Who was Anita Roddick?

Dame Anita Roddick, DBE (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals and one of the first to promote fair trade with third world countries.
Roddick was involved in activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues including involvement with Greenpeace and The Big Issue. In 1990, Roddick founded Children On The Edge, a charitable organization which helps disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe and Asia. Roddick was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis due to long-standing hepatitis C in 2004, and after she revealed this to the media in February 2007, she promoted the work of the Hepatitis C Trust, and campaigned to increase awareness of the disease.In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Roddick a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and she was officially styled Dame Anita Roddick DBE.

The Body Shop

There are many stories about the start of the company including how it opened next to an undertaker, who complained to the local council about the name of the store. The local bookmaker nearby took bets on how long it would be before The Body Shop closed. In response to this opposition, Roddick wrote a letter to the council stating that she was a housewife with children trying to make a living. The original logo and product labels were designed by an art student, Jeff Harris, who was paid £20.
The Body Shop has always had many controversies surrounding it, including several related to marketing campaigns the company has run such as the Ruby campaign. The company created a doll in the likeness of Barbie but with a lifelike voluptuous figure and luxuriant red hair, that came with the tag line, "There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and only 8 who do". Mattel later sued the company for copyright infringement. The company stopped the campaign but by that time the word had got out and Roddick had made her point.
The Body Shop experienced rapid growth, expanding at a rate of 50 percent annually. Its stock was floated on London's Unlisted Securities Market in April 1984, opening at 95p. In January 1986, when it obtained a full listing on the London Stock Exchange, the stock was selling at 820p.
In 1996 The Body Shop launched another shopping channel. 'The Body Shop at Home.' Over 5000 Consultants work within the at home Service in the United Kingdom. Customers can book a Consultant at no charge to visit their home and demonstrate a range of Body Shop products.
In 1997, Anita Roddick launched a global campaign to raise self-esteem in women and start a campaign against the media stereotyping of women. The campaign focuses on unreasonably skinny models and the knock on effects of the waif in the context of rising numbers in bulimia and anorexia. The star of the campaign became world famous. Her name was Ruby, a real-life size 16 plastic doll that Mattel thought looked too much like Barbie. The strategic platform and global campaign production were developed with Host Universal, who went on to create an old-age Ruby for Body Shop Australia. Ruby was the last of Anita’s big campaigns.

The Body Shop Foundation

The Body Shop Foundation supports innovative global projects working in the areas of human and civil rights and environmental and animal protection. It is The Body Shop International Plc's charitable trust funded by annual donations from the company and through various fundraising initiatives.
The Body Shop Foundation was formed in 1990 to consolidate all the charitable donations made by the company. To date, The Body Shop Foundation has donated over £9.5 million sterling in grants. The Foundation regularly gives gift-in-kind support to various projects and organisations such as Children On The Edge (COTE)

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D. Sancho Against HIV/AIDS

MTV's Staying Alive Foundation and The Body Shop have launched 'say yes to safe sex' campaign.
The aim is to encourage young people, globally, to say 'yes to safe sex', increase awareness and reduce new infections.
The HIV and AIDS awareness campaign is part of ongoing work by the Staying Alive Foundation and is the third year MTV and The Body Shop have partnered to create a fundraising product and supporting campaign.

Test No. 4 - Correction (1001)

Hi everyone!

Holidays are close, but there is still some work to be done.
So, here you have the correction of the written test “A Good Press?” and don’t forget to improve your compositions.

Karaoke is coming to school

Chegou o momento de se inscreverem para o concurso de Karaoke.

Para isso, deixem em comentário os seguintes dados:

• Nome do(s) concorrente(s) - num máximo de 4 elementos - e a(s) respectiva(s) turma(s);
• A música que gostariam de interpretar (não se esqueçam que terá de ser em Inglês);
• Um contacto.

Como já sabem, as inscrições estão limitadas aos primeiros 20 participantes/concorrentes.

School Bands

Este é o post dedicado à incrição das bandas da nossa escola.
Para isso, já sabes, basta deixares um comentário com os seguintes dados:

• Nome da banda;
• Nome dos elementos da banda e as respectivas turmas;
• Um contacto (e-mail ou telefone);
• Nome das músicas.

Não te esqueças que as inscrições estão limitadas às primeiras cinco bandas.

Green Day

Singing at School!

Hi everyone!
Here we are with another challenge.

Para que não hajam dúvidas, este post ficará em Português. Como já devem ter visto e ouvido pela escola, no próximo dia 27 de Março, a partir das 14 horas, o Departamento de Línguas Germânicas irá dinamizar uma tarde dedicada à musica e ao Inglês, no nosso Ginásio.

A Primeira Parte será dedicada às bandas da Escola que queiram dar a conhecer o seu trabalho a toda a comunidade escolar.

Na Segunda, ir-se-á realizar um concurso de Karaoke.

Infelizmente, o tempo disponível não nos permite abrir as inscrições a todos os interessados, pelo que teremos de limitar o número de inscritos às primeiras 5 bandas e aos primeiros 20 concorrentes/participantes.

Assim, a partir do dia 16 de Março poderão proceder às inscrições através do nosso blogue. É simples:

• Se pretendes inscrever a tua banda de música, procura o post "School Bands" e, em comentário, deixa-nos os teus dados e dos restantes membros - depois é só prepararem duas músicas para nos apresentarem;
• Se te queres inscrever no concurso de Karaoke, procura o post "Karaoke is coming to school" e, em comentário, deixa-nos os teus dados (podes formar um grupo com um máximo de 4 elementos) e a música que gostarias de interpretar.

O concurso de Karaoke terá um júri e será atribuido um prémio aos 1º, 2º e 3º classificados.

SEE YOU SOON!

Anatomy of a teenager's brain

In general, boys want girls, cars and fun. To study is out of the question. Loud music, and to work, just a little bit, are also part of the fun.
I think this is all true. I realize that all teenage boys are just like that. They are a bit weird and sometimes they have no idea about what they are doing. Although there are boys who are A1.
I think they could open their eyes and enjoy life in a better and healthier way.

Daniela Ribeiro , 902

International Women's Day - 8th March 2009

IWD is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. The first IWD was run in 1911 so in just a few years time 2011 sees the IWD Global Centenary. In some countries like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday ...

March 8th commemorates women's rights and peace.

I'll obviously start with the Feminist Manifesto:
Because a woman's work is never done

and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious

and we're the first to get fired

and what we look like is more important than what we do

and if we get raped it's our fault

and if we get beaten we must have provoked it

and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches

and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos

and if we don't we're frigid

and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man

and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy

and if we expect childcare we're selfish

and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine"

and if we don't we're typical weak females

and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man

and if we don't we're unnatural

and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon

and...for lots and lots of other reasons...

I am part of the women's liberation movement.

And the winner is...

After one week of voting, we are here today to proudly announce our winner.
But first, we must thank you all for your cooperation and for your votes.
Now, don’t forget to keep visiting our blog.

SO…
The Winner is…
Billboard 3 – “Make Up” (Cristiana Barbosa; Cristiana Carvalheira; Juliana Oliveira; and Sílvia Silva).