Added by David Dewane on May 18, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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Five stages of reaction to a disaster…
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Added by David Dewane on May 11, 2010 at 6:51am —
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As I received this advice from an elder when I was young, so I will pass it along to you.
Learn History. Throughout time, humans have fell victim to many of the same traps. We believe that through technology, science and economics we will become immune to war, disease, and social division. So our forefathers believed, and it has led to ruin. Let us not share in their misery.
Think Historically. Learn about history, but do not focus on the data - the raw…
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Added by David Dewane on May 11, 2010 at 6:36am —
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Added by David Dewane on May 11, 2010 at 6:22am —
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Added by David Dewane on May 7, 2010 at 10:30am —
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Added by David Dewane on May 7, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Added by David Dewane on May 7, 2010 at 9:30am —
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Added by David Dewane on May 7, 2010 at 9:30am —
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As I catch up on some old quests I hit a serious snag with ACT 5, which was about making non-typical monetary transactions. I'm TOTALLY THRILLED I STUCK IT OUT because I found KickStarter, a website that promotes projects trying to start up by allowing strangers to fund them. I thought of my own model for a website like this ages ago (go ahead, roll your eyes...) and am ECSTATIC that it exists. In celebration I dished out a small contribution to:…
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Added by David Dewane on May 3, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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Students across America will build up to World Water Day 2020 by spending every day of the proceeding week carrying to school the amount of water needed to get them through the school day. At the end of the week, they can send up their own water security Evokations on Season 10 of…
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Added by David Dewane on May 3, 2010 at 2:50pm —
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AIDG is a non-profit that implements sustainable building systems in the developing world, with a specific focus on Guatemala and now Haiti. They do several interesting things with water including hydroelectric and solar hot water.
What I find interesting about this work is that most NGOs dealing with water focus on providing water for consumption, while maybe not dealing with the energy related issues. While I cannot comment…
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Added by David Dewane on May 3, 2010 at 1:45pm —
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Evacuation for Hurricane Rita, Houston, Texas. 2005 AP photo
Hurricane Evacuation: Houston
2005 was a disastrous year on the Gulf Coast. After Katrina…
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Added by David Dewane on April 21, 2010 at 10:52am —
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Added by David Dewane on April 14, 2010 at 1:36pm —
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ELEMENTAL, CHILE: Building Equity in Cities
“Every time we come here, we have surprises. The Energy is incredible.”…
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Added by David Dewane on April 14, 2010 at 12:30pm —
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The following post is a new project from Architecture for Humanity:…
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Added by David Dewane on March 30, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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Fellow gamers,
I believe that EVOKE is simply a means of disseminating knowledge about how to provide basic services that have the potential to improve world - dressed up as a game to stimulate participation. I believe it was created in a spirit of altruism, that is, the out of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others.
Some gamers have taken it upon themselves to add a level of critical analysis to the game. An excellent example…
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Added by David Dewane on March 30, 2010 at 7:44pm —
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Fellow EVOKE users. I converted a recent essay composed for my graduate studies into a post describing the realities, as best I can discern them, of the "digital divide," that is, the gap in access of Internet penetration between different parts of the world. It is a bit lengthy (~2,500 words...15 min read), but might be useful information to those actively engaged in the conversation regarding lack of African/South…
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Added by David Dewane on March 30, 2010 at 2:00pm —
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There is a magical place in Austin, Texas called the
Center For Maximum Potential Building Systems where people have been Evoking for 30+ years. CMPBS is co-run by Pliny Fisk III and Gail Vitorri. Pliny was trained as an architect and has been developing building systems since the Bucky days and Gail was focusses on policy and just finished up a term as National Chair of the US Green Building Council (who administers the LEED building certification…
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Added by David Dewane on March 22, 2010 at 1:02pm —
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I think Evoke is pretty amazing.
There has been a lot of chatter the last few days about points, scoring, winning, etc. and I share the same sentiment of people like…
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Added by David Dewane on March 22, 2010 at 12:06pm —
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