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Involving Males in the Promotion of Gender Equality
I chose a story from the Women's Watch feed with an interesting alternative perspective: male roles in the creation of gender equality.
The story is here.
One of the most important insights to be gleaned from this, and a key message in this area was that "these programmes need to be extended to boys still in their early childhoods in order to achieve better results".
In my mind, this is tremendously key, as… Continue
The story is here.
One of the most important insights to be gleaned from this, and a key message in this area was that "these programmes need to be extended to boys still in their early childhoods in order to achieve better results".
In my mind, this is tremendously key, as… Continue
Added by Laurence Imich on April 20, 2010 at 7:18pm — 1 Comment
The Favour Bank
In my research, I came across this idea about the future of money from Cat Cramer, in which money has been replaced by favours.
The idea is simple - when you need something, you go to the Favour Bank and look for a card with that favour. All you need to do in return is put your own card back in the bank in return, listing all the favours you could do for someone else.
A positive extra from this… Continue
The idea is simple - when you need something, you go to the Favour Bank and look for a card with that favour. All you need to do in return is put your own card back in the bank in return, listing all the favours you could do for someone else.
A positive extra from this… Continue
Added by Laurence Imich on April 12, 2010 at 10:01am — 1 Comment
The Arborloo
Sometimes solutions to water problems don't involve water as directly as one might think.
The Arborloo was developed by Peter Morgan, a Zimbabwean and was originally deployed in Ethiopia, but its success has led to it being moved into other African nations.…
ContinueAdded by Laurence Imich on April 12, 2010 at 9:43am — 3 Comments
Harish Hande - Founder of SELCO
Harish Hande is an Indian social entrepreneur who specialises in helping to bring electricity to underdeveloped regions. He started by selling solar-powered headlamps to Indian rosepickers, collaborating with banks to get them loans so they could buy the headlamps. With the extra money they made through increased productivity, they were able to earn enough money to pay back…
ContinueAdded by Laurence Imich on April 12, 2010 at 9:09am — No Comments
United Kingdom Food Shortage
I'm from the United Kingdom, and upon doing some brief research into the issue of food shortages in this country, I found this story on the Guardian website detailing the potential prooblems that could be created by a lack of reliable food sources.
Britain's problem is more its total dependency on food supplies form overseas, and how that could cause massive problems if those supplies were ever in… Continue
Britain's problem is more its total dependency on food supplies form overseas, and how that could cause massive problems if those supplies were ever in… Continue
Added by Laurence Imich on April 9, 2010 at 6:01pm — No Comments
Who can know what life holds in ten years' time? I will still be learning, and will be making a positive impact. How that will manifest itself, I'm not sure, but something in the field of education.…
Who can know what life holds in ten years' time?
I will still be learning, and will be making a positive impact. How that will manifest itself, I'm not sure, but something in the field of education.
Dreaming Big (Thanks to Tim):
I will be working somewhere outside of Europe, immersed in a totally different culture, overseeing a project to increase education standards amongst under-privileged children, with specific focus on the importance of…
ContinueAdded by Laurence Imich on April 8, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments
Wanted to say, having done some vbreif research, I've also decided to follow John Wood's Room to Read blog. Within the sphere of social innovation, it is eduction that interests me most, and specifi…
Wanted to say, having done some vbreif research, I've also decided to follow John Wood's Room to Read blog.
Within the sphere of social innovation, it is eduction that interests me most, and specificially within that, I truly believe that reading is one of the keys to creating social equality. Reading can empower people in developing countries, and help them to develop their own socially innovative ideas. Room to Read…
ContinueAdded by Laurence Imich on April 8, 2010 at 1:15pm — No Comments
I have chosen to follow One Laptop Per Child's blog, as it is a socially innovative company that I very much admire. It helps children in developing countried to become more empowered by providing on…
I have chosen to follow One Laptop Per Child's blog, as it is a socially innovative company that I very much admire. It helps children in developing countried to become more empowered by providing one alptop to each schoolchild, helping to make education a priority, not a privilege. In following this, I will indirectly be following Nicholas Negroponte, the company's founder in 2002. Hopefully this will inspire me to create my own socially innovative…
ContinueAdded by Laurence Imich on April 8, 2010 at 1:02pm — No Comments
All fascinating insihgts into being a "Social Innovator", but the ones which held the most reosnance with me personally are definitely those from Ethan Zuckerman, and in particular I would like to hi…
All fascinating insihgts into being a "Social Innovator", but the ones which held the most reosnance with me personally are definitely those from Ethan Zuckerman, and in particular I would like to highlight the third post: "Embrace market mechanisms".
This is a key point that people often forget: If people are merely given something, they too often take this for granted. However, having to work harder for something means that a person is more psychologically…
ContinueAdded by Laurence Imich on April 8, 2010 at 12:40pm — No Comments
Latest Blog Posts
- Involving Males in the Promotion of Gender Equality
- The Favour Bank
- The Arborloo
- Harish Hande - Founder of SELCO
- United Kingdom Food Shortage
- Who can know what life holds in ten years' time? I will still be learning, and will be making a positive impact. How that will manifest itself, I'm not sure, but something in the field of education.…
- Wanted to say, having done some vbreif research, I've also decided to follow John Wood's Room to Read blog. Within the sphere of social innovation, it is eduction that interests me most, and specifi…
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Involving Males in the Promotion of Gender Equality
- The Arborloo
- Who can know what life holds in ten years' time? I will still be learning, and will be making a positive impact. How that will manifest itself, I'm not sure, but something in the field of education.…
- The Favour Bank
- Harish Hande - Founder of SELCO
- United Kingdom Food Shortage
- Wanted to say, having done some vbreif research, I've also decided to follow John Wood's Room to Read blog. Within the sphere of social innovation, it is eduction that interests me most, and specifi…
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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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