tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80337579991975416922011-07-08T11:03:42.361-04:00Global Citizen KateA collection of musings on the state of the world and the importance of a personal and collective commitment to positive social impact.Global Citizen Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279981202787430089noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033757999197541692.post-25422085756014859562009-07-19T15:28:00.009-04:002011-05-20T17:54:21.015-04:00Star Power to the People“You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil.” – Rachel Bilson, ActressWhen I was in grade school, I spent many afternoons playing at my friend’s house in San Anselmo, CA. During my elementary era, San Anselmo was a quaint, unassuming type of town known mostly for the world’s best pizza parlor – Lo Coco’s (okay, maybe that’s just my distinction) – and Huey Lewis. The Newsman livedGlobal Citizen Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279981202787430089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033757999197541692.post-21095936344166780532009-06-01T18:04:00.019-04:002011-05-20T17:53:38.838-04:00Hope Is A Strategy“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.When I was in grade school in the mid-1980s, my parents took the family on a Christmas vacation to Guatemala. At the time, my uncle was living in Antigua in a lovely traditional casa complete with a tropical vine Global Citizen Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279981202787430089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033757999197541692.post-42632318928989144352009-05-29T16:48:00.009-04:002011-05-20T17:57:09.078-04:00Weeding for World Peace"Something wonderful happens when you plant a seed."- Dr. Wangari Maathai I am a green thumb, a seed woman, a grower, a horticulturalist …I am a gardener. It is no matter that my current palate is a meager four by six foot city balcony, my hand has been stamped and I’m in the club for good. Until recently, I never appreciated that what I deemed a diverting, dabbling hobby could Global Citizen Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279981202787430089noreply@blogger.com0