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I've been pondering which social entrepreneur to shadow for some time, but after a recent visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project, I've settled on Tim Smit - the driving force behind both of…

This is an idea post in response to Can YOU Help Defeat the Dragon?

SUMMARY: A new area in EVOKE for emerging EVOKATIONS to be posted with the aim of getting comments and builds from the community, and especially anyone with relevant LOCAL INSIGHT.

DETAILS: A fourth ‘EVIDENCE’ stream could be created specifically to facilitate the nurturing of…

I’ve been thinking about EVOKE, where it’s heading, how things have gone so far etc. I’ve also been thinking about some of the things Jane McGonigal has said and written, about applying game thinking and skills to real world problems. I then started thinking about the reverse, about what EVOKE would look like in terms of more classical computer games. If EVOKE was a fantasy role playing game (RPG), for example, where would we be right…

So Week Three has come to an end and another set of missions awaits our collective focus and attention. It's certainly been a rollercoaster of emotions so far. I’ve been excited, inspired, appalled, amazed, frustrated, humbled, fired-up and de-motivated, to name just a few. I guess the main reason I’m writing this post is to cover the negative ones; frustration and de-motivation. I almost quit this week because of them.

Why? Well there’s a wh*** bunch of reasons, all tangled…