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All Blog Posts Tagged 'water-security' (9)

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…

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Added by Michele Baron on April 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — 10 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…

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Added by Michele Baron on April 6, 2010 at 5:28am — 5 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…

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Added by Michele Baron on April 3, 2010 at 5:15pm — 11 Comments

Circle of Blue keeping track of water security issues Quest4 part 2

Circle of Blue reports on water scarcity, water-security innovations, and recent news and sustainability innovations. This article reports on constructed wetlands/grey water recycling at a Prison in Kenya.

For more information, see:…

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Added by Michele Baron on April 1, 2010 at 5:19am — 1 Comment

Water visionary Francisca Rosas Valencia, Quest4 part 1

The visionary in this quest4 report, Francisca Rosas Valencia, worked to inspire sustainable changes to overcome the ongoing drought and water crisis in the Tehuacan Valley and in Mexico. For more information, see:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-carl-ganter/divining-destiny-mexicos_b_476887.html

and…

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Added by Michele Baron on April 1, 2010 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

World Water and Earth Day 2020, Alchemy's Speech, Imagine4

“Ten years ago,” Alchemy began, “on March 24th, 2010, New Moore Island sank beneath the rising waters of the Bay of Bengal.

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Added by Michele Baron on March 28, 2010 at 3:00am — 2 Comments

Xeriscaping, Permaculture, and sustainable water use, a proposal for Earthsong's 70 acre tract

EVOKE Agent Michelle Angela Kim ( http://http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MichelleAngelaKim ) is working down in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia to realize a resilient community gardening project (…

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Added by Michele Baron on March 25, 2010 at 4:00am — 4 Comments

Phosphorus, Jellyfish, and Fertilizer and Peak Crises Revisited

This blog post shows links to Jasper's "Fertilizer" evokation, posted 11 March, 2010,

http://http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/fertilizer-1

and GLIM's Fertilizer and Peak Crises posted 15 March, 2010…

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Added by Michele Baron on March 17, 2010 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

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