibia. Click to see the entire photo gallery The history of the Himba, a nomadic ethnic group located in northern Namibia, known for the distinctive red ocher of their body, is a story of human tragedy.  Periods of severe drought took turns with armed attack [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/9052/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/8105/ http://momentscount.com/archives/8105/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:06:36 +0000 Brooke Leigh Sheldon http://momentscount.com/?p=8105
In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed him. Zainab knew this boy’s death was her call to action. ZCD Foundation is the profound purpose grown out of this shattering pain. In [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/8105/feed/ 0 educational development,social entrepreneurship,taking action,water scarcity,zcd update In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed him. - Zainab knew this boy’s death was her call to action. In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed him. (http://momentscount.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Zee_and_kids1.jpg)Zainab knew this boy’s death was her call to action. ZCD Foundation (http://www.zcdfoundation.org/) is the profound purpose grown out of this shattering pain. In less than two years, “Zee” Beckett, her friend Dallas Sisolack, and their ZCD Foundation’s commitment to the motto “Water is Life” has saved the lives of 14,000 people. Her farming, education and construction programs are empowering women and children and giving young people the safety and education they need to improve the future of Sierra Leone. (http://momentscount.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/zcd.jpg)From a humble beginning - one well - ZCD Foundation is now providing education and management for: * Agricultural production, processing and marketing (http://www.zcdfoundation.org/agriculturalprojects.html) * Educational development at the primary through the tertiary levels (http://www.zcdfoundation.org/educationprojects.html) to foster entrepreneurial skills among youths who might otherwise leave school early * Shelter construction and infrastructure development (http://www.zcdfoundation.org/shelterprojects.html) to foster entrepreneurial and trade skills * And of course, community water, sanitation, hygiene and health promotion (http://www.zcdfoundation.org/waterprojects.html). Brooke Leigh Sheldon no 18:40 http://momentscount.com/archives/7182/ http://momentscount.com/archives/7182/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:00:22 +0000 Brooke Leigh Sheldon http://momentscount.com/?p=7182
I had to stop her in mid-sentence. “What did you just say?” I asked, with the hint of a chuckle in my voice. “Clowns Without Borders! You know, like Doctors Without Borders!” my treasured friend Anastasia responded smiling, her bright, open, straight forward gaze, always letting me know any and every question is a welcomed [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/7182/feed/ 27 http://momentscount.com/archives/4705/ http://momentscount.com/archives/4705/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:50:03 +0000 Valli Keller http://momentscount.com/?p=4705
Never has the world seemed so completely united-in the form of communication, commerce, and culture-and so savagely torn apart-in the form of war, financial meltdown, global warming, and even the migration of diseases. No matter how much we put our minds to the task of meeting the challenges of a rapidly globalizing world, the human [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/4705/feed/ 2 http://momentscount.com/archives/4427/ http://momentscount.com/archives/4427/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:27:47 +0000 Thomas Norman DeWolf http://momentscount.com/?p=4427
"We stood in El Mina slave dungeon, on the Cape Coast of Ghana on a recent trip to West Africa, overwhelmed by despair, grief and rage. Without needing to verbalize it, we were both imagining what reaching this spot must have felt like for some long-ago, un-remembered African ancestor as she stood trembling on the [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/4427/feed/ 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/4280/ http://momentscount.com/archives/4280/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:16:15 +0000 Paresh Chandra Mangaraj http://momentscount.com/?p=4280
When I look back on the time I have spent in Facebook during the last 200 days in which I have been an active member, something very remarkable stands out in my experiences that I think fit to share among friends. First, Facebook shattered some beliefs and myths that I had long since held in [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/4280/feed/ 2 http://momentscount.com/archives/986/ http://momentscount.com/archives/986/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:53:50 +0000 Brooke Leigh Sheldon http://momentscount.com/?p=986
Zee Becket (3rd from left) In Gao, Sierra Leone   "Zee Becket Watched a CNN Special - And Changed 14,000 Lives" September 20, 2009 In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/986/feed/ 0 courageous,leadership,opportunity,social entrepreneurship,women,ZCD Foundation Zee Becket (3rd from left) In Gao, Sierra Leone   "Zee Becket Watched a CNN Special - And Changed 14,000 Lives" September 20, 2009 - In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. (http://momentscount.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Zee_and_kids1.jpg) Zee Becket (3rd from left) In Gao, Sierra Leone   "Zee Becket Watched a CNN Special - And Changed 14,000 Lives" (http://www.momentscount.com/Interviews/ZCDInterview.mp3) September 20, 2009 In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed him. Zainab knew this boy's death was her call to action. ZCD Foundation (http://www.zcdfoundation.org) is the profound purpose grown out of this shattering pain. In less than two years, "Zee" Beckett, her friend Dallas Sisolack, and their ZCD Foundation's commitment to the motto "Water is Life" has saved the lives of 14,000 people. Her farming, education and construction programs are empowering women and children and giving young people the safety and education they need to improve the future of Sierra Leone. Brooke Leigh Sheldon no http://momentscount.com/archives/2288/ http://momentscount.com/archives/2288/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 04:58:52 +0000 Brooke Leigh Sheldon http://momentscount.com/?p=2288
Months ago I stumbled across an organization on Facebook whose mission statement intrigued me. Common Ground News Service wrote it: "works to resolve conflicts by publishing articles that promote mutual understanding, opportunities for dialogue, and constructive criticism." This enlightened approach made my heart skip beats! I immediately immersed myself in the articles on its wall. [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/2288/feed/ 2 http://momentscount.com/archives/2266/ http://momentscount.com/archives/2266/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:01:23 +0000 Valli Keller http://momentscount.com/?p=2266 http://momentscount.com/archives/2266/feed/ 4 http://momentscount.com/archives/1984/ http://momentscount.com/archives/1984/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:35 +0000 Moments Count http://momentscount.com/?p=1984 http://momentscount.com/archives/1984/feed/ 2