Author Archives: Meg Robinson-Albers

Issue 81: News Reel

Bamboo Among the numerous Bamboo species found in Manipur, the Dulu variety grown in Jiribam [...]

Issue 81: Spaces – Charles “AJ” Jackson

Photos by Carlos Simoes, Charles Ash, Glenn Pedro, Masaaki Modegi, Rob Vreeland, Robert Brasington, Steve [...]

Issue 80: News Reel

Kiting news from around the world Anniversary There were various 9/11 tribute fly’s to commemorate [...]

Issue 79: News Reel

Kiting news from around the world Adventure Eugene Novožeev and Konstantin Aksyonov have successfuly kite [...]

Issue 78: News Reel

Kiting news from around the world Culture: The east end ruled the island-wide unofficial ‘biggest [...]

Issue 77: News Reel

Adventure: Two adventurous siblings from Iqaluit have begun a 3,000-kilometre trek in the Northwest Passage [...]

Issue 76: News Reel

Community/Activism: “…The flying of angel-shaped kites marked the culmination of the Pink Purse campaign, a [...]

Issue 75: News Reel

Commerce: Kabul, Afghanistan “Sometimes we sell up to 20,000 kites a day,” says Tamim, 35, [...]

Issue 75: KiteGang.org – Social Entrepreneurship

According to Wikipedia: “Social entrepreneurship is the work of a social entrepreneur. A social entrepreneur [...]

Issue 74: News Reel

Afghanistan: “As I stood on the roof of the Ministry of Interior headquarters last evening [...]

Issue 73: News Reel

Canada: Despite fears of police response, a small group of protesters flew kites on a [...]

Issue 72: News Reel

AFGHANISTAN-AMERICA: As a boy, Behrooz learned the craft and science behind kites, as did many [...]

Issue 71: News Reel

Japan: Shirone Kite Festival is a 360 year old kite festival which features kite battles [...]

Issue 71: Origin of the word “KITE”

Numismaster.com posted an article recently about the origin of the word ‘kite’. The beginning of [...]

Issue 70: News Reel

Travel/Tourism: Kite travel time share: the best of all world’s with a great business model! [...]

Issue 69: News Reel

China’s eco-friendly kites: BEIJING – Plastic bags, the scourge of the environment, are flying high [...]

Issue 69: 12 Days of Kitemas

On the first day of Kitemas my true love gave to me: Kite Repellent for [...]

Issue 69: Holiday Shopping for Kitefliers

Carole Town- Wendy’s Kite Shop is available at Lowes Home Improvement Store: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=284207-75898-95909 The site [...]

Issue 68: News Reel

Article Index: Vishwakarma Puji – the Hindu Deity for Kitemakers India – Kolkata kite festival [...]

Issue 68: Kite Songs

Below are two different songs from the late 1800’s that happen to have the same [...]

Issue 68: Mad Way South – The Sahara Challenge

“Mad Way South is a trans-Tasman challenge like no other – man and machine pitted [...]