- WHICH great challenges and social problems should the EVOKE Network tackle next?
Peace in the Middle East
- WHERE in the world should the network try to build up new EVOKE communities?
The Middle East
- WHO would you encourage to play Season 2?
Israelis and Palestinians
- HOW would you change the game for Season 2?
Make it a bit shorter (8 weeks?)
- WHAT new tools would you want as an EVOKE…
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Added by Kath-Ning on May 12, 2010 at 3:19pm —
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I selected a case study from the Philippines to highlight. It is a rather simple concept--people formed "mutual-help" groups to work on labor-intensive agroforestry projects. The key to success was that "Local people initiated the practice and were familiar with it."!
OVERCOMING LABOUR SHORTAGES THROUGH INDIGENOUS MUTUAL-HELP GROUPS IN THE PHILIPPINES
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Added by Kath-Ning on May 9, 2010 at 12:55pm —
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In the event of a pandemic flu that is spread from person-to-person, I would try to organize neighborhood flu teams. People will need to be isolated in their homes, so it would be useful to have teams of healthy people who could deliver goods and food and provide services to the sick or those at high risk of becoming sick. There could be a simple online sign up where high-risk/sick people could register for help and where healthy neighbors could view the requests.
Added by Kath-Ning on May 9, 2010 at 12:40pm —
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This, to me, is the most important "secret" of crisis management:
"Good health and risk communications means sharing dilemmas, disclosing
information, and being transparent."
Added by Kath-Ning on May 2, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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This is rather coincidental timing, but this event is happening THIS WEEKEND in my community!
The Bloomington Transition Initiating Group will be holding The Great Unleashing, an Open Space event that will engage Bloomington in a collective and committed response, and will kick-off the process of creating a 10-20 year energy descent action plan. It will be a one-day town meeting, celebration and extravaganza that will motivate, excite, educate and engage the community in coming…
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Added by Kath-Ning on April 21, 2010 at 1:30pm —
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In my area, tornadoes are very common. In addition to property damage, they cause disruptions in power and communications and their damage can block roadways and access for emergency services. When conditions are favorable for tornadoes, I want to know the most likely path of the forming tornado. Afterwards, I want to know what damage it has caused, where dangerous areas are (downed power lines, flooding, etc.) If I were in the path, I'd want a way to communicate my location and status. Of…
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Added by Kath-Ning on April 18, 2010 at 1:04pm —
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Amnesty International USA is supporting the International Violence Against Women Act in the US Congress and Senate. The International Violence Against Women Act was re-introduced in the 111th Congress by bipartisan teams in the House and the Senate on February 4th, 2010. I chose to to donate to Amnesty's "Stop Violence Against Women Campaign"
through care2.com for the ACT6 mission.…
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Added by Kath-Ning on April 14, 2010 at 3:00pm —
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Added by Kath-Ning on April 11, 2010 at 1:25pm —
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The Slow Money Alliance
April 6, 2020
Over a decade ago, a few people got together and asked the following questions:
What would the world be like if we… Continue
Added by Kath-Ning on April 7, 2010 at 2:30am —
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Pamela Awino Ahambo has a clothing boutique in Kisumu, Kenya. Via kiva.org, I have just loaned her $25 USD to expand her business. I like the concept behind kiva.org, but I have never participated by donating money to an individual in this way. However, when I visited Kenya some years ago, several people told me stories of how they had helped women like Pamela get started in business. Sometimes the businesses worked out and sometimes they failed. I hope that Pamela will succeed.
Added by Kath-Ning on April 5, 2010 at 10:47pm —
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I'm intrigued by the concept of Time Banks:
http://www.timebanks.org/Seems like success depends on getting a large and diverse group of people to participate.
Added by Kath-Ning on April 3, 2010 at 7:09pm —
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Is the glass half empty or half full? is a common expression, used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty); or as a general litmus test to simply determine if an individual is an optimist or a pessimist. The purpose of the question is to demonstrate that the situation may be seen in different ways depending on one's point of view and that there may be opportunity in the…
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Added by Kath-Ning on March 31, 2010 at 1:21am —
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I found a website called FreePoverty.com that is modeled after FreeRice.com, but which offers to donate clean drinking water instead of rice/food. The site appears to need sponsors. I think the site is legitimate and would like to try to find some sponsors for this effort! In fact, perhaps I should invite the creator, Chung-Guk Kim, to join Urgent Evoke if he's not already a member.
http://www.freepoverty.com/…
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Added by Kath-Ning on March 28, 2010 at 8:21pm —
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I found this interesting report/article on water pasteurization via solar cooking.
http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Water_pasteurizationI am especially interested in the fairly simple "
Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI)" that tells you when the water is safe to drink.…
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Added by Kath-Ning on March 27, 2010 at 1:11am —
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Your click generates donations from sponsors. You can click
once a day and 100% of the donations raised go directly to
Carbonfund.org:
http://www.care2.com/click-to-donate/global-warming/
Added by Kath-Ning on March 23, 2010 at 11:40pm —
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I can imagine waking up in a solar- and wind-powered house and beginning to prepare for the big holiday meal. My refrigerator and oven are energy-efficient and most my ingredients have been locally grown. My friends and family begin to arrive; many have ridden their bikes or have driven in electric cars that have been charged by various renewable sources. Some have taken public transportation. Our meal is delicious. We wash the dishes with a water-saving and efficient machine. The gray water is…
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Added by Kath-Ning on March 23, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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I have an emergency wind up radio with an adapter to charge a cell phone. Instead of keeping the radio in my emergency kit, I can take it out and use it to recharge my phone.
Speaking of wind-up radios, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Baylis
Added by Kath-Ning on March 18, 2010 at 3:00pm —
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I did some searching and learned about Nuru Lights.
http://nurulight.com/
Added by Kath-Ning on March 18, 2010 at 1:44pm —
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