Nothing is more important than family

Nothing is more important than family. Everything starts there. We strive to protect. We strive to provide. And we fail and we succeed. As we move from existence through that bare survival stage that rarely allows thoughts beyond immediate needs, we progress to increasing awareness, desires, hopes-and fears of losing everything-to education opportunities, job opportunities and whatever degree of success we find.

Along the way we are hit with all kinds of “the unexpected” whether it be politics, government interventions, illnesses, plagues, natural disasters or man made disasters.

We must overcome it all. Sometimes sliding back to mere existence for a time. We ARE the family of humanity. Even when we cannot see beyond our daily existence. That is where collaboration is key. We must bring people together. But HOW?

Groups, URLS, networking, personal contact are all parts of the solution leading to collaboration. As we look around the goals and evidence provided range greatly even within the confines of this game. Just as they do in Real Life.

Here are the URLS I have gathered so far within the game, from many sources, some named, most not. Thanks to all who have posted them..

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Links

Doers club

http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=10707

phone to make tea

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144020380&cid=4&

http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/08/16/a-locally-fabricated-radio-station-at-mfa/

Solar Lamps

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219487/126745207156.htm

inexpensive solar and more

http://www.toughstuffonline.org/

http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/derek_lomas_open_source_games

http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&contentOID=536912065&topChannelName=HomePage

Global footprints

http://www.ecofoot.org/

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/giss_crop_study/

House made of bottles

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/man-builds-house-with-6-m_n_485651.html

http://www.pandys.org/

ASL

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

http://www.handspeak.com/

http://www.austinfoodbank.org/aebp/home.html

Statistics

http://go.worldbank.org/DNX9RAH3L0

http://www.africanculturalcenter.org/5_2statistics.html

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/statistics.html

http://www.lib.byu.edu/subsutility/viewGuide.php?gid=423&nav=1

http://devplw.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/sdi/vbook/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Africa%20%2d%2d%20Statistics

http://www.statssa.gov.za/keyindicators/keyindicators.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing

http://makezine.com/

http://blog.makezine.com/

http://www.nyu.edu/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/

http://www.squid-labs.com/

http://www.avantgame.com/bio.htm

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/joulethief

http://www.techdose.com/projects/Furby-Hacking-101/260/page1.html

http://helper-robots.com/

http://www.fonkoze.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VymB7PuyhXw&feature=player_embedded

http://kiva.org

http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/kiva-heroes-for-a-lifetime

http://groups.diigo.com/group/evoke_team

The Greater Edendale Development Initiative (GEDI) is a massive program with many objectives. One objective relating to food security is the Urban Agriculture aspect which can be found on page 3

www.msunduzi.gov.za.dedi134.cpt2.host-h.net/site/user_data/files/We...

http://www.nsb.no/environment/thank-you-for-caring-article32788-3927.html

Last Census data by zip code

http://zipskinny.com/

SPW is the global leader in supporting young people to address the urgent health, education, and environmental issues which affect their lives, communities, and countries.

http://www.spw.org/

http://www.thecompanyp.com/

Financial Analysis 101

http://www.investopedia.com/university/financialstate

Food production in Singapore

http://www.ava.gov.sg/AboutAVA/History/

collaboration essays

http://careers24.com

http://www.careers24.com/Recruiter/Article.aspx?Article=228