Jessica Cernadas's Blog (11)

I love water~! It's so refreshing and whenever you are thirsty its the perfect thirst quencher. Also, it's one of the few things on this world that you can't really describe its taste. Try it! I've tried many times to think of words to describe the taste of water and came up with nothing. Anyway, we all love fresh clean water. Unless you are a mutant, then it doesn't really matter to you huh? Fresh water, clean water~ I'm already getting thirsty.… Continue

It's November 30th, 2020. It's my 28th birthday and I'm celebrating with my family and friends. We decided to hang around a park and have a BBQ. It's just how we do. Now, to make it ecologically friendly, we have decided to use... BUM BUM BUM SOLAR POWERED GRILLS! Ya baby! Thats how we roll. It's pretty much the only "advancement" we used. We don't eat much, and we'd much rather hang around the park.

Hmm, an invention to power something I already use everyday. Well, I use a lot of electricity. Playing video games for hours, going on my computer for hours on end, and using the lights around my house for -you guessed it- hours on end. I am an energy drainer, and I'm not proud of it. I tend to be sort of conscious about how I use my energy but its hard when everything is just so simple to use. If everything is right there, you never think about how it might be when its not. So I'm thinking,… Continue

http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Leadership%20and%20Entrepreneurship/LDEN067.htm Fabio Rosa was given awards for his work on providing rural families in Brazil access to electricity. Almost 25 million people in Brazil suffered from not having access to electricity, most of them living in rural areas. This guy is pretty cool, and should be watched in time to see other ways… Continue

If I had the money, I would so donate the $54 so 2 women can attend cla**** and learn a skill trade. On the site, http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-women-empowerment-kosovo/ , it says "By helping to educate women in Kosovo about business, religious and

racial tolerance, and how to work together as one, women can become

beacons of resolve in their country."

I think this is very… Continue

Yep, I've been doing this since I was little. And it's all thanks to my dad. See, I have a sort of a garden in my home, its by the drive way and every year I plant tomato seeds. These seeds then grow into amazing tomato plants. I'm always amazed to see what a little hard work can do. If I'm not able to water my plants, then my dad waters them for me. He is great and always willing to help me with my garden. I then later use the tomatoes to make sauce for my spaghetti. Love it!

So the social innovator I'm choosing to shadow is Deb Levine. I chose her because I think it is interesting that she is trying to promote sexual health. She uses the internet, cell phones and other forms of media to give people convenient access to information on critical health issues. Since my school has blocked anything related to "Sexual Education" I can only shadow her at home. See the current projects she is doing by going on her website: http://isis-inc.org/.

Its currently March 10, 2020. Again, by this time I'll be 27, and hopefully living on my own~! I am living in my apartment in Queens, and its time for dinner. I am eating by myself, I am a very solitary person when I get home so I enjoy the quiet time. I learned to cook a variety of meals by myself ever since I first moved out. I get my food from the nearby supermarket. I don't name my dishes anything, I don't go so far as to call them anything. I just cook to not starve. The dish that I am… Continue

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In ten years I will be 27 years old. It's crazy how long that seems from now! In 2020, I have no idea where I'll be living. Hopefully, I wont have a definite home. I'll have a couple of homes or apartments in several countries. I'm not saying I'm going to be rich in 10 years, because that is definitely not happening so soon. But I already have a couple of homes, one in South America and another in Spain. Also, I would have made a couple of friends by now so I hope they would be kind enough to… Continue

My favorite innovation secret is the one Ethan Zuckerman stated:

1. Innovation (often) comes from constraint (If you’ve got very few resources, you’re forced to be very creative in using and reusing them.)

This is actually completely true. If you have only the bare minimum of what you're used to, you're definitely going to find a way to make something out of nothing. Having few resources actually makes you think about what you are going to do with them. Are you going to use them… Continue