April 2014 Blog Posts (635)

To bring attention to the world's need for clean water in 2020, I will challenge people to live one day drinking as much clean water as people in places like Kenya and Uganda. Having people put themselves in other's shoes gives them an idea of how severe the water crisis is, and how much of an impact it has on people's lives. We would measure the average amount of clean water an average person in, say, Kenya drinks each day, and challenge people here to do the same, and journal about it to…

In 10 years from today I will be 29 years old. I will have graduated from the University of Florida with a Masters degree in Accounting and have my own small accounting firm I run out of my home. I will be a wife to someone and a mother to 3 children. Everyday I will strive to do an act of kindness to someone I do not know in an attempt to create a chain reaction. Hopefully my small acts of kindness will inspire those around me to be more kind to others.

I have chosen Sarah Ramirez. She is encouraging her community in California to be healthy. The group she started, 'Be Healthy Tulare', has collected 20,000 pounds of produce and have donated it to residents in need. I am choosing her because she has a passion and is doing things to help others. I have followed the 'Be Healthy Tulare' twitter account so I can shadow her and her organization's group online.

In the year 2020, we would be celebrating the 4th of July, however this holiday is now celebrated with a twist. All fireworks are equipped with a special panel that picks up both solar and lunar light. It is stored within the panel until the use of the firework. You would then be able to activate the panel's power through a remote detonating device to shoot it off. This new technology would reduce/ eliminate the use of black powder and other harmful chemicals to make the explosives.

A few weeks ago I actually did my speech in my public speaking class about making a home garden. I explained the importance of food security for the coming years and we did a hands on activity where the class got to plant their own basil seeds to start their home garden. I encouraged them to go home and use the knowledge that I provided and their new seedling to start their own garden and to show their friends. It was a great experience to see the excitement of the students who had grown…

In 2020/ 10 years from now, I will be with my family, happily married, possibly with children. I would like to be working for social change locally by supporting food banks with my family and doing community outreach projects to teach my children the importance of social change.

The way I contributed to the water crisis going on is I educated as many people/friends as I could about the Life Straw. In my recent blog, I explained how this $10 straw is being bought/donated to areas that don't have access to clean water. This straw filters any water and is safe to drink. By educating all these people, they can continue to spread the word and hopefully more people will buy/donate these straws to people who desperately need them.

The clean water project if chose is called Water is Life. They are a non-profit dedicated to providing clean water solutions. They created a portable straw that filters/purifies any water source to provide clean drinkable water. There are three chambers in this straw that filter diseases, particles, bad taste, etc. The straw cleans a minimum 800 liters of water. These straws cost $10 and a lot of people are buying them and donating them to areas that don't have accessible clean water.

One crisis that I would see happening in the future would be the threat of hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding. One way I would help communication threw crisis would be just what we are doing now. With our alerts on TV's, radios, and sirens. I would also increase the practice of our government with helping the communities recover from tragedy. I think their needs to be more evacuations plans and need to practice this plans every 6 months to ensure that the plans will still work. We also need…

In an effort to help support LifeStraw's movement towards solving the world water crisis, I used my personal Facebook page to help spread the word about their amazing product, what it does and why. I also went and "liked" their official Facebook page so that I can stay up-to-date on their products and innovations as well as help keep others informed about these amazing products! I also look forward to actually purchasing one of these products soon as well!…

I would like to start the Give a glass Day. Where one day out of the year one person will give a glass of clean water to someone. To make sure that for one day everyone has water. It would be an international give water day. It would help people realize how important water is and how we need to preserve it. Also it shows of the importance of water and how everyone needs clean water and how most people do not have access to clean water.

This day would be to raise awareness of the…

One of the most amazing water inventions I have heard of is called the LifeStraw. I didn't believe it when I first heard about it but then I did some research. This thing is able to filter any source of water make the water drinkable. It filters out all the bacteria and bad pathogens. Its a simple straw that filters about 1000 liters of water enough for one person in one year. It was created by an organization out of Switzerland and has been given to third world countries and helped during…

One way I helped with food security was that my roommate and I went and donated all her families eggs to some families that we knew who were short on money. We also helped donate eggs to a nonprofit organization that uses the eggs to help feed their pregnant dogs. This nonprofit raises and rescues dogs to be trained as specialized medical service dogs. We were able to donate over 50 eggs to 3 families so they can have breakfast for the next morning and cook other things as well.

It…

Just recently I have noticed on the tv that country music star Hunter Hayes is now helping endorse ConAgra food products to help raise money to end child hunger. I did not realize how many children in America go Hungry every day. Hunter Hayes is trying to make a big difference while breaking records at the same time. He seeks to have a road race. Preforming 10 concerts in 10 different cities in 24 hours with the money going to help end child hunger issues. He also has some of the proceeds of…

In 100 years from now, I want the youth to be sustaining their own environments. I would tell them to utilize the natural resources that surround them in order to minimize their impact on the earth. I would like to see all homes and companies powered from a renewable source of energy like water, wind, or the sun instead of on fossil fuels. I would tell them to keep innovating to make the world a better place for the future. Minimize pollution and focus on longterm sustainability.

I found the secret of "innovating on existing platforms" to be fairly useful. Innovation tends to be attached to the idea of creating something from the ground up, but innovations rarely come from nothing. They are often just better versions of the things we use today. I recently read a great blog post written by Dave Morin on the blog site Medium. In the post…

After reading through several articles, I found that there were particular themes in which countries used. One was educating the ma**** on the purpose of the mission. When the citizens were educated they felt a sense of ownership to their resources and more empowered and compelled to save them. Take for example the forests in Uganda, or the natural resources in Botswana. People learned that they can profit off of their resources if they use them properly and work to sustain them.

Manifesto:
1. Get informed
2. Begin anywhere
3. Never back down
4. Start small
5. Don't lose momentum
6. Change someone else's life
7. Change your life
8. Change the world

WHICH great challenges and social problems should the EVOKE Network tackle next?

Social media becoming integrated into government uprisings and spreading news faster than ever.

WHERE in the world should the network try to build up new EVOKE communities?

Smaller communities and with younger audiences so that we can start encouraging our youth to follow the news.

WHO would you encourage to play Season 2?

Friends, family, classmates

HOW would you change the game…

The next pandemic flu has just reached my part of the world and I'm designing an online network where governments safety officials can post to advice and timely warning to the public. This would allow them to notify where certain danger zones are, what curfews have been set in place, where they can seek help, shelter, food, water or medical attention. These officials will help save lives by being available and proactive in providing support and useful information.