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Circumspect Web Series: Earth Hour + The Next Big Thing



Earth Hour took place today (Sat. March 28 09) from 8:30pm-9:30pm ET all over the globe. Check out a CNN article at http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/earth.hour/index.html . The world is beginning to think green more in all areas of life. What are developing countries doing? African countries? It's the next big thing!!


Here's the first video about the Circumspect Web Series. I'll do more work on it Summer '09 Inshallah.

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  1. MagdalenaMon Apr 06, 05:46:00 AM GMT

    great idea, Jemila! love the video casts

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  2. FafMon Jun 15, 11:00:00 AM GMT

    reminds me of watching GBC Tv from back in the day on my dad's old black and white sony box.

    You couldnt hea what they were saying half the time unless you stood close to the box and held the rabbit ears...

    except my laptop has no bunny ears :-(

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  3. Jemila AbdulaiSat Aug 01, 03:04:00 PM GMT

    @Faf, in due time there'll be an upgrade. But in the meantime I guess we all have to make do :)

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