Kath-Ning's Blog – April 2010 Archive (8)

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… Continue

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… Continue

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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I've bookmarked this site and will visit every day:

http://www.care2.com/click-to-donate/violence-against-women/

For more info:
http://www.care2.com/click-to-donate/violence-against-women/learn-more

I chose an article with the headline "On the run from a violent husband":



http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88636&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29



which describes the plight of… Continue

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

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.

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.