TLiu's Blog (20)

This mission really reminded me that it was time to save money for the future, especially we will be attending college next year and it costs a lot. One way that I have used to save money since I accepted this mission is barter. I tried this with one of my friends, and I want to share this experience. We wrote down a list of things that we wanted to buy but hadn't yet, and another list of things that we wanted to be used to trade. The first item that I got from her was a headphone, and I…

We always use money to buy whatever we want or need. However, saving money is also very important, especially when the economy of the country is not so good now. Therefore, I did research on different types of money systems, and one that I think can apply to our daily lives is barter.

Through these articles, I learned that "bartering is a medium in which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods and/or services without a medium of exchange, such…

According to many statistics and reports, the number of women working is much more than the number of men. Therefore, we feel that in order to give women power and improve women's position women need to find jobs to make money so that they don't have to rely on men totally.

I did some research on the topic of empowering women, and there was one article that appealed to me. According to this article,…

A money system that I've never used is bartering. Bartering is the act of trading goods or services without the exchange of money. I tried this with one of my friends, and I want to share this experience. We wrote down a list of things that we wanted to buy but hadn't yet, and another list of things that we wanted to be used to trade. The first item that I got from her was a headphone, and I gave her a computer mouse in return. I felt that this could save both of us a lot of money, and we…

I have realized that I really need to start saving water. When I was washing my hands or something I always just leave the tap on for minutes. Yet, I felt really guilty when I was reading these articles about water resources in North Africa. There are 884 million people lacking of the access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lacking of the adequate sanitation. I was really shocked by these statistics. Therefore, I decided to make posters about these facts in North Africa. Then I…

I checked the website provided on the Evoke page about water visionary http://www.waterforpeople.org/. I was really shocked by these statistics revealed on this website. There are 884 million people lacking of the access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lacking of the adequate sanitation. Then I suddenly realized that I really need to start saving water. When I was washing my hands or something I always just leave the tap on for…

Since I made posters about these facts in North Africa to let everyone know about what is going on in North Africa, I decided to go further. I think that we can make a big change with everyone's effort, and thus I want to unite everyone in the community. I will hold an event based on the topic of "water resources'. Everyone chooses to attend this event will be locked in the library or any other public places for a day. They can do anything they want, but they cannot have any water or drinks…

Now I'm learning more about sOccket. It's a soccer ball, a portable generator, a community builder, and a global health tool. When the soccer is kicked, it "captures the energy from impact that is normally lost to the environment". http://www.soccket.com/ I think this is really cool, and am wondering who created this invention. If we all have this kind of ball, we can not only play it for fun, but also improve the environment. However, what I'm really…