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My Dragon-Slaying Ideas

Here is my response to Alex Stovell's dragon-slaying challenge:



The challenge: come up with simple, low-tech ways to increase involvement and get insight from people in the areas Evoke is targeting.



My main suggestion is that we make this a much more collaborative game-- in a number of ways. The first is to involve more of the local, non-technical people in ALL our… Continue

Added by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on March 30, 2010 at 1:27pm — 5 Comments

Response to "Food Riots: After Katrina"

Once again I've outstripped the capacity of the comments page, so I'm making a separate post of this.



Crystal Bellar has a great blog post about her experiences after Hurricane Katrina. This got me thinking about what we now know about how people respond in emergencies and what we might do to make ourselves and our… Continue

Added by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on March 29, 2010 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments

Follow up to my 'Secret of Change' Post

I tried to post this as a response to my 'Secret of Change Lies in Respecting Culture' post, but apparently the comments section didn't like my l-o-o-n-g answer-- so I've given it its own blog post:



Comment by Michael Jaggernauth:

what if the culture has a negative impact on the progress of the people as a wh***? What if that culture… Continue

Added by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on March 28, 2010 at 8:00pm — 7 Comments

Petra Prochazkova and Berkat



My heroine for many years now has been Petra Prochakova. She first came to my attention as a courageous young reporter who managed to cover - and uncover - the most extraordinary stories about the development of organized crime in the wild west atmosphere of post-Communist Czechoslovakia.



From there she moved on to an even riskier beat: covering the war in Chechnya. She became so involved with the struggling people there- especially the… Continue

Added by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on March 25, 2010 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

Secret of Change Lies in Respecting Culture

If I had to pick one 'secret' that I think is essential for any change to be successful it's 'Don't Fight Culture'. I think trying to fight- or wish away- culture is the prime source of frustration and failure that dooms a large number of well-intentioned and potentially very helpful projects.



To say that culture can't be fought is not to say that culture can't be changed. But change comes about through broad participation- and that kind of participation is not going to happen in a… Continue

Added by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on March 25, 2010 at 11:30am — 10 Comments

Pedal Your Water Clean

I've always been fascinated by objects with multiple functions: Swiss Army knives, chairs that fold into step ladders. And I've always wondered why there is not more thought given to what is sometimes called 'Appropriate Technology' - modest designs that fit the environment, do the job and fill a need- or even multiple needs- at a modest cost.





Both of these characteristics are met in spades by the Aquaduct - a bicycle with a water tank… Continue

Added by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on March 25, 2010 at 10:00am — 11 Comments

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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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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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