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Act 4 Getting involved
There are so many great organizations that are working at getting safe water to people that are in need, it is really hard to choose. However, I found one that is working in Haiti. The organization is called Clean Water for Haiti. I have sent in a donation to them with the following message.
March 31, 2010
To whom it may concern:
I am presently involved in a training exercise sponsored by the World…
ContinueAdded by Megiddo Tell on March 31, 2010 at 4:57pm — No Comments
My favourite social innovation secret
Like any young man, I want to change the world. I want to leave the world a better place than the one I inherited. I am currently pursuing a career which is famed for its ability to achieve so - the field of mobile technology. But I am someone who is driven by the urge to do more. I want to be more than a good technology developer. Not just because I have the time and ability, but also because I have a moral responsibility towards people who lead a less privileged life for no fault of their… Continue
Added by Arun S Devarajan on March 31, 2010 at 4:49pm — No Comments
Innovation comes from constraint
Oh yay, the new kid picks the first secret on the page. Yeah yeah yeah, sure it seems lazy. And yeah, I knew I was going to write this one as soon as I saw it. It doesn't matter, yalll. I read it all, anyways.
I've always been the artistic type. As I sit here typing this, my mind is going in a million different directions. I'm just now the type to sit still. Not enough to be ADD or ADHD or whatever, but enough to make me a concious member of the world. I've always undertaken projects… Continue
I've always been the artistic type. As I sit here typing this, my mind is going in a million different directions. I'm just now the type to sit still. Not enough to be ADD or ADHD or whatever, but enough to make me a concious member of the world. I've always undertaken projects… Continue
Added by Anie Keegan on March 31, 2010 at 4:39pm — 2 Comments
In Ten Years
I think what's most striking about considering the next ten years is that in the past decade, even with how much has changed in the world, my lifestyle has not. What's changed in the past ten years? I've gotten better at some things thanks to college, I've beaten a few more video games, and I've moved to a new city. But while World of Warcraft has replaced Ultima Online and my phone does much cooler stuff, my day to day life is still unchanged.
Instead, I'd rather look at the ten years… Continue
Instead, I'd rather look at the ten years… Continue
Added by Cole Kleinschmit on March 31, 2010 at 4:38pm — No Comments
Rwanda: Kitchen Garden
The kitchen garden (with the use of sacs) is an angle that the government is using to help Rwandans eradicate poverty by stamping out malnutrition.The kitchen garden is a project that we introduced in our community as
a way of helping poor people with no jobs and resources who are living
on a day by day income, "learning how to make a kitchen garden will enable people to…
Added by Iyamuremye Jean de Dieu on March 31, 2010 at 4:33pm — 5 Comments
March 10, 2010
Today is March 10, 2010. I'm eating a sandwhich with a glass of iced tea and relaxing on the beach watching the sunset with my friends. It's about 7pm and the sun is still up in Spetses, Greece. The sandwhich i'm eating is a turkey, baloney, american cheese, cuc**bers, tomatoes, lettuse, mayo, on a toasted hero. I'm relaxing because in about 10 years from now I would be done with college and celebrating my accomplishments with my good ol' mates. Who made my sandwhich is the guy behind the…
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Creative Commons Conspiracy
I could go on a diatribe, or any of that. There are a lot of really creative, though somewhat, limited ideas on getting energy into the world ( an ever increasing problem, and really I'm looking forward to a Dyson sphere. )
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http://greenpowerrally.org/ There are lots of organizations trying to utilize "Green Energy" or just to get the word out for it. A very valid goal.…
Added by Conor Drums on March 31, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments
Water Cisterns: Tree People & The Center for Community Forestry
Tree People Cisterns: http://www.treepeople.org/cistern
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The coolest interactive demonstration I've seen in awhile from a nonprofit organization allows you to model out your own cistern project and look at rainfall collection as it can be used throughout the year for agriculture, fire safety & other essential needs.…
Added by Evo on March 31, 2010 at 4:23pm — 2 Comments
Dinner in 2020
I am having dinner with some friends and since we are foodies from way back, I thought it would be fun to make the dinner that is the subject of Much
Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and
Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal by… Continue
Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and
Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal by… Continue
Added by Alida C. Field on March 31, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments
False food security is the problem.
i think the biggest problem, regarding food security, in my city and country, and through out the western developed part of the world, is the false idea that we are protected from these events of food shortage that happen all over the world.
we don't know and we don't care, and as long as the food is cheap and apparently abundant, we go on with our lives like is not our problem.
there is no public, accepted, consensual knowledge on how the food system works, it's social,…
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Added by telmo teixeira on March 31, 2010 at 4:10pm — 3 Comments
10 years from now
I imagine that in 2020 I will have established myself as a game designer with a portfolio of great games and an active user community. I will be involved in social media projects that make innovative use of new media to create real change in the world. Through an active network I will be able to respond appropriately to disasters like the fictional Tokoy food crisis, by motivating, inspiring, fundraising and crowdsourcing in the network.
Added by Frederik77 on March 31, 2010 at 4:02pm — No Comments
My Garden,
Hello Evokers, I'm here to tell you that not so long ago my dad went and bought some seeds so I can plant vegetables in my backyard. I think this is very enviormental and closely related to the ACT on EVOKE. I'm planning on planting the seeds sometime this week but the weather has been so horrible I don't know if it's possible. I'm scared with all this rain that my seeds will come out of the ground. Not only that but I'm planning on planting the seeds with my best friend Katherine Gutierrez…
ContinueAdded by Anthoulla Themistokleous on March 31, 2010 at 3:58pm — 4 Comments
ACT 4 - WATER SAFETY IN CANADA
I recently posted a petition that came out over the past month from Council of Canadians, a group who are popular on the indy media site RABBLE.CA .( The petition is available to see on my previous post here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/photo/council-of-canadians-for-5/prev ; )
One of my concerns with the group was their method of asking for help via post. It was a fairly compelling and angry sounding… Continue
One of my concerns with the group was their method of asking for help via post. It was a fairly compelling and angry sounding… Continue
Added by Luke Sargent on March 31, 2010 at 3:58pm — No Comments
LEARN1
"see and do the obvious"
This is an important message that lots of leaders have missed. The obvios solution is often the best one. You have to see the problem for
urself. Centralisation of power never work, you cant be 50 miles away
from the problem, and know wath has top be done better than the ones
that live with the problem, no matter how smat and well educated you
are.
Groundrules of how to handle things is good, but they have to stay as
groundrules,… Continue
This is an important message that lots of leaders have missed. The obvios solution is often the best one. You have to see the problem for
urself. Centralisation of power never work, you cant be 50 miles away
from the problem, and know wath has top be done better than the ones
that live with the problem, no matter how smat and well educated you
are.
Groundrules of how to handle things is good, but they have to stay as
groundrules,… Continue
Added by Fredrik Malmgren on March 31, 2010 at 3:58pm — No Comments
Social Innovation
For me, the most important of the "secrets of social innovation" is to think simple. Working with what you have forces you to be creative and to find a simple solution to a complex problem. I remember as a child, I lived in the countryside. We did not have a lot of money to spend on the toys my friends from school had, but I made my own from things I found in my environment. I didn't have a jungle gym, but I could climb trees and make forts in the bushes. I didn't have many nice dolls, but… Continue
Added by Jessy Lammers on March 31, 2010 at 3:56pm — No Comments
IMAGINE [3] POWER SHIFT-Solar Cookers and Money in the Bank
It is the Fourth of July-Independence Day, the year 2020, on the beach of Emerald Isle, North Carolina, where our family comes from all parts of the US and the World to celebrate our Country's Freedom and its Democracy. It used to be in my own day, that we would all go to a beach, park, or other open public space to BarBQue aka BBQ. We would cook steak, corn-on-the-cob and other vegetables wrapped in foil. The fuel of the times was simple, manufactored coals that had been moistened with…
ContinueAdded by Laura Dawson on March 31, 2010 at 3:54pm — No Comments
16 years after the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda
ok,
in 1994,Rwanda suffered a tragedy of Genocide in one hundred days ,and around 1 million of tutsi dead.
after that Rwanda tried to recontruct and reconciliate as possible.
so now it is the 16th memoire of genocide and as DARWIN said" it is not the strongest of species to survive,nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change"
I would like to tell everyone that as rwandese killed other rwandese,now they all work on developping…
ContinueAdded by UWIHANGANYE Israël on March 31, 2010 at 3:50pm — 2 Comments
What you have matters more than what you lack (If you’ve got a bicycle, consider what you can build based on that, rather than
worrying about not having a car, a truck, a metal shop.)
i think that t…
- What you have matters more than what you lack (If you’ve got a bicycle, consider what you can build based on that, rather than worrying about not having a car, a truck, a metal shop.)
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Added by Benjamin Wade Edmonson on March 31, 2010 at 3:36pm — No Comments
Provide skills, not just finished technologies
"The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution, rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate and contribute to the evolution of the product. Furthermore, they acquire the skills needed to create solutions to a much wider variety of problems. They are empowered." I've always believed in this and I even try… Continue
Added by Paulo Alexandre Morais Garcia on March 31, 2010 at 3:34pm — No Comments
Not Innovative, but I like their style
Before I start this post, allow a personal note. As Ben has welcomed a new life into this world, my family is at the other end of the life cycle. My presence will probably be spotty at best and my posts shorter than usual. My apologies.
Mission three learn was to seek out some innovators that are working at systems of clean water delivery. Again, as with energy I came up dry, (pun intended), when I was looking for…
ContinueAdded by Megiddo Tell on March 31, 2010 at 3:32pm — 2 Comments
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