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For the next Evoke, I feel like intolerance needs to be addressed. It is the root of many of the problems we spent time studying this go-around. Racial, cultural, and religious intolerance weren't spoken of, though they should have been.

One way of broadening the spectrum for Evoke is by bringing it to schools. High school students could learn valuable lessons through these projects so preparing an outline for teachers to parallel the program would be incredible.

A tool I wish I had… Continue

- Evoke is a drive to become active, educated, and socially aware.



- The network is an outlet for anyone to learn by doing and to spread knowledge for the sake of others.



- A member is anyone willing to contribute with work and they join when they feel like they can help others while learning from new experiences.



- The agent ethics are respect and and keeping an open mind.



- The mission is to help using by what… Continue

I don't often give credit to journalists for all the hard work they put into the synthesis of many viewpoints, facts, opinions, and sources. But this publication made me sympathize.

Our infrastructure isn't set up for disasters - they can't be expected - but when one hits, we are always ungrateful to the media. I'm a culprit, too. I often curse at the news, asking for it to be more scientific, but this cannot be the case always. Journalists are just that: agents of communication. They… Continue

In the case study entitled LOCALLY AVAILABLE

INDIGENOUS EDIBLE SPECIES OF PLANTS ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH, PROVIDE

INCOME, AND CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY IN KENYA (link below) on the KIVU, I felt a strong anti-consumerist message connected to an uplifting story. In some cases, I am weary over anti-consumerism lessons as they are often bitter and irresponsible, but in this case I fundamentally agree with… Continue