E-Card Extravaganza!

TakingItGlobal is launching a new, re-vamped e-Card section! The e-card page has been given a fun new design, along with some great new features: You can now create and send e-cards in multiple languages. Also the new e-card page will store any e-cards you've received, as well as ones you've sent. And the new e-card page will keep track of the most frequently sent e-cards, so you can see the most popular designs. In celebration of this momentous occasion we are having an e-Card contest!

We will be giving a wireless optical mouse as a prize for the 3 members whose e-card design submissions are the most popular on our site this month. Be sure and check out the new e-card page, while you're there you can submit your own design for the contest, and send it to your friends!

https://www.tigweb.org/connections/ecards/

Consumerism and Pollution

Sometimes we buy new goods without paying attention to whether we really need them or not. We don't look at how long they might last, which country they come from or the environmental consequences of manufacturing these goods and how they are disposed. Creating new goods means new factories that need to be built whose operations can create many things that are harmful to our environment. See how other TIG members express artistically what "Consumerism and Pollution" means to them.

Submit your artwork to this collection. Don't forget to select "Consumerism and Pollution" in the "Add to Collection" dropdown.

What Are Your Thoughts on Child Labour?

More than 200 million children in the world today are involved in child labour, doing work that is damaging to his or her mental, physical and emotional development. Children work because their survival and that of their families depend on it. Child labour persists even where it has been declared illegal. For this issue of Panorama we ask you to submit articles related to topic of Child Labour. Here are some ideas you might like to think about:

1. Employing a child in hazardous conditions is worse than employing an adult in hazardous conditions. Do you agree?
2. In places where child labour exists, should children be paid the same as adults?
3. Much of the food and drink we consume is produced by child labour in agriculture. What are your thoughts on this?

Please feel free to submit articles on any other ideas you might think of.

Submit your opinions

New Country Sites

Have you noticed the new country site images? Over the past several months one of our designers has been working very hard to create images that reflect a country's culture and history for each of the countries and territories listed on TakingITGlobal. That's over 250 images! Check out some of the designer's favourites and feel free to give your feedback.

Visit other country sites by clicking on the map in our "Explore the World" section.

Our designer's top 3 favourite country site images: Japan, Malaysia, and United States.

Featured Country: Jordan

Jordan, is an Arab country located in the heart of the Middle East. In the month of May TakingITGlobal co-hosted an Open Forum on "Youth and Political Participation" in cooperation with the National Forum for Youth and Culture- Jordan Youth and Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Around 65 active Jordanian youth participated in this event to discuss the issue of political participation with a focus on key challenges and solutions.

Visit the Jordan country site: http://jordan.tigweb.org

See more details about the Open Forum.

Read articles about TIG featured in Jordanian newsletters and newspapers.

Wrap Up

Your interest, support and involvement with TakingITGlobal helps our community to grow and encourage more young people to become inspired, informed and involved everyday! In being a member of TakingITGlobal, you are part of a community that is 140,000 strong coming from over 250 countries and territories. Thank you for having a vision of positive change. Your work makes a difference!

In friendship,

The TakingITGlobal Team