Of all the things i have read today a post by Sarah O.Connor has strangled my attention. There is a law out there that has already been passed by the House of Representatives called the
Food
Safety Modernization Act of 2010.
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 30, 2010 at 5:30pm —
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I'm still working on my Dark Site but here's the Beta version. I have a few questions for you all though. Firstly, i want to create my DarkSite for floods and whatever issues come along with it. What types of pages should i set up? Please list whatever change you think are necessary or would improve it greatly.
Thanks everyone!
I have updated the site! Here's a look:…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 29, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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The Texas Board of Education meets on a regular basis to decide on what will be taught in Texas school. They use volume purchasing instead of letting each district purchase them, there by saving a ton of money. Nearly half of the school districts in America mirror this move relying on Texas's education boards decisions end up in textbooks that are sold everywhere else.
Here's some of the Decisions that have been passed by the Board of Education for the State of…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 27, 2010 at 9:30pm —
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It is 2089 and i am 100 years old, the planet has changed drastically since i was 21. Floods, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Droughts, Wars and more have scarred the landscape. Where there was land is now water and where there was water is now land. Forcing nations to flee and people's to almost all loose their indigenous knowledge of their lands. There are still many displaced people ; me and my family being among the displaced. When the rivers flooded we lost almost everything, but things…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 27, 2010 at 12:00am —
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The native peoples who used to live where my town now stands are gone and with them most of the indigenous knowledge of our area. We know only a few things about the water ways and that is this. Don't swim in the water unless you want to risk death. There are creatures in there that drag people to the bottom and eat them. I know this because one of the family's friends was on a boat and went into the water. Something tried to pull him down and he was screaming. Everyone tried to pull him back…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 25, 2010 at 7:00pm —
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I watched a video online about how the Amazonian tribal leaders came to watch Avatar. The reactions were varied but all said the same thing. The rainforest is our home and like the Nav'i people in the movie we must protect our homeland from being destroyed. Being almost half Native American i always loved nature.
One day i went out and planted five trees for no reason whatsoever. Later i found out that my great great great grandma was a Native American Princess, her name was Anna of the…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 25, 2010 at 5:29pm —
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My community management story is of the Barefoot College. Who is working with locals to rediscover their past in hopes of a brighter
future. By combining indigenous knowledge
and green technology to create…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 22, 2010 at 9:28pm —
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The London Orchard Project is tackling climate change and giving back to their community some food security by planting orchards throughout the city.
"It occurred to me while in a park that it would have been wonderful had our ancestors planted productive trees rather than…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 22, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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It is the year 2020, the women i have helped now are teachers in their communities. Here's a glimpse:
Walking down the path from her new home the trees are in full blossom. The well is full and no one is hungry anymore. The community came together and changed their situation for the better. Thanks to the Evoke network and the people who donated money to help me attend school. I am now a teacher, and i teach other generations how to help the planet and to read and write. The community…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 22, 2010 at 1:38am —
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I got a call this morning Citizen X said he needed me to report on the local bank thats been set up by the community. The economy broke down, collapsed, each community is now in the position to create their own local economies based on what services and goods they…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 16, 2010 at 6:50pm —
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My town is at serious risk for flooding. In 2008 about a quarter of the city was flooded. New crews were everywhere before the waters came too close. The levies burst at midnight, no one knew what had happened. The city said nothing, but we knew by the loud noise that woke most. The emergency shelters wouldn't accept pets, almost everyone in the area owned at least one. Some tied their pets up and left them others gave them to family to take care of. There wasn't any news, all the news that was…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 15, 2010 at 2:00am —
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*NOTE: I'll be working on this one for a while getting everything added. But here it goes, this blog article will be a resource guide for communities. So if you need something look here first :-)
THE COMMUNITIES RESOURCE GUIDE:Bicycle Repair:http://bicycletutor.com/ : This website shows step by step video tutorials for bicycle…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 12, 2010 at 10:30pm —
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The Waterboxx collects condensation and slowly waters trees and other plants. Eventually the root system of the plant will grow enough to find it's own water and then all you do is remove the box. So that you can grow a forest in the middle of the Sahara or anywhere
for that matter.
These boxes can be used to slow and even stop and prevent desertification from happening around the globe. While providing food and resources for the surrounding populations.
Read about this…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 12, 2010 at 9:30pm —
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So far my only effort to help women rights was a minor facebook posting and becoming a fan of some rights groups. This isn't enough action on the matter, but it is all i can do at the moment. As soon as i can get a job, it might be a few more months. I will donate then, but as for now i cannot as i'm currently broke. But i will still raise awareness of the issue until that time and hopefully for a long time to come. I promise that i'll keep donating to causes and especially this one. There are…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 12, 2010 at 4:32pm —
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According to an article written January 14, 2009, from ifex.org. A female journalist was murdered in Terai, Nepal. The woman was also a women's rights activist.On January 11 she was attacked by a gang of about 15 men armed with the traditional curved knives of Nepal called "khukhuris".
the gang bursth into her apartment that she rented in Janakpur and stabbed her repeatedly in front of the other tenants. She died on her way to a hospital in Kathmandu, she had bled to death.
Some…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 8, 2010 at 12:16am —
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I signed up for Twitpay, i want to use it as soon as i can but at the moment i cannot for lack of money. Being on a student's budget makes innovation really important in my life. I try to do as much as possible online for free. Such as monitoring my bank accounts, paying bills, ordering items and saving on shipping etc.
There are no skills banks, no alternative currencies, micro-loans or bartering systems in my town. It's run on the basis of oil, everything from electricity to the…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 2, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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The biggest change that is going to happen to the way we use our money in the future is fluidity. We will be able to access out money through several different ways. Through currency exchanges of virtual currencies. I think in the future all money may indeed be virutal. Where paying your bills is as simple as sending a tweet and monitoring your funds is simple. Each city and town may also have their own currency which is connected to a virtual exchange with other communities and countries.…
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Added by Meira Datiya on April 1, 2010 at 1:39am —
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