A P's Posts - Urgent Evoke2024-03-29T14:59:14ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorruhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2236945059?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1l79552ym1qsn&xn_auth=noOuter spacetag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-12:4871302:BlogPost:1478032010-05-12T12:43:12.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
One of the most interesting case studies in the Kiva database ( <a href="http://www.kivu.com/wbbook/casestudies.html">http://www.kivu.com/wbbook/casestudies.html</a> ) is, from my point ov view, the Participatory Research Mapping (PRM). I'm a geographer, I can't help it. That's why I'm so interested in geographical space, and I'm so concerned about space perception by individuals and social groups.<br></br><br></br>One of the most important problems which indigenous communities have to face hwen…
One of the most interesting case studies in the Kiva database ( <a href="http://www.kivu.com/wbbook/casestudies.html">http://www.kivu.com/wbbook/casestudies.html</a> ) is, from my point ov view, the Participatory Research Mapping (PRM). I'm a geographer, I can't help it. That's why I'm so interested in geographical space, and I'm so concerned about space perception by individuals and social groups.<br/><br/>One of the most important problems which indigenous communities have to face hwen relating with western civilization is that they can't show their need for land, can't demostrate that their lifestyle uses a huger part of territory, since they have a different vision on property rights; this way they get confined in reserves, get hampered by fences, they get lessresources and start their decline.<br/><br/>But beyond claims for territory, an indigenous population is the historical record of all wat happened in the past in that territory, and that's crucial to forecast natural hazards. Myths are only the way ancient populations explained the unexplainable; for example, tales about dragons (snakes, rattling on the land, which suddenly raise up and spit fire) can conceive an ancient volcanic activity, with related seismic swarms.<br/><br/>Everyone gains from keeping safe the ancient population of a territory, and understanding its culture, its tales, its rituals: a land without memory is like a man with an amnesia. If he had something important, crucial in his past he can't recall it anymore, and his life is in danger in any moment.<br/>Sheperds againist flutag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1470242010-05-11T23:51:45.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Pandemic flu has reached out island: first cases hit main cities. But the game is not over yet. We can still make the difference. And we have an ace in our sleeves: you.<br></br><br></br>You sheperds, millenary heritage of our island, can do something really important to fight the flu.<br></br><br></br>We know you're use to pandemies on your sheeps: you already know basic hygienical rules to avoid diseases-spreading.<br></br><br></br>We don't have enough doctors to check all the possibly sick people, but if we use…
Pandemic flu has reached out island: first cases hit main cities. But the game is not over yet. We can still make the difference. And we have an ace in our sleeves: you.<br/><br/>You sheperds, millenary heritage of our island, can do something really important to fight the flu.<br/><br/>We know you're use to pandemies on your sheeps: you already know basic hygienical rules to avoid diseases-spreading.<br/><br/>We don't have enough doctors to check all the possibly sick people, but if we use your knowlegde, your wisdom and your resources for the goal, we can still make it.<br/><br/>Reach your pastures and prepare some basic tools: a thermometer, few masks to cover your mouth and nose. Gradually, people from the cities will reach your gathering points: you'll have to reassre them and check their condition. If they start to show first flu symptoms, such as hig temperature, breathing difficulties, pain at junctures, recover them in sheds and keep them at warm. Gather other people away from sick ones. Feed them, reassure them, check daily theuir conditions. After three weeks, they can be considered immune, and in safe waters.<br/><br/>We know this is a strange situation and an high challenge for you, but thousand lives are at a stake know. We must recall every resource we have, and the eperience with your herds can be really an important point in this battle.<br/><br/>Be strong, and victory will smile to all of us.<br/>Olive oiltag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1467702010-05-11T20:53:45.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Before I leave this life, I have to share a secret. Someone in my early<br />
age taught it to me, and now I have to tell the world.<br></br>
Someone taught me how to get oil from olives. Nowadays these plants are<br />
hard to find in my hometown, but someone is still cultivating this,<br />
trying to resist to heat.<br></br>
Anyway, first of all you need trees. Take care of your olive trees,<br />
protect them from fire, and cut away higher branches in the end of<br />
winter: you'll get more nourishing olives. They need sun, and…
Before I leave this life, I have to share a secret. Someone in my early<br />
age taught it to me, and now I have to tell the world.<br/>
Someone taught me how to get oil from olives. Nowadays these plants are<br />
hard to find in my hometown, but someone is still cultivating this,<br />
trying to resist to heat.<br/>
Anyway, first of all you need trees. Take care of your olive trees,<br />
protect them from fire, and cut away higher branches in the end of<br />
winter: you'll get more nourishing olives. They need sun, and a bit of<br />
water; tahe care of the soil around the trees.. And in fall, from<br />
September to November, prepare to collect your olives. Place nets under<br />
each tree, and take down olives. At my age peole already used air rakes,<br />
but if you can't get them cut smaller branches and rake away olives<br />
from them. Gather all the olives and bring them to a oil mill. If you<br />
don't have one, make a huge bowl (out of stone, or metal) to crush<br />
olives and dribble away oil from leftover and leaves. Elders used water<br />
and a centrifuge, since oil floats on water: try to do is if needed.<br/>
<br/>
And after all, you'll get genuine olive oil, good to preserve food, to<br />
fry, to burn, and for many other things.Short range foodtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1465992010-05-11T18:20:55.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
A new awareness for consumption has led to a new perspective in eating.<br></br>People all around the world understood that consuming oil to get fruit out of season or meat from another hemisphere is really not worthy.<br></br>So, year after year, people understood the value of eating local food. So, in March 2020, I'm eating some artichokes fried in olyve oil, and a piece of stewed sheep.<br></br><br></br>To tell the truth: I'm saying that because i live in a small town. In a huge megalopolis this would be…
A new awareness for consumption has led to a new perspective in eating.<br/>People all around the world understood that consuming oil to get fruit out of season or meat from another hemisphere is really not worthy.<br/>So, year after year, people understood the value of eating local food. So, in March 2020, I'm eating some artichokes fried in olyve oil, and a piece of stewed sheep.<br/><br/>To tell the truth: I'm saying that because i live in a small town. In a huge megalopolis this would be really harder. A cleverer approach like the one outlined above would be impossible in cities which span for hundreds of chilometers. City gardens and small stockbreeding (poultry, for example) can do something, but current situation is not sustainable.<br/>Imitation of lifetag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1465092010-05-11T17:39:47.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
One of the most amazing solar machines is a tree. Chlorophyllian photosyntesis gets glucose and oxygen from sun and basic chemicals.<br></br><br></br>All over mankind's history science made most of its amazing progresses by imitating nature. So, when I saw this idea, I was really thrilled. If it works, it can be promising.…<br></br>
One of the most amazing solar machines is a tree. Chlorophyllian photosyntesis gets glucose and oxygen from sun and basic chemicals.<br/><br/>All over mankind's history science made most of its amazing progresses by imitating nature. So, when I saw this idea, I was really thrilled. If it works, it can be promising.<br/><a href="https://amnesiablog.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/a-totally-new-way-to-generate-renewable-electricity/">https://amnesiablog.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/a-totally-new-way-to-generate-renewable-electricity/</a><br/><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2133164.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2133164.htm</a><br/><br/>Basically, a company called SolarBotanic has enginereed some artificial trees which can product renewable energy from two dfferent sources: <span style="font-style: italic;">nanoleafs</span> turn solar energy through thermovoltaic anf photovoltaic cells, and piezovoltaic cells are used to turn through magnetic induction kinetics movements caused by wind and rain into electricity.<br/><br/>Really hope this gets somewhere. This would really be great.<br/>Civil Protection in Rometag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1463802010-05-11T16:39:28.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Rome has a fully working Civil Protection office, with a permanent Operative Center and a crisis room connected to all offices involved in case of action.<br></br>Thheir website hosts the Civil Protection plan, with raw data and scenarios,acting models and schemes to inform population. They also host files to sum up the main risks for the city: chemical-industrial, sanitary, transportation accidents, seismic, volcanic, wood fires, hydrogeological. For each one there is a short explaination of the…
Rome has a fully working Civil Protection office, with a permanent Operative Center and a crisis room connected to all offices involved in case of action.<br/>Thheir website hosts the Civil Protection plan, with raw data and scenarios,acting models and schemes to inform population. They also host files to sum up the main risks for the city: chemical-industrial, sanitary, transportation accidents, seismic, volcanic, wood fires, hydrogeological. For each one there is a short explaination of the current situation.<br/>Some bullettins (meteorological, main news concerning risks) are hosted in the main page; this page becomes so a meeting point for every person who is looking for updated informations.<br/>Check <a href="http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/">http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/</a><br/><br/>About spreading the word, my Civil Protection group leads a project for primary schools of our zone, giving lessons to spread through young citizens a "Civil Protection culture" to the population. One of the material we gave to the children was printed by the Civil Protection office mentioned above. This is available for all people interested in the main safety rules and it's printed in Italian ( <a href="http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20ITA%20Prot.Civ.pdf">http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20ITA%20Prot.Civ.pdf</a> ), English ( <a href="http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20ING%20Prot.Civ.pdf">http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20ING%20Prot.Civ.pdf</a> ) and French ( <a href="http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20FRA%20Prot.Civ.pdf">http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20FRA%20Prot.Civ.pdf</a> )<a href="http://www.protezionecivilecomuneroma.it/Sito/upload/documents/Vademecum%20ITA%20Prot.Civ.pdf">.</a><br/>Every year, in July, this project ends with a one-week camp where boys and girls see what we explained during the year.<br/>Like a waltztag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1419982010-05-11T13:58:55.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Inever lived in a pandemic breakdown, but last year I volluntereed in L'Aquila,to help local population in the Abruzzi earthquake. And one thing I saw as absolutely true is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span><span class="content-subtitle" style="font-weight: bold;">Good things happen if you do them"</span>.<br></br>
<br></br>300 people killed, about a hundred thousand people rescued and recovered, thousand of buildings collapsed or ruined; a city and its surroundings shattered. It has been hard…
Inever lived in a pandemic breakdown, but last year I volluntereed in L'Aquila,to help local population in the Abruzzi earthquake. And one thing I saw as absolutely true is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="content-subtitle">Good things happen if you do them"</span>.<br/>
<br/>300 people killed, about a hundred thousand people rescued and recovered, thousand of buildings collapsed or ruined; a city and its surroundings shattered. It has been hard to inspire faith in the population. And sometimes, maybe too many times, rescuers didn't make it.<br/><br/>After some months we all saw some mistakes made on top, in planning the reconstruction, in pretending everything was going fine when it wasn't. But after all I'm sure all the people who worked there, who I saw working there, did his best. And I'm sure we did a lot of good things the right way. New friendships, a new awareness, a renewed love of the citizen for their homeland.<br/><br/>After all, crisis management is like learning a waltz: you can start by stomping your partner's toes, but little by little, focusing on the goal, with some good will, you get a grip on the dance. And can go on with it.<br/>Strugglingtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1460752010-05-11T10:30:00.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34512&Cr=palestin&Cr1=">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34512&Cr=palestin&Cr1=</a><br></br><br></br>Three Palestinian girls, living in a refugee camp in the West Bank, assemble an electronic cane and go to a sciene fair in California. Seems almost unbelievable. These people, doomed by one of the worst nightmares created by Western civilization, are still able to stand out from this all and to show out their…
<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34512&Cr=palestin&Cr1=">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34512&Cr=palestin&Cr1=</a><br/><br/>Three Palestinian girls, living in a refugee camp in the West Bank, assemble an electronic cane and go to a sciene fair in California. Seems almost unbelievable. These people, doomed by one of the worst nightmares created by Western civilization, are still able to stand out from this all and to show out their skills.<br/><br/>Palestine is only one of the worst cases, but all around the world people, women, like the three 14-olders can't express their abilities because they have to struggle againist war, gender inequalities, economic unbalance. Their vision, their intelligence, their creativity is sacrificed to unclear international interests.The loss of their intelligencies is a loss for whole mankind.<br/><br/>Everyday, people like them struggle for survival among any kind of threat. Every luckier fellow who can do something should act towards a world without this nonsense.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.unrwa.org/">http://www.unrwa.org/</a> for Palestine refugees<br/><a href="http://www.unhcr.org/">http://www.unhcr.org/</a> for world refugees<br/>An Evoke Manifestotag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1454292010-05-11T00:09:22.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
EVOKE is not a ghost anymore. It's now at work to create a better world.<br></br><br></br><font size="5">E</font>veryone can become an EVOKE agent. The first step is to blow your minds from the hindrances of a normal life to let your powers flow free.<br></br><br></br><font size="5">V</font>alues lead agents in their work. The only earning is a better place for all mankind; and this is priceless.<br></br><br></br><font size="5">O</font>rganization of EVOKE leads to cooperation between agents to solve problems, to wipe…
EVOKE is not a ghost anymore. It's now at work to create a better world.<br/><br/><font size="5">E</font>veryone can become an EVOKE agent. The first step is to blow your minds from the hindrances of a normal life to let your powers flow free.<br/><br/><font size="5">V</font>alues lead agents in their work. The only earning is a better place for all mankind; and this is priceless.<br/><br/><font size="5">O</font>rganization of EVOKE leads to cooperation between agents to solve problems, to wipe away inequalities, to plan a new world. Nationality, political differences, gender don't turn down our power but lead us to shared solutions.<br/><br/><font size="5">K</font>eyword of EVOKE is <span style="font-style: italic;">dare.</span> A EVOKE agent is brave enough to give his best for the goal in any situation, to add his piece to the process, with wit and spark..<br/><br/><font size="5">E</font>xcite, shake, show new levels, awe the world to let it free from an unconvenient past, shock mankind to wake it up and lead it to a new life<br/><br/>The Evokation has started, Get ready for more.<br/><br/><br/>White rags and green parrotstag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-10:4871302:BlogPost:1416422010-05-10T23:06:44.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Hero: it's one of the heaviest words around.<br></br><br></br>For me a hero is someone who stands for his beliefs, even againist tough challengers. I met someone like this once: Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon, among the founders of Emergency, a NGO which helps people opening field hospitals in war scenes, or in some of the poorest countries of the globe: Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Cambodia. Often standing againist Western governments, too eager for war; he first reported his eperience in the…
Hero: it's one of the heaviest words around.<br/><br/>For me a hero is someone who stands for his beliefs, even againist tough challengers. I met someone like this once: Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon, among the founders of Emergency, a NGO which helps people opening field hospitals in war scenes, or in some of the poorest countries of the globe: Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Cambodia. Often standing againist Western governments, too eager for war; he first reported his eperience in the book Green Parrots (that's the name Afghans gave to landmines).<br/>It has been a public meeting in a crowded hall, but since then, to show my support to his ideals againist war and for mankind, I always go around with a white rag tied to my backpack, or my briefcase.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.emergency.it/">http://www.emergency.it</a><br/><a href="http://www.emergencyusa.org/">http://www.emergencyusa.org/</a><br/><a href="http://www.emergencyuk.org/">http://www.emergencyuk.org/</a>No future(s)tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-10:4871302:BlogPost:1453522010-05-10T22:44:56.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
I'm pretty conservative on this: money shouldn't change.<br></br><br></br>Let's start from the concept of money, and think what if we still had to rely on barter. Every person, every family should take care of everything they need for living, or hope for uncertain bargains with other people, neighbours who may already have what you can give away, or may be not so interester in your crafts.<br></br>Somebody can see it as a paradox, but in our economical system earning money for an activity allows yourself…
I'm pretty conservative on this: money shouldn't change.<br/><br/>Let's start from the concept of money, and think what if we still had to rely on barter. Every person, every family should take care of everything they need for living, or hope for uncertain bargains with other people, neighbours who may already have what you can give away, or may be not so interester in your crafts.<br/>Somebody can see it as a paradox, but in our economical system earning money for an activity allows yourself to specialize your activities according to your skills: in our specialized society, money frees your self. obviously there are other problems: inequality in money distribution, and accumulation of money, for eample: nothing which can't be solved by a fair taxation system and a strong welfare.<br/><br/>But there's more. In the mission walkthrough, I had the chance to spot the articles about "The future of Money". And seems we're pretty doomed: going forward the e-Money. The only argument in favour I see in this is the possibility to easily move money (regardless to physical distance and different currencies) to weaker economies (think about immigrants who send their savings to their hometowns, helping their families abroad, and the economy of their country as well). But on the other side I see many drawbacks.<br/>- <span style="font-style: italic;">Accumulation</span>: banks and virtual money allows greedier than ever accumulations of money, allowing inequalities and an improper use of money. Think about the wealthiest people in the world, and the physical volume of their fortunes if they had to stock it in coins or banknotes. Scrooge McDuck is only a fictional character, after all.<br/>- <span style="font-style: italic;">Psychology</span>: turning the payments from physical to virtual fades away the importance of money, outlining the objects we're purchising and hiding the value of the object to our mind.<br/>- <span style="font-style: italic;">Social issues</span>: a virtual money would be unfair to people who can't afford the "hardware" needed for it, tracing a digital divide, deepening inequalities.<br/>- <span style="font-style: italic;">Unreal economy</span>. virtual money strenghtens an unreal economy, made worldwide in stock exchanges. Everyday a few minority of world population trades shares, rights, futures, mortgages. The problem is that finance has nowadays entangled real economy: companies, employers depend from stock tradings. And any time the stock exchange system fails (lately it's often happening), millions of lives apparently unrelated get involved in those falls. Too many times Unreal Finance has hit the Real Economy <span style="text-decoration: underline;">(</span><a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article6507.html">http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article6507.html</a>): it's time to disintossicate from this drug.<br/><br/>Coming to an idea which can change something in the economic system, I have a "sweet tooth" for Solidal Purchasing Groups. This is an easy way for purchasers to get food and other item from small producers in their zone. Less carbon emissions, more control on ethical and quality standards, lower prices (due to the cut of intermediators).<br/>Have a look at<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidal_purchasing_groups">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidal_purchasing_groups</a><br/>From 0 to Ntag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-07:4871302:BlogPost:1416392010-05-07T12:41:45.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
I won't be so different from nowadays. I guess I'll be in some lousy office, trying to do the way they want something I would do way differently.<br/>The real change will be sudden, unpredictable, unstoppable. But only people who actually tried to change something around him will be ready and aware of the new possibilities.<br/>I can wait. Oh I can wait...<br/>
I won't be so different from nowadays. I guess I'll be in some lousy office, trying to do the way they want something I would do way differently.<br/>The real change will be sudden, unpredictable, unstoppable. But only people who actually tried to change something around him will be ready and aware of the new possibilities.<br/>I can wait. Oh I can wait...<br/>Sign now, or dry latertag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-07:4871302:BlogPost:1415762010-05-07T11:19:34.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Water availability is at a stake, even in a (supposed) "developed" country as Italy.<br></br>Last February the right-wing government has approved a law which forces all local administrations to pass water supply management to private corporations, in despite of many bad experiences already going on in some parts of the country.<br></br><br></br>Fortunately it's not too late to stop this nonsense.<br></br><br></br>A public committee is collecting signature to enact a referendum to abolish this law, and take back…
Water availability is at a stake, even in a (supposed) "developed" country as Italy.<br/>Last February the right-wing government has approved a law which forces all local administrations to pass water supply management to private corporations, in despite of many bad experiences already going on in some parts of the country.<br/><br/>Fortunately it's not too late to stop this nonsense.<br/><br/>A public committee is collecting signature to enact a referendum to abolish this law, and take back the water management to citizens and to their elected representatives.<br/><br/>But there's more beyond this. The committee works to promote in the public opinion a new "water culture". Avoid water wasting, financing wells and water reservoirs in developing countries, and other effective actions. Stopping water privatization is only the first step.<br/><br/>If you need more information, or you want to support this campaign, you can refer to the committee website:<br/><a href="http://www.acquabenecomune.org/">http://www.acquabenecomune.org/</a><br/>Everyone can teach, somehowtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-06:4871302:BlogPost:1409982010-05-06T23:49:09.000ZA Phttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/APorru
Keep learning from your customers is really a poor achievement. A person who is really positive about improving himself and the world around him should be aware of this secret: every person you meet in your life, even the humblest or the worst ones, have something to teach. Something you can learn, to reshape yourself (your soul, your mind, your entity) in a better and improved way.<br></br>Try it by yourself, in the worst possible scenario. Think about the worst person you've ever met in your…
Keep learning from your customers is really a poor achievement. A person who is really positive about improving himself and the world around him should be aware of this secret: every person you meet in your life, even the humblest or the worst ones, have something to teach. Something you can learn, to reshape yourself (your soul, your mind, your entity) in a better and improved way.<br/>Try it by yourself, in the worst possible scenario. Think about the worst person you've ever met in your life. Think about the time you spent with him. I'm pretty sure you'll find out something you're doing better (or something new and exciting) because of him. And no matter if it's just a detail, a little spot: it's now one of your improvements.<br/>So go on with your lives, and remember to see behind every face, every handshake, every human - the chance to learn something.<br/>