Week 4 Blog: Treehugger.com

Dear class,

The members of the Week 4 Group present to you treehugger.com. Founded in 2003 it is one of the most frequently read environmental blogs on any subject. It is dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream and covers everything environmental from green news to eco-design and green products. This blog also invites its readers to get involved by interacting in their surveys and forums and encourages readers to take action by reading their "how to go green" articles, for example.

We really like this blog because it focuses on environmental issues within a wide range of topics from business and politics to fashion and beauty so please browse through the articles until you find something that catches your eye. We would love to hear what you guys think!

Enjoy!

Arielle Cowie, Tyler Ranft, Ming Guan and YJ Chua.

Week 3 Blog: Change.org

Dear class,

As a representative of the Week 3 Group, I present to you our featured blog: change.org. This website was launched in February 2007 and today, it is more than just a blog. It has blogs related to many activist issues so you can pick which issue you would like to read about. It is also a free internet petition host site where users can take action on various issues. Used by thousands of activists around the world, change.org is one of the few major activist blogs supported by multinational organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International.

When on the website, feel free to comment on any entry on one of the numerous issues. That is the best part about the organization. You can choose which issue you want to participate in. Also, within each general cause such as environment or health, there are various issues that you can navigate to such as air pollution or cancer. The website uses rhetoric techniques and pushes for direct action as well.

Please enjoy this week's blog!

Rishab, Nia, Tim, and Tingting

Featured Blog: Feministing

Dear Class,

Welcome to the class blog! Here, we will discuss, analyze, criticize, and debate featured blogs about some form of activism--blogs that you pick.

In keeping with the course theme of activism, I have chosen the blog site www.feministing.com. This blog has been ranked, time and again, as one of the best blogs on issues of feminism in the new century. Between now and next Thursday, I look forward to reading your posts about this blog.

Remember: you are not focusing on "what" the blog says - though you will probably have to mention it briefly to provide your reader some context - instead, your posts should focus on "how" a blog entry or the blog site as a whole in rhetorically significant. Be sure to check out carmen for further prompts on how to write these entries.

Good Luck,
Nick White