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Act 3: Collaboration to use existing resource
I have seen a lot of interesting and amazing concepts in clean energy by some amazing inventors, but for my act this week I am focusing on process rather than technology.
From now on, to help power the mobile phones, ebook readers, etc, which the…
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 24, 2010 at 3:39am — No Comments
Learn 3: The Hard Work
Often around the idea of renewable energy the emphasis seems to be on big centralized projects, new inventions, and other ideas that can bring big headlines.
However, in this emphasis on the big and shiny it is easy to ignore the importance of the grinding work of putting community-empowering, distributed energy projects on the ground.
In this way, I found Eureka's unfortunate disdain in the comic this week for the hard work of people who are…
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 24, 2010 at 2:55am — No Comments
Imagine 3: Thanksgiving
My favorite holiday is the United States holiday of "Thanksgiving". It is my favorite holiday because it revolves around getting people together and eating turkey, stuffing, and a number of other foods.
In 2020 the entire meal will be powered by the same solar photovoltaic energy that is powering the rest of my home and work equipment.
Electric stove and oven, lights, etc will all be powered by the pv on the roof of the building where we are…
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 23, 2010 at 5:25pm — 2 Comments
Act 2: Four-door garden
I am working with three other evoke agents who have collectively decided that we will research, design, grow, and doc**ent a four-door garden.
The land we will be using for our "four-door" is owned by two of the involved agents, and was partly used for growing in the past few years by one of the agents. This year, we will all work together and have decided that a big part of this growing project will be intentionally putting principles shared on evoke into practice and…
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 17, 2010 at 3:17am — 1 Comment
Imagine 2: Dinner March 10, 2020
I will be eating in our apartment with my wife. Our food came from a combination of the farmers market down the street, our window sill, and a small vegetable plot by our apartment building.
I prepared it, because in 10 years I assume I will still be making all the meals, and it is homemade pasta, oil with tomatoes, garlic, and cheese. It tastes good, fresh, and is made from all locally sourced ingredients.
Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 16, 2010 at 7:12pm — 3 Comments
Learn 2: In the United States
In a country like the United States it is often a temptation for people, here and elsewhere, to think that things work well.
However, in a country that is asked to stop providing food aid in Haiti (regardless of the timing in this situation, dumping as a problem is not new), is struggling with water infrastructure (…
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 16, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment
Act 1: Jonathan Gosier
I have chosen to shadow Jonathan Gosier of Appfrica. Gosier lives in Kampala, Uganda and works on Appfrica as well as other really interesting projects (such as the Swiftriver API w/Ushahidi). According to his resume, "Appfrica is an organization that I founded with the goal of facilitating and mentoring software developers in East Africa.
I am interested in Gosier because he appears to be doing some really… Continue
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 9, 2010 at 3:52pm — 3 Comments
Learn 1: Provide skills, not just finished technologies
I think the idea "Provide skills, not just finished technologies" is the most important on this list. Without this core concept, other ideas like: "think and act big - don't do anything that can't reach a million people" become nothing more than a terrible call to failure, or to muscle others out of the way so that our ideas "win". Co-creation is difficult, yet will yield the most successful shared future.
Each of us has skills to contribute, and each of us has…
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Added by Jeremy Shankle on March 3, 2010 at 9:52pm — 1 Comment
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Fourth of July on the Lake
This past weekend was the annual celebration at the lake house in Connecticut. It is amazing that the lake is still so clear and beautiful after all these years. The watershed association has done a wonderful job protecting these waters from the damaging effects of development.The wood grill was finally ready to cook on, so we didn't miss the propane tank fueled grill anymore. The food actually tasted fresher than in the past and was easy to keep fueled.Dad was very proud of the solar hybrid…See More
Stinging Nettle
In this blog post I will focus on a plant that is abundant in our nature, and which is immensely nutritious. It's of course the Stinging Nettle. Let's start with the chemical constituents of this plant:37 % Non-Nitrogen-Extracts19 - 29 % Ash9 - 21 % Fiber4 % Fat22 % ProteinOnce the leaves are drid, their protein content can reach an astounding 40 %, which is much higher than beef, which even under the best of circ**stances can never exceed 31 % protein. In addition the Stinging Nettle consists…See More
The meal
It is 7'oclock, I was late home from work due to an assignment that i wanted to get ahead on. By the time I get home I am feeling extremley tired and I cannot be bothered to make a proper meal. I walk to the fridge and open it to see what there is for me to eat. All of the out of date foodstuffs have been automaticaly thrown away by the fridge, they will be recycled tomorrow as animal feed or something. I see i have organic local eggs and some local cheese. Foods are vacc** sealded for easy…See More
Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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