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Water with microcredit not large infrastructures
There are so many awe inspiring projects to read about on the web. It's hard to support just one. All considered I think I must recommend water.org microcredit projects.
Clean water supply is often considered something to be solved with large civil engineering projects. In general the countries that require these projects need external finance. This leads to seeking funds from international development institutions and banks. Even if the projects are well done often the resulting debt… Continue
Clean water supply is often considered something to be solved with large civil engineering projects. In general the countries that require these projects need external finance. This leads to seeking funds from international development institutions and banks. Even if the projects are well done often the resulting debt… Continue
Posted on March 30, 2010 at 12:17pm
PHF (that's me!:-) 2020. Retired!
The spanish word for retirement is 'jubilación'. Jubilation? I'm not sure, I love my job. I try to lead teams of software developers in a highly techinical field: AEC. That stands for architecture, engineering and construction. The funny thing is that when I try to build things myself they tend to fall down. :-/ I'm just not a handy man.
In 2020 I want to be where I can be most useful and that probably will have to do with convincing people that they have moral obligations, not just… Continue
In 2020 I want to be where I can be most useful and that probably will have to do with convincing people that they have moral obligations, not just… Continue
Posted on March 25, 2010 at 8:57pm — 1 Comment
Christian Kreutz
I am a bit of a geek so Christian's blog 'crisscrossed' is a good example a somone who wants to use communication technologies in social innovation.
Though Christian centers most of his comments on Africa, he also has the courage to act locally in Germany fostering transparency and engagenment in local politics.
Though Christian centers most of his comments on Africa, he also has the courage to act locally in Germany fostering transparency and engagenment in local politics.
Posted on March 21, 2010 at 4:19pm — 2 Comments
LEARN1: Economic sustainability
OK, I know I'm not going to be good student. I have lived so long in my own culture that it gets hard to understand others. Nevertheless we are here to learn, let's see if I can meet the challenge. :-)
Why do I think that understanding economic sustainability is essential if I want promote social innovation? Lot’s of reasons!
There is saying in the south of Spain: “Lo regalado ni agradecido ni pagado”. Which translated to English says something like: “Gifts are neither… Continue
Why do I think that understanding economic sustainability is essential if I want promote social innovation? Lot’s of reasons!
There is saying in the south of Spain: “Lo regalado ni agradecido ni pagado”. Which translated to English says something like: “Gifts are neither… Continue
Posted on March 21, 2010 at 3:45pm
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Stinging Nettle
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The meal
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Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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