Julie Schwietert
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Julie Schwietert is the managing editor of Matador Network. She contributed a chapter to the recently published book, The Voluntary Traveler, and is currently working on five features for Fodor's Puerto Rico, 6th Edition.
Posts by Julie Schwietert:
- Nat Geo’s Garbage Moguls 16 Mar 2010
- Sierra Club accepting applications for “Best Internship on Earth” 12 Mar 2010
- Google’s PowerMeter calculates your energy use 12 Mar 2010
- How to Fund Your Start Up Org 11 Mar 2010
- How Technology Might Save Endangered Species 10 Mar 2010
- Quick-n-dirty guide to North Korea 07 Mar 2010
- Best Buy wants you to recycle electronics 02 Mar 2010
- Photo Essay: Chile After the Quake 01 Mar 2010
- Google’s Person Finder App Helps in Chile Quake Aftermath 27 Feb 2010
- Olympic athletes champion philanthropy 20 Feb 2010
- “Reporter,” documentary about NY Times journo Nick Kristof, debuts tonight 18 Feb 2010
- 6 Inspiring TED Talks About the Environment 17 Feb 2010
- 6 iTunesU pod/videocasts to help you understand the world better 11 Feb 2010
- BREAKING NEWS: United States Pushes Partners to Cancel Haiti’s Debt 05 Feb 2010
- #FollowFriday: Essential tweeps to follow for info about #Haiti 05 Feb 2010
- Tracing oil profits: Oxfam asks, “Where does all the money go?” 04 Feb 2010
- 3 Ways to Learn More About Haiti 03 Feb 2010
- 109 Ways to Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles for Good: The Americas Edition 02 Feb 2010
- 5 Things You Can Do to Help Free the Hikers 02 Feb 2010
- 10,000 tents for Haiti 01 Feb 2010
- Gates Foundation pledges $10 billion to world vaccine project 31 Jan 2010
- From the Editor: Notes on organizing Matador’s Haiti relief effort 28 Jan 2010
- Helping Haiti: An on the ground report from Mai Alyschild, RN 28 Jan 2010
- 5 Reasons Why Last Week’s Supreme Court Decision Means The End of Democracy As We Know It 27 Jan 2010
- Sundance debut doc confirms small acts make a big difference 26 Jan 2010
- Matador contributor organizes Haiti fundraiser in Chicago 26 Jan 2010
- #MusicMonday: The Internet’s most inspirational music videos 25 Jan 2010
- How to Get Disaster Response Training: 5 FREE Resources 22 Jan 2010
- Chevron appoints new CEO: Will he lead the way in cleaning up the company? 21 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Project Update: Afternoon 1/20/10 20 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Project: Morning Update 1/17/10 16 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Project: Evening Update 1/15/10 15 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Project: Evening Update 1/14/10 14 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Project: Morning Update 1/14/10 14 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Project: Evening Update, 1/13/10 13 Jan 2010
- Haiti Earthquake Update: Donations List 13 Jan 2010
- Haiti Volunteer Trip: We Asked, You (All 250+ of You!) Reached Out 13 Jan 2010
- What You Can Do to Help Haiti [UPDATED] 12 Jan 2010
- Sudan peace process in precarious position 11 Jan 2010
- Couple to pay for wedding by recycling cans 08 Jan 2010
- From the Editor: How Twitter helped me care about the Burj 06 Jan 2010
- Ugandan Minister of Ethics & Integrity to Gays: “Forget about human rights.” 05 Jan 2010
- Celebs plan Kilimanjaro cake walk to raise money for clean water 04 Jan 2010
- Photo Essay: Is there a green lining in the economic cloud? 04 Jan 2010
- From the Editor: “It’s about changing the dream.” 01 Jan 2010
- Photo Essay: The Booming Business of Wildlife Trafficking 22 Dec 2009
- St. Thomas By the Numbers 18 Dec 2009
- From the Editor: What’s a writer like me doing at a Marriott with #blogparadise? 17 Dec 2009
- It’s a bad time to be an iceberg. 15 Dec 2009
- Death Row inmate’s final words: Reason to rethink the death penalty 14 Dec 2009
- Hanukkah can be green, too! 12 Dec 2009
- The Facts About Bottled Water [INFOGRAPHIC] 10 Dec 2009
- From the Editor: What We Can Learn From Bhopal 04 Dec 2009
- Travel bloggers leverage Twitter power for holiday charity drives 03 Dec 2009
- How to Rehab Your Laptop’s Battery 30 Nov 2009
- San Fran Strip Club Puts New Spin on Toys for Tots 27 Nov 2009
- What does one page of a UN report cost? 23 Nov 2009
- Does a “Make Wealth History” campaign make any sense? 16 Nov 2009
- Spanish Wind Farm Generates Too Much Energy 11 Nov 2009
- A hashtag for honeybees 10 Nov 2009
- Should travel writers care about their environmental impact? 10 Nov 2009
- 10 Ways to Reuse Wine Bottles 09 Nov 2009
- 5 MORE Ways You Can Help Your College Go Green 07 Nov 2009
- 5 Ways You Can Help Your College Go Green 06 Nov 2009
- Is climate change a religion? 05 Nov 2009
- “The only way to save our reefs is to freeze them.” 05 Nov 2009
- If the government won’t help New Orleans, Dave Eggers will. 04 Nov 2009
- Obama, Gates Team Up to Create “World Online Peace Corps” 04 Nov 2009
- NYC elections are tomorrow. Should I rock the vote? 02 Nov 2009
- Sitting Beneath the Buddha with Barbara Bush 29 Oct 2009
- Paulo Coelho on Political Correctness 26 Oct 2009
- Dear Justice of the Peace Bardwell: An Open Letter Against Institutionalized Racism 20 Oct 2009
- From the Editor: Come, sit around the campfire. 18 Oct 2009
- Climate Change Seen Firsthand 15 Oct 2009
- Care about the climate? Got a blog? 11 Oct 2009
- Green to the Extreme? 09 Oct 2009
- If you’re gonna ask for change, can you at least learn to spell? 07 Oct 2009
- Photo Essay: Going Inside Brazil’s Prisons 29 Sep 2009
- “Amazing Race”? That’s for punks. THIS is an amazing race. 20 Sep 2009
- 10 Steps Hotels Can Take to Go Greener 17 Sep 2009
- Will 30 Days on Jet Blue Help a School in Zambia? 16 Sep 2009
- Is Holier-Than-Thouism the Biggest Obstacle We Face in Creating Change? 10 Sep 2009
- Steal This Idea: Give Away Your Creations 04 Sep 2009
- Wipe Out: World’s Most Vulnerable Coastal Cities 02 Sep 2009
- Chris Jordan Gets Ready to Visit the Pacific Garbage Patch 01 Sep 2009
- Plastic Bans on Uptick Around the World 26 Aug 2009
- From the Editor: Dream Big! 24 Aug 2009
- La Caminata: Mexico’s Immigrant Immersion Tour 21 Aug 2009
- New Media & Youth Action Conference Planned for New York City 20 Aug 2009
- No Impact Man: Admirable Experiment or Extreme Environmentalism? 17 Aug 2009
- Steal This Idea!: Rooftop Films 16 Aug 2009
- Man runs 500 miles in effort to end global slavery 13 Aug 2009
- Digital Divide Getting Smaller? 12 Aug 2009
- Choose Africa’s Next Changemakers! 12 Aug 2009
- Cash for Clunkers, German Style 09 Aug 2009
- Laugh Your Way to Social Consciousness 04 Aug 2009
- Five for Friday: July 31 Edition 03 Aug 2009
- Bolivia to Become World Battery Capital? 27 Jul 2009
- Five for Friday: July 24 Edition 24 Jul 2009
- Drinking Craft Beer is Good for the Environment! 20 Jul 2009
- Intolerable Beauty: Chris Jordan Photographs American Mass Consumption 15 Jul 2009
- A “Whites-Only” Pool in 2009? 13 Jul 2009
- Mandela Day Scheduled for July 18 12 Jul 2009
- New York Philharmonic to Perform in Cuba? 10 Jul 2009
- Five for Friday: July 10 Edition 10 Jul 2009
- Arrested Development Focuses on Africa: An Interview 08 Jul 2009
- Photo Essay: Saving Indian Street Kids 06 Jul 2009
- Greenhouse Gas Clock Measures Emissions Second by Second 05 Jul 2009
- Five for Friday 03 Jul 2009
- How to Green Your 4th of July Party 02 Jul 2009
- New York City’s Newest Urban Park Opens 02 Jul 2009
- How to Write About Plights Without Falling Prey to “Plight Syndrome” 29 Jun 2009
- Money for Clean Energy Innovators 25 Jun 2009
- Togo Abolishes the Death Penalty 24 Jun 2009
- Latin America-Based Bloggers Wanted 23 Jun 2009
- Open Debate: Can the Internet Really Solve the World’s Problems? 19 Jun 2009
- 6 Ways the Western World Can Support Iranian Activists 18 Jun 2009
- East v. West: Who’s Responsible for World’s CO2? 12 Jun 2009
- Photo Essay: Demonstration in Solidarity with Peru’s Indigenous People 11 Jun 2009
- Panama’s Model Tourism Program 11 Jun 2009
- The Problem with E-Waste 09 Jun 2009
- Shame on Shell: Settlement Reached in Wiwa v. Shell 08 Jun 2009
- BREAKING NEWS: Peaceful Protesters in Peru Attacked, Killed 07 Jun 2009
- Budget Cuts Burn California’s State Parks 07 Jun 2009
- Twitter for a Cause 06 Jun 2009
- Mitsubishi’s Back-up Business Plan 04 Jun 2009
- BREAKING NEWS: What Happened to Wiwa v. Shell? 03 Jun 2009
- Arab Golf Courses Threaten Mideast Water Supply 02 Jun 2009
- How to Evaluate Claims About Big Oil 30 May 2009
- Photo Essay: Protest at Chevron’s Annual Shareholder Meeting 28 May 2009
- Chevron’s Greenwashing Ad Campaign 26 May 2009
- Big Week Ahead for Big Oil 25 May 2009
- Man Takes World’s First Solar Powered Motorcycle for a Spin 24 May 2009
- Polar Bears vs. The Poor? 21 May 2009
- Social Change in Colombia 18 May 2009
- How to Break the Big Box Habit 18 May 2009
- Green TV 15 May 2009
- Is Your Computer Killing the Planet? 14 May 2009
- 7 Ways to Have Life-Changing Conversations 14 May 2009
- The Story of Stuff: Conscious Consumerism or Anticapitalist Propaganda? 12 May 2009
- Are You a Changemaker? 12 May 2009
- Six Reasons Why Cities Can Be Sustainable Places 11 May 2009
- Grand Central Gets Greener 08 May 2009
- May is National Bike Month in the US 07 May 2009
- Ken Saro Wiwa’s Death Was Not in Vain 06 May 2009
- “60 Minutes” Exposes Chevron’s Environmental Atrocity in the Amazon 04 May 2009
- Creating Community Through Film 04 May 2009
- News from Nicaragua 01 May 2009
- 20 Quotes to Inspire Change 30 Apr 2009
- NYC’s Underbelly Tour 29 Apr 2009
- What Should Worry You More Than Swine Flu 29 Apr 2009
- Are You the Greenest Person on the Planet? 25 Apr 2009
- 6 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day 22 Apr 2009
- Plastic Bag Ban: Coming Soon to a City Near You? 18 Apr 2009
- “Hispaniola”: Short Film Explores Race in Haiti & the Dominican Republic 16 Apr 2009
- Is There a Statute of Limitations on Our Sins? 15 Apr 2009
- Cameras for Change 14 Apr 2009
- To Pay Ransom or Not to Pay Ransom? 11 Apr 2009
- From the Editor: What I Loved This Week 09 Apr 2009
- Clowns without Borders 09 Apr 2009
- Revolution– 2.0 Style– in Moldova 08 Apr 2009
- Is Paul McCartney a Hypocrite? 08 Apr 2009
- US Calls for Stricter Tourism Guidelines in Antarctica 06 Apr 2009
- Twitter’s #followfriday 03 Apr 2009
- Learn Portuguese & Support Social Change 02 Apr 2009
- Random Things You Didn’t Know You Can Recycle 01 Apr 2009
- What Happens to Our Heroes? 31 Mar 2009
- Isaac Mizrahi’s Salmon Skin Dress 29 Mar 2009
- From the Editor: Can Free Hugs Change the World? 28 Mar 2009
- 4 Things You Can Do for Earth Hour 27 Mar 2009
- What’s Your Water Footprint? 22 Mar 2009
- The Costs of War 20 Mar 2009
- Introducing the First (Green) Family 19 Mar 2009
- 9 Songs That Spoke of Change 19 Mar 2009
- From the Editor: Ch-ch-changes 19 Mar 2009
- Against Complacency: Some Thoughts About AIG 16 Mar 2009
- Michelle Obama Made Me Cry 14 Mar 2009
- Meet Some of Brazil’s Changemakers 13 Mar 2009
- Voluntourism 101 10 Mar 2009
- 4 Gates Foundation Projects You’ve Probably Never Heard Of 09 Mar 2009
- Desertification: The World’s Most Underestimated Environmental Crisis 27 Feb 2009
- Top 6 Volunteer Experiences in New Orleans 15 Jul 2008
- The Peace Corps for Cooks: Volunteer Travel with the Culinary Corps 13 May 2008
- Cinterandes: Innovating Mobile Medicine in Ecuador 17 Apr 2008
- Sonidos de la Tierra: Saving Children Through Music 17 Apr 2008
- “All Corners of the Earth”: Volunteer Travel with Kiva’s Fellows Program 16 Mar 2008
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