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As I've said in some of my missions and quests (and maybe a few other places), I'm a youth services librarian, ergo, I've usually got my head in a book or two (or three or four....). Anywho, I came across a book (written for teenagers, but that doesn't mean people of different ages -older or younger - can't enjoy it) that I thought most of the agents here might appreciate...



The book I want to introduce you to is "The boy who harnessed the wind" by William Kamkwamba.

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For this mission, I took some time looking through the different social innovators that have been recognized through the suggested organizations. When I settled on searching through the recognized Akosha

Fellows, I decided that the person I would be most interested in shadowing

would be someone who had similar interests.



As a youth services librarian at a public library I am very interested in youth

(teens, particularly) and how to reach them,…

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Looking at all the different (though some similar) secrets of social innovation, my favourite of the secrets is one of Paul Polak's: think like a child - children have no limits to their thinking.



This secret is really quite extraordinary, just for the fact that we all at some point in our early lives, were able to imagine the impossible and actually believe that it was possible. Alright, in some cases, believing we could fly for example, never… Continue