A crash course in changing the world.

All Blog Posts Tagged 'food' (356)

[+] - - - - - (Imagine 2) Dinner on March 10, 2010

I like to eat before the sunset. It sets a peaceful tone for and the warm light often helps with conversation. My family, my wife and two children, and my parents

and my wife's parents are all at the table. It's a typical dinner.…

Continue

Added by Bonan Zhang on May 6, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

EVOKE: VISION1 - 10 years seems so long, and yet so close...

"Don't say it" she said to me as she walks onto the roof.

I try and stifle my cheshire grin, after all starving people is not something to be joking about but I've always had a black humour. You can either laugh on the edge of hysterical or you can cry your way off the ledge of a building.

Neither of them really solve anything but at least one makes you feel a little better about the world.

Wandering over my rooftop garden I check and see if any tomatoes are ripe yet. I'm… Continue

Added by Ty_Ping on May 5, 2010 at 12:29am — 1 Comment

Welcome to my Farm~!

Soojin's Diary Mar 10, 2020. Sunny.

Today I'll serve a dinner for my lovely boyfriend Minsu at my garden.

(Thanks God! Let it be sunny today!!:D)

Today's main dish would be my special dish, Sprouts Bibimbob with home made apricot wine.

I already asked some rice to my sweet neighbor Mr. Smith who cultivates little rice.

And I tried my…

Continue

Added by SOOJIN PAEK on May 4, 2010 at 2:46am — No Comments

Trading Skills on Craigslist

I tried to trade skills using Craigslist and it seems to be a complete failure.

The first reason is the inability to match perception of values. Either people think that your service is more valuable than what they have to offer, or it's the other way around. Instead, people might think that your services worth much less than it is. This leaves a very small amount of people that would perceive your service as you perceive it. You can imagine how hard it would be for two…

Continue

Added by Jordache Perozzo on May 3, 2010 at 9:42pm — No Comments

How to Save The World

How to Save The World I just watched this doc**entary. Quite interesting and proactive.…

Continue

Added by Catherine Gentry on May 3, 2010 at 7:29pm — 2 Comments

Not Food Security, but insecure food.

I live in America, where our farming subsidies have our farmers throwing food out because it is so abundant. The Mollic soil profile of the American Midwest will keep Americans and alot of the world fed during the coming food shortage. It is my firm belief that in the years to come we will still be eating comfortably. The biggest food emergency here is of a different kind. When you look at poor people from any other country they are usually emaciated, carrying a few infections, and desperate… Continue

Added by Andrew Anstrom on May 3, 2010 at 12:47am — 1 Comment

After the car-pool comes the meal-pool: teamwork makes solutions

http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/logo.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; background-position: 100% 0%; ">We live in a city, lets say new york, in an apartment that is affordable for the salary my future husband and I make. We are not poor,…

Continue

Added by Victoria H on May 1, 2010 at 9:38pm — No Comments

LEARN 2: LEARN + GROW +FEED + EDUCATE = FOOD SECURITY

LEARN + GROW +FEED + EDUCATE = FOOD SECURITY

"Food security exists when all people, at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for a healthy and active life." - World Food Summit 1996

Food is very important for the growth and survival of man even the plants do need food for survival. The objective of this is to make sure that food is in abundance for mankind for years to come and to prevent the scarcity…

Continue

Added by Oluwafunmilayo on May 1, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

IMAGINE 2

After having reached the embassy, being taken by angry mob got dehydrated and I finally entered the large wrought iron gates. I felt slightly dizzy as I looked in all directions in search of someone who recognized me. I repeated this two more times. Nothing. I seemed to be invisible to this big set of workmen insatiable even though exhausted. Suddenly, coming from the east wing, I heard my name being yelled, "Ms. Mariana! Thank god you heard our call, it is urgent. Follow me, please...”. I… Continue

Added by Mariana Conduto Oliveira on May 1, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Evokation Idea: Get Dirty/Earthy!

So here is one of my Evokation ideas:…

Continue

Added by Katherine Morrison on April 29, 2010 at 9:48pm — 2 Comments

Local Food Crisis in Austin Texas

In Austin the big stores, Walmart, Randalls/Safeway and HEB have cornered the grocery market

We also have high end stores like wh*** Foods, Natural Grocery and Sun harvest. Food prices increased by a whopping 20% in april 2010, the biggest leap since 1984.

I see people sifting through the bulk food aisle because they're barely getting by on their social security and welfare payments and unemployment.

I see long lines at the drivethroughs for fast food, and smell the rank… Continue

Added by Mazarine on April 29, 2010 at 5:45am — No Comments

Ushahidi, an alternative use??

I've been musing this week on the connection between economics, security/resilience, and 'systems'. It suddenly occured to me tonight that Ushahidi is a tool that may be adaptable to enable systems for more efficient economics as well as in response to disasters.

To begin with, you need to see this video about how a systemic failure in Africa resulted in famine even while there was a food surplus - Eleni… Continue

Added by Chris Ke Sihai on April 27, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

To increase food security : adopt a chicken

I think the chicken is a really good solution to get food safety for poorest countries :

This animal is cheap, can live in almost any climate, produce about one egg per day, live generally more than 7 year, is easy to feed.

To be more specific, a chicken can be feed with grass, seeds, worms, insects, vegetable waste (peelings from potatoes, appels,…

Continue

Added by Edwige Lelievre on April 27, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Living with Empty Stomachs and Pockets

Poverty....

Are you quite sure that you know and see what this word is all about?

I live in a Third-World Country (Well... Atleast thats what I hear from the people) and see, almost everyday, what poverty really is. It's hard to feel something unless you see it for yourself and not through other people's eyes.

"Yeah yeah... They live in poverty... It's a really sad fact."

You know, some…

Continue

Added by Luis Benesa on April 26, 2010 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

Repowering the oven

I use an oven every day. Lots of baking, plus broiling, reheating, etc.

Up here in the mountains, supplying the oven with gas is, at best, tricky, as trucks have to find their way to this remote spot. That's in good weather.

How to power an oven without gas?

Well, the first step is to move the oven function outside. We don't get a lot of sun in Vermont, especially in the forest. So I'd have to identify a spot which…

Continue

Added by Bryan Alexander on April 26, 2010 at 6:27pm — No Comments

LEARN1

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.)

This is important to understand i believe. Why? Well because, it would seem that so much time is devoted to bringing in resources. So

much money spent on just trying to bring whats over 'there' to this

place over 'here'. We could use the resources that the country can

provide and… Continue

Added by Orville Rodgers on April 26, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

LEARN2 - Delaware's Food Insecurity

My search started by simply typing “food security Delaware” into Google and scrolling through the links. The first on the list is this: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June07/Features/Struggling.htm. It’s…

Continue

Added by Katrina Glidewell on April 24, 2010 at 8:01pm — 1 Comment

Powdered Fruit Drinks, Anyone? (breaking a bad habit; suggestions welcomed)

I drink a lot of fruit beverages. During warm weather, my household consumes a large carton/bottle about every two days.

Sure we recycle the cartons and plastic bottles. But I realized the total number of cartons/bottles per year - from just one household - is ridiculous. It's far too much packaging!

Where can I find FRUIT DRINKS that are:

Good tasting (we drink a lot of this stuff)
Powered (minimal packaging, I can…

Continue

Added by Jean Frankly on April 24, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Imagine 5: The Recycling Bank

Name: The Recycling Bank

Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa. Franchises spread throughout South Africa

Designer: Reid Falconer

Operating System: Exchange Recyclable good for shopping vouchers

What Community does it serve: The entire local community

What Problem does it Solve: The problem of Waste and Food security

The Recycling Bank is an all new initiative to fight the war against waste. This system will…

Continue

Added by Reid Falconer on April 23, 2010 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Even here, in my cosy corner of the world...

I live in a first world country and have access to an abundance of food. I thought that here, envisaging a potential local food shortage would require a bigger picture (and longer term) context:

Climate change spreading the range of crop & livestock diseases, compounding ongoing drought, increasing the occurrence of extreme weather events;
Massive migration influx absorbing food resources - again, these could be climate change refugees;
Some…

Continue

Added by Angela B on April 23, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments