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Why are techie people the most generous people in America?
A real idea is rarely original, is it?
While thinking about economics, very rich people and giving money away, I came across this excellent explanation of the Slate 60.
The Slate 60 list is of Americas Top 60 most generous givers. I am quoting from an article about it below but the wh*** article is worth reading and highlights the fact… Continue
While thinking about economics, very rich people and giving money away, I came across this excellent explanation of the Slate 60.
The Slate 60 list is of Americas Top 60 most generous givers. I am quoting from an article about it below but the wh*** article is worth reading and highlights the fact… Continue
Added by PJE on April 2, 2010 at 5:57pm — 5 Comments
Is this completely wrong?
I appreciate the idea of micro finance, lets schemes, community banks, building communities and resilience.
They all make life more possible, give hope and target emergency situations.
But they are not breakthrough solutions that will change the future of money forever.
40% of the worlds entire wealth is held by… Continue
They all make life more possible, give hope and target emergency situations.
But they are not breakthrough solutions that will change the future of money forever.
40% of the worlds entire wealth is held by… Continue
Added by PJE on April 2, 2010 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments
a.v.koshy/Tagore
Inspired by a.v.koshy I have been reading Tagore. This poem seems like a good message for us when these ten weeks are over.
Leave This.
Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!
Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?
Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before… Continue
Leave This.
Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!
Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?
Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before… Continue
Added by PJE on April 2, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments
Willie Smits and regrowing the rainforest - a story for five year olds.
This is an Urgent Evoke-inspired action in the form of a story. It is going to be read to five year-olds at a local school tomorrow.
The school has a forest project every two years, so it could be used again.
It is on flickr too.. Later I'll add "notes" on the images giving more information (like clues to be discovered). eg 'they planted 1000…
ContinueAdded by PJE on March 30, 2010 at 9:20pm — 22 Comments
Australia's drought and desalination plant.
This is on the BBC news Climate Change web page and may have been posted before. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8581012.stm
It is a two minute video about the big drought in Australia and a huge desalination plant that they have built there.
Some think it is an overreaction and will prove to be unneccessary.
They highlight… Continue
It is a two minute video about the big drought in Australia and a huge desalination plant that they have built there.
Some think it is an overreaction and will prove to be unneccessary.
They highlight… Continue
Imagine4
World Water Day Ideas:
A standard idea but it seems to work. International Telethon/computerthon with the broadcasts made from beaches, in swimming pools, by lakes etc.most famous music and entertainment people performing… Continue
Added by PJE on March 29, 2010 at 9:56am — No Comments
ACT4 Picture Book, School Reading, and wiki Amazing Regrowing the rain making forest
Willie Smits story about finding a baby orang-utan and then replanting the jungle seems like a story that could be made into a picture book for little kids.
After seeing the saddest eyes ever at a local market and later finding and saving a dying baby orang-utan, with donations from 1000's of Indonesian school children he began… Continue
After seeing the saddest eyes ever at a local market and later finding and saving a dying baby orang-utan, with donations from 1000's of Indonesian school children he began… Continue
Added by PJE on March 27, 2010 at 3:44pm — 2 Comments
Fall over with wonder
If you missed this blog you have see this video. It is about the barefoot college. Fall over in wonder! Be inspired. Fall in love.
Added by PJE on March 26, 2010 at 6:38pm — 2 Comments
Amazing Work
http://evoke.redct.info/search/
I want to shout about Nathanial Fruchter's evoke search engine which works really well. You can now find out stuff that is happening in areas you are interested in and people who are thinking along the same lines as you or all that useful information you are looking for.
I want to shout about Nathanial Fruchter's evoke search engine which works really well. You can now find out stuff that is happening in areas you are interested in and people who are thinking along the same lines as you or all that useful information you are looking for.
Added by PJE on March 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments
Two people asking for help.
Agent Kim/Elle Zitron
www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/evoke-petition-for-water
Help with water petition
Laura B is asking for advice about what to do next:
www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/may-i-be-so-frank-and-ask-for
www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/evoke-petition-for-water
Help with water petition
Laura B is asking for advice about what to do next:
www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/may-i-be-so-frank-and-ask-for
Added by PJE on March 26, 2010 at 12:58pm — No Comments
Trevor Bayliss, thoughts from an inventor
I found these bayliss quotes on his wiki page
"The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress. As long as you've got slightly
more perception than the average wrapped loaf, you could invent
something"
Continue"A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the wh*** machine grinds to a…
Help! Don't know how to make links work.
This makes me think I should give up the ghost right now.
I copy the url, I highlight the text, I click the link symbol, I paste the url it comes up looking like it is hyperlinked in the blog but it doesn't work.
What I am doing wrong? Problem is on my last post Credit where credits due.
Thank you in advance.
I copy the url, I highlight the text, I click the link symbol, I paste the url it comes up looking like it is hyperlinked in the blog but it doesn't work.
What I am doing wrong? Problem is on my last post Credit where credits due.
Thank you in advance.
Added by PJE on March 24, 2010 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments
Credit where credits due? World Bank, Unilever ...
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.
After reading this http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/i-just-got-a-call-from-citizen
from agent a.v.koshy I had a look at the World Bank wiki. I also watched a very interesting video by agent… Continue
Added by PJE on March 24, 2010 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments
Future pacing Special Day 2020 Evokation completed.
Putting two needs together to find solutions The event is lit by candles which we have made from our own hives. We needed light and we needed pollination and now we have bees to polinate and light for our dinners - delicious honey too. The fireplace warms the room and lends glow to our cheeks as it doubles up to bake our potatos, garlic and peppers. It sounds basic but it is perfect. Tiny candles guide our guests to the door, one brings wine from her vinyard, another cheese from her goats,… Continue
Added by PJE on March 22, 2010 at 12:33pm — 4 Comments
Inventing
New technology could be built into kids shoes, maybe just an insert so it could be used over a longer period of time so that those hot, sweaty, running around, jumping up and down, fast, fabulous, little feet make usable energy.
But as soon as I think of it and google it I find its already there. MIT research.
Well, we have a trampoline in the garden the same spring technology could be used on it. It is 12ft across and has 96 big springs, it is a lot of fun and gets jumped on a lot.… Continue
But as soon as I think of it and google it I find its already there. MIT research.
Well, we have a trampoline in the garden the same spring technology could be used on it. It is 12ft across and has 96 big springs, it is a lot of fun and gets jumped on a lot.… Continue
Alternative Technology and Renewable Energy
There are lots of people out there working on solutions to sustainable energy. A quick google came up with this site about energy inventions and has examples of portable wind generators, human powered cells that pick up energy through the day and can power mobiles, pacemakers, small electrical equipment. Batteries that are self powered. The Centre for… Continue
Added by PJE on March 21, 2010 at 3:07pm — 3 Comments
Which countries are not represented here? Which countries do not show up on Evoke searches?
I'd be interested to see a map showing the world distribution of Evoke agents, I am guessing that large areas will not be represented by local agents and that is a problem to be addressed. Advance all those projects which allow access to the web, you people who can!
Added by PJE on March 20, 2010 at 8:10pm — 3 Comments
A story dinner 2020 and the mysterious recipe
The mysterious recipe with main ingredients being stories and love.
It's a story dinner. Everyone would bring an ingredient and a story to go with it and together we would make make up the recipe and prepare the food while telling our stories. Another condition might be that the ingredient brought along is either home grown or from land or growers known to the person.
There would be no recipe in advance so it is a mystery what we would eat but it would be fresh local grown and… Continue
It's a story dinner. Everyone would bring an ingredient and a story to go with it and together we would make make up the recipe and prepare the food while telling our stories. Another condition might be that the ingredient brought along is either home grown or from land or growers known to the person.
There would be no recipe in advance so it is a mystery what we would eat but it would be fresh local grown and… Continue
Your objective: Take action to increase someone's food security near you, eat more potatoes and less meat.
There is not currently a problem with food security where I live, most people with gardens grow fruit and vegetables, much of the food for sale is locally sourced and people eat a regional cuisine and local or at least national wines and juice.
This week I planted three new trees, two cherry and one apple and fruit bushes, it's that time of year here, ordinary local supermarkets are full of trees, plants, compost and plant foods, it is a planting window.
One simple thing that… Continue
This week I planted three new trees, two cherry and one apple and fruit bushes, it's that time of year here, ordinary local supermarkets are full of trees, plants, compost and plant foods, it is a planting window.
One simple thing that… Continue
Food growing in France
From the information given below I can see that 1 in 60 people in France own a tractor. France has one out of every 26 tractors in the world. France has three times the European average farmland as percentage of land area. And also has the most diverse crop rotation in Europe. The tractor bit surprises me but on the wh*** it is clear that people here are much more used to growing their own vegetable, where… Continue
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