Abby Krieger's Page

Via the medical blog "Life in the Fast Lane," a link to a site about eating healthy, geared towards indigenous people with diabetes, and designed by the same community:

http://www.howsyoursugar.com.au/#/kitchen

Seems pretty great.

I mean, me and everyone, right?



But what Tim's doing is especially meaningful to me, because he's a force for education in a state that used to have one of the best education systems in the world. The UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Santa Cruz, every jewel in the crown) have been decaying for the last 20 years because of a restructuring in their money base. Property taxes were dropped in the 70s, and so education funds dropped. For a long time, the UCs attempted to combat the pressure… Continue

1. The Place. Where will you make a difference? Describe the institution, community, town or other geographic or virtual space in which you will focus your efforts.

Los Angeles. It's one of the largest cities in the world, with numerous large-city problems. There are myriad racial tensions, a long history of police problems. The city has historically attracted runaway children from around the nation. The local Catholic bishop was directly implicated… Continue

Posted site on Facebook, and what an incredible aggregator it is!



To me, this kind of thing always just underscores the need for new power sources. Because it's the power that, to some extent, allows for the internet that allows for this kind of specificity in communication.



I'm old enough to remember the days when all you had was the little cardboard box to put quarters into, and you gave it to the Church, and they spent the money and you didn't ask how.



How probably… Continue