Tag: Japan
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
Scientific and Humanitarian Lessons from The Haiti and Japan Earthquakes
Our friends (and partners) at OMSI have piqued our collective Red Cross interest again with February 22nd’s Science Pub Portland topic! “Scientific and Humanitarian Lessons from The Haiti and Japan […]
Earthquake Fish
Throw it Back! (http://ht.ly/6pwLu) Here at the Red Cross we’ve always been interested in Busting Myths but today, I’m just interested in some excellent, highly cultural myths to sink my […]
Time To Drink And Donate!
Let’s talk drinking and donating for a minute. Here’s a simple chart: Water + Donating Blood = Good Alcohol + Donating Blood = Bad Soda + Donating Change = Awesome […]
Personal Messages From Japan
This was brought to my attention by @ChrisRotvik, who has been doing some volunteer work with the Red Cross. The video comes from the Twitter blog, where they shared the […]
Fashion Icons, Celebrities Create Tees For Japan
In support of the ‘Save Japan’ campaign, Japanese fashion and clothing line Uniqlo is partnering with Condé Nast Group (publisher of Vogue and GQ, amongst others) to help raise funds […]
MEGAQUAKE: HOUR THAT SHOOK JAPAN
March 11, 2011 is a day many of us will never forget. On this date a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sendai, Japan followed by a powerful tsunami that resulted in […]
Prints Of The Taishô Earthquake
In 1924, the Japanese publisher Hoshino Seki issued a set of thirty-six prints depicting scenes from the aftermath of the September 1, 1923 great Tokyo earthquake. He commissioned six artists […]
Show Your “Green” at the Red Cross!
Fútbol fans! The Portland Timbers, in their inaugural MLS season, continue their partnership with the Red Cross through a Timbers blood drive event and sale of a limited edition t-shirt! […]