"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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Becca Haisman's Blog – April 2012 Archive (2)
Rana Dajani
I have chosen Rana Dajani as my social innovator hero. She works with children in Jordan to establish literacy and reading in their lives. In 2006, Rana started by holding weekly storytelling sessions with children ages 4-10 at a community mosque to get them excited about the prospect of reading from a young age. After each storytelling session, Rana allows children to check out books that they then take home to read with their parents. Since starting this program, a lot of young readers…
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Social Innovation
I think being able to understand what a problem is is the key to fixing it. If you do not know what is going on, how can you fix it? Also I think that to understand a problem, you either have to experience it yourself, or talk to a person who has and use their information. Making sure that your solution suits the people you are fixing the problem for along with you is important. If your solution doesn't match the thoughts of others, you may have to start over.
Overall, I think that if…
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