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A worthwhile Collaboration in Bulawayo

Agent Ayala Sherbow sent round a blog post by Thinkwell Ndhlovu suggesting this as a good opportunity to collaborate:

http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/abundance-agricultural-project

Here is some information I found on the RUAF site:

Urban agriculture in…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 13, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

On Cynicism ~

"I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're led to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement." -- Ken Burns

Added by Linda Holt on March 12, 2010 at 6:04pm — 1 Comment

Holy Shift!!!!!!!!!

OK - NOW begins the Alchemy. . . I just received an unsolicited (out of the blue) phone call from Margo Adams at Highpoint Community Center, who wants to talk to me about Urban Gardening. . . she was sitting in a room with a person named "Mary" who is already aware of the "sack garden" concept. If you have read my DREAM1 blog http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/what-if , you will know why this is so incredible! 'Elle, the…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 12, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Open Source Seed Banks

Open Source Seed Banks?

Just reading up on Mission 2 and already my brain is humming. I just watched Food Inc. a couple of weeks ago and now, after reading the Time article on future food shortages,…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 11, 2010 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Compassion ~ Ethical Alchemy?

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Added by Linda Holt on March 10, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

NEWSKILL - How to make yogurt cheese

To make yogurt cheese, simply line a colander or sieve with approximately eight layers of cheesecloth (or an unbleached coffee filter) Set the colander over a bowl, and scoop plain organic yogurt into the cheesecloth. Make sure the whey dripping off is relatively thin and clear. If it’s thick and white, you are losing too much “curd” and do not have sufficient layers of cheesecloth.

Allow one cup of yogurt for every one-third cup of yogurt cheese; half to two thirds of the…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 10, 2010 at 2:30pm — 5 Comments

Urgent Evoke - A Paradigm Shift in Economics

As I am gathering information to play this game, a nagging question persists. . . How can human suffering be alleviated (even with the best and brightest of technological and agricultural innovative ideas) unless our souless institutions: govenments, banks and corporations with their inherent insustainability, are transformed to support productivity & value for all entities, personal, corporate, community & world?

A concrete example…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 8, 2010 at 5:00am — 21 Comments

Another one of my heros - Noreena Hertz, on Co-op Capitalism

Co-op capitalism, Hertz says, "will rise from the ashes of Gucci Capitalism. These days she is taking notes of best practices around the world to help identify new ways of operating. She singles out the billion-dollar open-source Linux model and the field of biotechnology, where collaboration between academic institutions and companies is the norm. She points to the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy, where much of the economy is based on a cooperative model. There, co-ops…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 7, 2010 at 8:48pm — No Comments

China reaps rewards of ICT growth - Excellent information from SciDev Net

"So far the project has trained about 170,000 farmers to use the Internet. And since mid-2007, farmers in the region's Pingluo County have used the centre to sell produce worth an estimated 230 million yuan (US$34 million).

By providing economically valuable and relevant information on agricultural technologies and markets, the operators have secured growth in the use of their services and created sustainable returns."…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 7, 2010 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

One of my heros is Werner Erhard

The possibility to create the context in which people’s lives really matter is undoubtedly the most profound opportunity available to anyone, ever. Werner Erhard

Twenty four years ago I did the Forum. My life was profoundly changed in two weekends and an evening. While Werner Erhards name is often disparaged in the media, he is one of the most brilliant thinkers and social innovators of our time. His work continues to impact the…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 7, 2010 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

What if?

I'm still thinking about those sack gardens - and how they could transform poverty, or at least the quality of life, in any community. There is a church that provides meals to the homeless in a very down and out part of the area I live in. Every time I am in that kitchen, I think about how it could be transformed to a wh*** new level. I envision the kitchen becoming a cafe - with very limited hours and specific functions.

First off, I would modernize the kitchen to meet health…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 7, 2010 at 3:12am — 10 Comments

Solidarities humanitarian work in Kenya - Sack Gardens - prototype for a global paradigm shift?

A great example of creativity & resourcefulness!

"In Kenya, food represents the majority of the household budget. Inhabitants of Kibera (one of the largest shantytowns in Africa) are struggling to feed themselves due to lack of access to food: a basic meal costs around $1 but most of the population does not even earn that much in one day.

Working with community participation, the "sack gardening" project was initiated by SOLIDARITÉS in 2007. It has…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 4, 2010 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

To Come Alongside. . .

Persistant hunger & homelessness create a disease of the spirit called hopelessness. . . I just got off the phone with a man who lost his "pay by the week" trailer when he came down with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a potentially deadly muscle disorder that slowly paralyzed him to the point of breathlessness before it retreated as it came, leaving him helpless like a baby - he had to learn to walk all over again.

My husband and I advocated for him and took care of his son…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 4, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Learning about permaculture and innovation - Hero #1 Peggy Pascal, Solidarities - ACT1

I have learned so much in the past five hours! It is overwhelming and delicious to see the number of innovators who are exploring and implementing permaculture initiatives in Africa. From local activists to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - who funded the launch of the $11.5 million partnership aimed at helping 50,000 small fruit farmers in Uganda and Kenya double their incomes by 2014 by providing mango and passion fruit juice to Coke's supply chain for the first time.…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 4, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

On Being an Innovator - LEARN1

As I read the Design in Africa assignment, I was impressed by several "keynotes" that resonated with me:

1. Innovate on existing platforms. (Mobile phones & Bicycles as "messengers")

2. Create transparent technologies that promote local innovation.

3. Provide skills, not just finished technologies.

4. Design for measurable improvement in the lives of more than a million people.

5. Provide financial motivation for continued growth over time.…

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Added by Linda Holt on March 4, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

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