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mobile loaves and fishes
When I started thinking about food security where I live, I immediately jumped to the issue of homelessness. Being a large city, it's impossible to ignore those who have lost everything - regardless of their history - and are just trying to find a way to get back on their feet. This is a food security issue, as well as a social issue. Why is it so difficult for those without to provide healthy meals?
Mobile Loaves and Fishes is a nonprofit based in Austin, Texas whose mission is "to… Continue
Added by Elora Ramirez on April 17, 2010 at 9:59pm — 2 Comments
Austin, TX - Resiliency A****sment
Austin, TX is quite an interesting city; it's also the capital of Texas. it does not surprise me that there are quite a few projects on urban resiliency, both government and independent.
City of Austin - Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Austin Sustainability…
Added by nomadHAR on April 17, 2010 at 8:55pm — 3 Comments
University of Michigan Sustainability Home Page
http://sustainability.umich.edu/
"With the pressing challenge of climate change, we are elevating our emphasis on sustainability at Michigan. From teaching and
research, to hands-on engagement, we are going to leverage our many
strengths so we can make significant contributions to solving a
genuinely complicated problem.” ~President Mary Sue Coleman
"With the pressing challenge of climate change, we are elevating our emphasis on sustainability at Michigan. From teaching and
research, to hands-on engagement, we are going to leverage our many
strengths so we can make significant contributions to solving a
genuinely complicated problem.” ~President Mary Sue Coleman
Added by Phill Cameron on April 14, 2010 at 7:04pm — No Comments
Quest6, Call to Action, The Quest for Peace
Not long ago, a farmer, who had worked tirelessly to build an organic garden system on his property, harvested the crop of sugar snap peas which were crisply hanging from their vines. A huge tornado blew up, and the farmer ran for the storm cellar. Skirting the edge of the farm, the tornado left minimal damage in its wake, tossing the baskets of harvested peas in the air, and…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — 10 Comments
Final End to Water Profiteering
we finally decided to send our most ambitious and widespread message yet. this is news of one year later.
one major ROOT of the problem still remained, however. while water quality has improved and the amount of…
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Learn6, Women advocates for peace hold up "Half the Sky"
In too many places, women are relegated to the dingy corners of existence. The majority of the world’s poor are women. Women endure poverty in all aspects of their lives: education, health, food, property, mobility, hope.
In too many places, women are denied the…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 11, 2010 at 4:56am — 4 Comments
Water Conservation and Security
as has been pointed out, there is so little actually usable water in the world. along with efforts to make sure that people have free or cheap access to water, some of us must also look at ourselves. for those of us like myself that live in the parts of world that use the most water, we must REDUCE our use of water.
in truth, i feel guilty every time i take a shower, because i know that many people don't have clean water to live on, let alone bathe…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 11, 2010 at 3:12am — No Comments
Reducing Energy Use: Why This Must Happen First
we simply must reduce the amount of energy we are consuming, especially those of us like myself that live in the worst offending countries. why?
world consumption of energy is projected to grow by as much as 44% by some sources.
at the current growing rate of consumption, it will become impossible to power…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 11, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments
Solar power windows
Considering that we wont be regularly using nanotech to produce cheap photovoltaic sheets for a solid decade or two, how about using the old photvoltaic crystal set up in cars, using suction cups, and putting them in the back windows. The average watts per sq foot seems to be between 10 to 15 per sq ft. Seems that anyone with a car window has a spare square foot or two and can replace using grid power with solar. This also could attempt to balance some of the carbon emissions that the car is…
ContinueAdded by Gabriel Martin on April 9, 2010 at 10:57pm — No Comments
A Dinner With Extended Family
today, we are hosting the weekly eat-together with our neighbors and friends. everybody brings an appetizer, main dish and side dish. my family is excited over the thought of the cuisine that one of our new neighbors will be bringing over. in general, the wonderful mix of recipes both traditional and experimental is always something to look forward to.
first, we head to our miniature garden/grove to gather some seasonal goods. then, we head to the local store to pick up the…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 9, 2010 at 10:18pm — No Comments
Future Power Party People
nowadays, it's like every action that i do has a technology that allows it to generate energy. ever since the boom of personal generators that started with simple dynamo flashlights, people can actually go 'off the grid' and generate enough power for their house, provided that some care is taken to be conservative. i've had a lot of help in both finding out about these gadgets and trimming my own power usage, i've also worked with people to make sure that my house was build with renewable…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 9, 2010 at 5:13am — No Comments
Free Speech, Sustainability, and the pursuit of happiness. Can EVOKE flourish?
Edward Hale:
…And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 8, 2010 at 5:44am — 3 Comments
Imagine3
Thanksgiving 2020
Our holiday will be created with a combination of saving and using more efficient renewable resources of energy. Our home will be designed to utilize natural lighting with windows placed strategically to allow cooling throughout without the use of energy and instead by openning windows. We will spend the day cooking, but the source of energy will come from our own waste (…
ContinueAdded by Yari A. Ojeda Sandel on April 6, 2010 at 11:37pm — No Comments
An Energy Solution
Dan Nocera reveals one possible solution for energy using water and…
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Added by Yari A. Ojeda Sandel on April 6, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments
Enable Food Security by including it in the "business case for sustainablity"
The hunger map of Africa sums the challenge up... and it leads me to think that what is needed is action.
From my perspective food, farming and production may seem a long way from the industry that I work in - community development and the built environment. But of course the two are completely intertwined. So I am thinking about some of the issues that I have read about over the last few days within Urgent Evoke and some of the opportunities that they represent.
There… Continue
From my perspective food, farming and production may seem a long way from the industry that I work in - community development and the built environment. But of course the two are completely intertwined. So I am thinking about some of the issues that I have read about over the last few days within Urgent Evoke and some of the opportunities that they represent.
There… Continue
Added by BrainStampede on April 6, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments
Imagine5, Sustainable Energy Port-a-Card
In April, 2020, I am watching the citizens in Muynak, Uzbekistan, gather at the historic water-front pier where, on April 4, 2010, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had called upon the world's leaders to find solutions for "one of the worst...environmental disasters of the world."
The pier in Muynak stretched out over a cracked, saline desert, and camels sought shade in the shadows of stranded ships.
Neighboring, poverty-stricken Tajikistan was further threatening the water…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 6, 2010 at 5:28am — 5 Comments
Quest3 Environment What would I change near where I live
Right now I live outside Washington, DC, USA, where there are more than 175 embassies, chanceries, diplomatic missions, and official residences. More than 175 chances to spread the word of sustainability, the work of EVOKE.
When I lived in Japan, the consulate in F**uoka had an award for "green initiatives" and institution and implementation of sustainable water, xeriscaping, and building-operations eco-improving practices; more notably, the entire US embassy in Tokyo…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 5, 2010 at 11:27pm — 3 Comments
Is tyranny sustainable? Learn5 addendum
The concept of money, currency, fair trade in goods, services, arts and ideals is a very complicated issue. In writing my Learn5
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/learn5-an-identity-card-c...
and Act5
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/currency-that-cannot-be-traded
posts, reader…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 3, 2010 at 5:15pm — 11 Comments
Preliminary to Imagine5, Can an ID card doom us to an Orwellian nightmare? What currency might the future hold?
Privacy has long been held a guaranteed right of democracy--part of the "western/democratic" currency of convictions.
In my Learn5 blog, I asked if an ID card, the expected issuance of the 15th deci-annual Census in India, could be deemed "priceless?"
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/learn5-an-identity-card-costs?xg_source=activity
Challenged…
ContinueAdded by Michele Baron on April 3, 2010 at 2:30am — 4 Comments
A new type of bank built on sustainability: Unified Field Bank
http://www.unifiedfieldbank.com/
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I am going to cut and paste directly from their website as they are exceptionally thoughtful about thrivable issues in development:…
Added by Evo on April 2, 2010 at 9:37pm — 2 Comments
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