CASSANDRA JUNIEL's Blog – May 2011 Archive (18)

The imaginery type of emergency is an earthquake, centered on the Hayward fault line, at a magnitude of 5.0.



Individuals that should be called to action to assist are as follows:



A****s Damage Control: These should be people who know how to analyze things, know how to figure out what can be done in a certain amount of time. They can be male and female.



Recovery of the injured/deceased: People who do not have weak stomachs and can focus on recovering bodies, no… Continue

Breaking News!



Today marks the opening day of one of the first of its kind in banking.



The new local exchange bank is called, The Good Bank, and is located at 123 Goodbank Road, Goodbank, California.



Anyone living in the community may open up an "exchange" account where they may receive credits (based on what they have contributed) to make their purchases. Anyone who contributes a number of credits to the local currency bank can exchange those credits for goods… Continue

I believe the idea of alternative currency is a good one as there are numerous means by which purchases and exchange of currency can benefit people, places and things. Although we as humans are accustomed and have grown up to know about one type of currency – that produced by the government and confirmed as specific types of dollars, we learn that there are “alternative” ways to make currency exchanges.



Many of us exchange goods and services through alternative currency types and may… Continue

There are numerous, creative ways in which transactions can be made without the use of money as the median.



According to the many resources, Facebook, Twitter and other social medians are being used just for that. Not one is more creative than the other since they all work for the same purpose.



For the most part, it previously was confined to the online auction company, eBay. Since 1998, PayPal had enabled people to transfer money to each other instantly. For Twitter, for… Continue

Water is the common name applied to the liquid form (state) of the hydrogen and oxygen compound H2O. Pure water is an odorless, tasteless and clear.



It is one of nature's most important gifts to mankind and is extremely essential to life. Man cannot live or the body cannot function without it. It is one of the most essential elements to good health; necessary for proper digestion; and helps to rid the body of its waste.



Health experts have emphasized that we should drink… Continue

I'm partnering with Changemakers, who participates in a variety of humanitarian efforts across the country.



One project for change involved a group that carried out a project through community members from a settlement in Lilongwe. They'd gone to a small village (Embangweni) and discovered ecological sanitation units. These folks were impressed withwhat they saw and noted that their major challenge was that of space as their plots were becoming smaller and smaller with all the filled… Continue

People react in a variety of ways, depending on the type of the event, the extent of the catastrophe and if it is something that is ongoing, or what have you.



This particular article was important to me because it outlined the five ways people react and the reasons why they do react in the manner that they do.



It firsts go into how people react and how they overeact. It is the period of adjustment that happens in this phase. They know what the situation is, they pause,… Continue

The organization, "World.org," has a vision where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation; a world where no one suffers or dies from a water- or sanitation-related disease, which is the key problem in countries such as Haiti, Ghana and Ethiopia.



Children and adults do not have access to adequate sanitation -- there is one toilet for every five. It is said that half of the people in Haiti lack access to clean water and only one in five have access to a sanitary… Continue

Celebration for sustaining energy for the year 2020 can occur in ways such as switching from eectrical power, many organizations, businesses, residences to solar power.



Of course, we do not step into it straight from energy to solar; there is a process.



One of the items being promoted now is the Smart Meter process that shows customers how to cut down on their own energy. If more customers become "smart," the plan of Pacific Gas and Electric is for more customers to learn… Continue

The challenge for this assignment is to take something we have and learn a way to "power" this item in a totally new and different way.l



For the items I have available -- I immediately think of my cell phone. I tyically charge the phone by electricity in my home and, unfortunately leave the charger in the outlet -- even when not in use. When I use the cell phone, I open up many applications, which eventually drains the battery power of the phone much quicker than it would if I did… Continue

Meet a young budding entrepreneur from humble beginnings in India who is set to change the world through a process of using rice husks. The company name is "Husk Power Systems; their CEO is Gyanesh Pandey.



Pandey was originally born in India, one of the nation's poorest states, populated with approximately 80 million people; 85 percent of them do not have access to real electricity. Without electricity, individuals suffer from poor hygiene, there is more darkness which brings on more… Continue

Imagine that there are several community gardens located within each city. These gardens were started by "Partners for Gardens in the year 2020" with the intent of communities desiring more gardens for the community to share from.



There would be at least, according to the size of the city, at least 7-8 per city, and all citizens are welcomed to use the garden. There would be caretakers to insure the gardens keep up to standard and continue to grow, and each person utilizing food from… Continue

There are many senior citizens that live in my area. A program that assures senior receive nutriotious meals, who are unable to prepare meals for themselves, is called "Meals on Wheels." Seniors pay a small amount per month for hot meals either three times a week, or five days a week. They are delivered hot onspecified days to each senior. (The organization is always looking for more volunteers to deliver the meals).



Because seniors are typically low income, an idea would be to pay… Continue

There are a few efforts being forth in my local community.



One such effort is through the Richmond Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization that feeds, clothes and shelters the homeless from a one night's stay, to possibly weeks or months -- depending on their cooperation to program rules. As this organization is nonprofit, it can only continue to run with the help of the donations that come in from private corporations -- those that have been committed for many years. This continues… Continue

CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL (CVSI) is creating a niche in the not-for-profit and social entrepreneurship sectors in Ghana. They are involved in poverty alleviation through the establishment and capacity building of rural co-operatives and community based enterprises, health, education and empowerment of women and children.



This organization stands out to me as one which helps men, women and childrfen in the areas of living. Their overall mission is to alleviate poverty,… Continue

Tell a story about where you are, and what you're doing, when Alchemy calls YOU to help with the Tokyo food crisis.



Not being totally familiar with the Tokyo food crisis, I am with others. But the best thing for me to do is plan ahead so that PLANS will work.



A food crisis tells me that there is either a shortage of food in a particular area, that there is something wrong with that food that exists or that there is going to be an impending shortage of food for a… Continue

Mission No. 1

“Learn” Blog

1. What you have matters more than what you lack (If you’ve got a bicycle, consider what you can build based on that, rather than worrying about not having a car, a truck, a metal shop.)

What you have is yourself and for starters, you’re already off to a good start. That that you lack is what you can’t help. Along with what you have, being yourself, is your peace of mind.



Back in the day, transportation was not affordable as it may be today.… Continue

4.Innovate on existing platforms (We’ve got bicycles and mobile phones in Africa, plus lots of metal to weld. Innovate using that stuff, rather than bringing in completely new tech.)



Bring in new technology to a culture not very familiar with it can be damaging. First of all, there is an old saying to "use what you got to get what you want." People in this culture are not familiar with modern technology -- at least for the villagers, or the common folk. They are accustomed to the… Continue