"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
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Pop!Tech Gives Social Innovators a Boost
A pic from a Businessweek news post in the site (from 208), about housing creativity.
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/dec2008/id2008121_484292.htm
The guy in the right is Brian McCarth, who founded the organization PFNC (Por Fin Nuestra Casa - At least our home), which has developed a process to recycle abundant shipping containers into affordable, modular, housing units. The photo is from Kris Krüg.
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Comment by THIAGO CARVALHO PELUCIO SILVA on March 4, 2010 at 5:26pm
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Come on people, comment this pic! And power vote to power up ourselves!
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Comment by Denyse on March 18, 2010 at 4:53pm
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HI Thiago I am Brazilian too. Hope we will find (and create) useful strategies to help Brazil's reality.
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Hi Denyse,
obrigado pelo seu comentário. Está difícil acompanhar Evoke nos últimos tempos.
Espero conseguir comentar seus posts em breve.
All the best!
Thiago
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