Making Friends Is About Keeping It Real

Friday, August 27, 2010

When I feel unsafe I get defensive. It is impossible to learn anything or be nice to anyone when you are playing defense because you limit yourself to two reactions: fight or flight. Over the course of my life I have been in some sticky situations, I’ve even been in a few fights, but when I was in Kenya in 2009 I had an experience that really separated me from reality. When I get scared – I know that things are going to get ugly for everyone around me really fast, someone is going to get hurt and ultimately so will I. George Njuguna With Our Land Cruiser After an incredible week in...

The Harvest Foodbank Drive Is Coming To The Comox Valley & Campbell River

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I’m excited. This year I will be volunteering and participating in some major community and global development projects. I love to be active in my community and The Harvest Foodbank Drives are two worthwhile causes that are also lots of fun. Local foodbanks in Campbell River and the Comox Valley support thousands of people when food is scarce. Hunger is still a big issue in Canada and almost 800,000 people used a foodbank in 2009. Many people in our community who use foodbanks have jobs; 49% of them have families to feed, which means that many children are going hungry every night in Canada...

YANA Weekend Fundraiser Raised $1370 On Facebook

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

I received a really interesting email from my friend Taylor Conroy last Friday asking me to give away $100 for him. The only conditions were that I had to add $20 of my own cash and it had to go to a good charitable cause. I decided to support a Comox Valley organization called YANA – You Are Not Alone. YANA helps families with travel and accommodation expenses if their child needs to travel outside of the Valley for medical attention. There is a significant need too. YANA helps 12-15 families a month and the 4 apartments that they rent in Vancouver are full year round. It takes about $250,000...

Witnessing The Soul With Photography

Monday, July 19, 2010

I have found my passion in journalistic portraits of people. I rarely use a flash and the results often produce images of longevity to the eye and imagination. One of my most inspirational moments as a photographer was capturing the image above on a recent trip to Ecuador. It was a muggy day and I was walking together with this girl and her two siblings up a large hill from the village center to their farmstead. This girl was carrying two cooking oil jugs full of water. Her little brother was munching on a brick of cheese that he shared with all of us. In the middle of the hill at over 2400 meters...

Activate Your Kids With A Global Studies Presentation & Workshop

Monday, July 19, 2010

Zac Whyte is an advocate for education globally and locally. Zac has presented or work-shopped with over 15000 children and worked with hundreds of educators to inspire and activate them on issues regarding the environment, human rights, animal rights, and media awareness. If you would like to book Zac for your school, group or event please click here for contact information “Your teaching style ensured that I will remember this for a long time.” – Grade 11 Student “I felt that your overall class lessons were superb.” – Grade 11 Student Read More

Occupation Human Is Making a Difference

Monday, July 19, 2010

Occupation Human is a multimedia platform that puts a spotlight on positive social and economic development projects around the world. Director Zac Whyte also organizes projects in support of charitable organizations that work within the Occupation Human mandate. The latest project was called Connecting With Kenya and it took place in 2008-2010. The very successful project engaged over 5000 people and raised over $43,000 for Free The Children initiatives in Kenya. Find out more about the countries we are helping through the links above under “Changing The World.” Read More

The Environmental Movement That Is Rethinking Everything

Friday, July 16, 2010

Reducing our ecological footprint is now more important than it’s ever been. For every truckload of solid goods manufactured an average of 32 trucks pack away the waste it takes to produce those goods. The Power of R program is designed to engage our community in environmental issues. Contract educator Zac Whyte delivers dynamic presentations that create connections and help youth understand the importance of reducing solid waste, and conserving water in the CVRD and SRD. Together we can rethink, reduce, reuse and recycle our way to a healthy planet and sustainable lifestyle. Teachers, Group...

Editorials

Water Is A Human Right – Drink Tap & Vote

If you’ve ever been stuck somewhere without access to clean, fresh water than you know what it feels like for over 1.5 billion people on the planet every single day. I’ve been thirsty plenty of times but I’ve only faced the feeling of dangerous desperation for water once in my life. That’s because when it comes to water, Canada is the king. Our country has about 7% of the world’s renewable fresh water and it only represents about 0.5% of the world’s... Read More

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ZACTV is committed to creating professional quality video and photographs that send a message. ZACTV produces commercial, corporate and documentary work that is recognized across Canada. Web videos created by ZACTV are utilized by advertisers, realtors and businesses to inform the world of their messages and products. Photographs taken by Zac Whyte at ZACTV have [...]