The Soapbox is the place to share your opinion, have a rant, tell us what you think about the world, what you are concerned about, what’s frustrating you, what makes you go arghhhhhhh!!!
Email your rant to info@justfocus.org.nz (You just need to make sure it has a global focus, keep it under 300 words, make sure you get your facts straight and use proper English, i.e. no text language.)
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Dozens of NGOs joined together during the economic crisis and came up with a simple yet brilliant idea – create a tiny tax on bankers that would raise billions of pounds to tackle poverty and climate change, in the UK and abroad.
Recently, controversy arose in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia after Trevor Dal Broi, a local pharmacist, stated that he would refuse to dispense the contraceptive pill at his privately-owned business, East Griffith Pharmacy.
Wellington Youth Climate Forum
A bunch of secondary school students from Wellington spent the weekend learning about climate change and how best to deal with it. Check out how they engaged Nick Smith, Minister of Climate Change Issues!
Something’s missing amidst all the discussion of the most pressing environmental problems of the times…
In August 2009, a group of young people from around Aotearoa NZ got together in Wellington and created a Digital story to express their hopes and feelings around Diversity in NZ. This is their story.
