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Food Not Bombs: Still innovative 30 years later

Food Not Bombs is an organization that's, well, not very organized (at least centrally) and allows folks to stay very grassroots*. The group started in the early eighties and evolved out of the anti-nuclear movement, with the idea that if we'd stop spending so much money financing wars, we could afford to feed everyone. There are now chapters all over the world.



The way it works is that food that would otherwise go to waste because… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 12, 2010 at 5:05am — 4 Comments

Women's Health Forum / Affinity Group

After watching evidence videos (like LifeWrap video and Reproductive Rights in the Philippines among others) and reading posts (like Yumna's on Dr. Suellen Miller), a group of us decided to join together to take… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 10, 2010 at 7:46pm — 26 Comments

New Skill: How To Create Effective Goals and Objectives

This is part of a manual I am working on about Program Planning and Evaluation for use in low resources settings by folks that may not have skills in this area. This portion of the material is about Goals and Objectives. Creating clear, precise, and "SMART" goals and objectives is a really important part of program planning and evaluation.



In terms of programming, they can help keep you on track, focus your work, and clearly communicate to people what your…
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Added by Jenn on March 10, 2010 at 7:08am — 5 Comments

Can the crisis in 2020 be prevented?

My hope for 2020 is that there is no need for the Evoke network to help Japan. I'm hopeful that the work we do in 2010 (and later) will prevent the conditions that created the famine in the first place.



Food shortages typically don't happen overnight, and if they do, it's often symptomatic of unsustainable agriculture practices in the first place. My hope is that in the next ten years we, as social innovators, become more connected and proactive, and work together to tackle issues… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 8, 2010 at 5:01am — 3 Comments

Clandestine Research by Palaung Women in Burma: Innovations in Collecting Information



I recently returned from eight months spent on the Thai-Burma border where I was lucky enough to meet, learn from, and come to call some of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met my friends. When I recently heard how the women of one ethnic group, the Palaung, had risked their lives conducting clandestine research into the bustling opium trade the government is backing, the… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 7, 2010 at 7:30am — 4 Comments

Finding Innovation in Failure: The How-To's of Creating Change

As I reread the tips for innovation in Africa, I'm reminded of something I once heard a successful community organizer say: Set a goal for failure. I'm not going to lie, his words made my brain exploded a little bit. Why would I ever do that?



But his point was this: Great opportunity lies i
n turning what seems… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 6, 2010 at 7:28pm — 8 Comments

It's a public health superhero? Hmmm....

When I think of a person of inspiration my mind immediately jumps to Paul Farmer. The poster-doctor for medical anthropology, Farmer is as close as you can get to an international public health super hero. I could go on about the work he does with his organization, Partners In Health, for pages (it would be especially… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 6, 2010 at 10:33am — 2 Comments

Innovations in Sharing

Provide skills, not just finished technologies.

The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution, rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community

throughout the design process, you can help equip… Continue

Added by Jenn on March 5, 2010 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

This post piggy-backs from a discussion of women's health held here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/womens-health-forum-affinity (Quick background: We are trying to use Evoke to make a dif…

This post piggy-backs from a discussion of women's health held here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/womens-health-forum-affinity



(Quick background: We are trying to use Evoke to make a difference in terms of women's health, and are working together to come up with a potential project to direct our efforts towards. Specifically:

"1)…
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Added by Jenn on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
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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
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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
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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
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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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