Tracy K.'s Blog – April 2010 Archive (22)

ReNU Niagara and the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper are proud to present a touring display of rain barrels called Paint the Rain: Rain Barrel Art Display. On January 18, 2010 ReNU Niagara and Buffalo Niagara

Riverkeeper partnered to host a…

Natural Disasters: Flooding

The Niagara Region (Canada) is nicely nestled in between Lake Erie & Lake Ontario, with Lake Huron nearby. I think if flooding would certainly be an issue here.

Potential Future Crisis: Environmental

There's several things going on here: the climate is changing and is not dependable. We've had warm winters, dry summers or wet summers - strange extremes that don't reflect…

I'm interested in access to the internet for everyone - or at least those who could benefit. The digital divide still exist on many levels; urban-rural, developed/ing countries, women-men, plus things like skills and literacy.

2010:

The digital divide is shrinking

In 2009, an estimated 26 per cent of the world’s population (or 1.7 billion people)…

My 'Urgent Evoke' Mission this week is to spread the word about a venture supporting women's rights and opportunities. I've chosen to share "Change the Lives of 650 Women in Crisis" with my Facebook and Twitter network - and I'll share some more info here.



Fresh Start Women's Foundation

Fresh Start is a nonprofit organization…

Media feeds from the rubbles and ruin of Haiti report that Haitian women are fearing for their safety and their lives.

Quake leaves Haitian women as prey for rapists - March 18 2010



Women and children as young as two, already traumatised by the loss of homes and loved ones in the January 12 catastrophe, are falling victim to…

A First Nations Community has taken the economic crisis into their own hands. Suffering at the loss of income, job and social support services (like many North Americans at this time), residences of the community have joined together to create a local economic system that combines innovation, collaboration, community and technology.…

Make a real economic transaction this week using a currency, platform or exchange system you've NEVER used before. Tell a story about your experience. What ideas does it give you for sparking the future of money?

I already use many different types of alternative currencies really, and can't think of one i have not: pay pal, MS Points, point cards for grocery stores, drug stores, gas stations - air miles, frequent flyers etc. (oi!). 85% of my purchases are done via…

Water for People

Water For People helps people in developing countries improve quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education programs.

Around the world, 884 million people do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities. Every day, nearly 6,000 people who share our…

Clean Water for Haiti

Clean Water for Haiti (CWH) is a volunteer run, faith based missions and humanitarian aid organization started in 2001. As a registered non-profit organization in Canada and the US, CWH works to provide sustainable solutions to the water crisis in Haiti.…

Inspired by my home, which is powered by windmills & solar - I would like to think of something that recycles trash for power. Other things I've looked at (besides of the obvious using less, turning off lights or using candles) are things like Biodiesel Fuel:

Biodiesel Fuel can be produced from a variety of natural crops including rapeseed, soybean, mustard, flax, sunflower,…

Some people see lemons and make lemonade. William Kamkwamba saw wind and made a windmill.

This might not seem like a mighty feat. But Kamkwamba, who grew up in Masitala, a tiny rural farming village off the grid in Malawi, was 14 years old in 2001 when he spotted a photo of a windmill in a U.S. textbook one day. He decided to…

I've decided to try and share some of my knowledge of growing plants and vegetables with my son. As a child, I help the family with the small garden we had - and we ate what we grew. We had numerous failures (insects) but many delicious successes - I want to share that with my son. It's almost planting time here, and we're getting prepping the soil in between bouts of heavy rain. He'll be involved in what to plant and the reasoning behind it, and I'll also be sharing some information about…

I have some land outside of town where I live with my boyfriend, son and mother. I plant as much fruits and vegetables as I can, and eat what I grow. We buy our beef & pork from a local farm, our turkey and chicken from Dave's brother, and we pick up cheese from the mennonites in a small town 100 km north.

On this evening, we're sharing a dinner of BBQ lamb (from a cousin out of town), potatoes & seasonal veggies (my own), bread from the neighbour, and red wine from the…

Food Security in Ontario, Canada

OPHA (Ontario Public Health Association)

The OPHA Food Security Network was created in 1993 in response to a resolution which prompted OPHA to develop an advocacy strategy to ensure that food security for all residents of Ontario would be addressed by the government. The group committed itself to working toward the following food…

I live in an area outside of town with my partner David & dog and many cats. My mother lives on the property in her own flat. My son is completing his PhD in Quantum Physics at a nearby university, and lives in the basement apartment. We have some land where I plant fruits and vegetables - rather than buy from the store (in the last five years we've seen an increase in ads for 'organic' foods that were later proven to be false & mass produced, and foods that have been genetically…