COVOLV - COVOLV: A SUSTAINABLE WORLD | DOCUMENTARY SERIES. Localeconomics. @Sitio Oficial de la Unión Nacional Sinarquista - 1 - Es.vg Dominios GRATIS. South Coast Botanic Garden | The Jewel of the Peninsula. Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food. Three Carlsbad Organizations Win CCF Environmental Grants - Carlsbad, CA Patch. The Carlsbad Charitable Foundation Announced it's 2011 Environment Grant Award Recipients. In Magee Park Monday evening the (CCF) presented three non-profit organizations with a total of $54,877 in grants. Each organization had to apply and explain how they'd use the money to help the environment. Carlsbad Kids Go Green was given $10,000. The non-profit helps kids learn more about the environment and how to preserve it during lunch time in schools.
They'll use this grant to launch an educational campaign during the 2011-2012 and purchase green recycling bins and other supplies needed for and so both schools can practice zero waste lunch time. Kids for Peace's Going Green Campaign was awarded $15,000. The third non-profit organization received a $29,877 grant to use the money to enable third-graders to visit the . The of being awarded a grant is not easy. This post is contributed by a community member. Patch, the hyperlocal website from AOL, is totally off-putting. - By Jack Shafer. Is it too late in the game to call hyperlocal efforts a complete waste of time and resources?
Business Insider comes close to convincing me that Patch, AOL's network of hyperlocal sites in 18 states, has little chance of succeeding unless it imitates Groupon and LivingSocial and enters the daily-deals business. Of course, imitating Groupon would not validate the hyperlocal-news idea; it would only validate the daily-deals idea, which needs no validating.
Business Insider insists that Patch can't possibly justify the $120 million that AOL is investing a year because of the distance between its current traffic (4 million unique visitors in January) and the traffic it needs to become profitable. Comparing Patch to the Huffington Post, which AOL now owns, the Business Insider reports, "Even if Patch got to 25 million uniques and generated $100 million of revenue (2X Huffpo's per unique), it would still be losing money. " In other words, social news trumps hyperlocal news. The American Monetary Institute. Driving up McCagg Road on my way to the Martin Van Buren birthday memorial, I passed Kinderhook Creek, and a blue metal plaque appeared, marking his birth site. The original house is gone, but, even in the light rain, the site is beautiful, as it must have been when the young Van Buren was growing up in these natural and harmonious surroundings.
Just a bit further up the road, his final resting place in Kinderhook Cemetery is marked by a granite obelisk. Only a mile separates these points, but the course his life took between them had a powerful effect on our new nation, and even upon the world. During the grave site ceremony, a presidential honor guard presents arms, and wreathes are laid. THE GRAND THEME – OVER MANS NATURE That theme is a struggle over the very nature of man.
Broadly and simply stated, DOES MANKIND NEED TO BE RULED BY AUTHORITY OR ARE MEN CAPABLE OF SELF GOVERNMENT? HOW TO ANSWER THE MONEY QUESTION? Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich | Proudly Serving Ohio's 10th District. The American Monetary Institute. Dennis Kucinich. Dennis John Kucinich (/kuːˈsɪnɪtʃ/; born October 8, 1946) is a former U.S. Representative, serving from 1997 to 2013. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections.[1] He was a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. From 1977 to 1979, Kucinich served as the 53rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, a tumultuous term in which he survived a recall election and was successful in a battle against selling the municipal electric utility before being defeated for reelection by George Voinovich.
Through his various governmental positions and campaigns, Kucinich attracted attention for consistently delivering "the strongest liberal" perspective.[2] This perspective has been shown by his actions, such as bringing articles of impeachment against President George W. Personal life Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich in 2008 On January 16, 2013, Kucinich joined Fox News Channel as a regular contributor.[23] Le Poisson Rouge. Galapagos Art Space. ISSUE PROJECT ROOM. InfoDev.org. Institute for Urban Design.
San Diegan Poised To Be Next Food Network Star. Audio Aired 5/5/11 Perhaps you've wondered what it would be like to travel around the world like Anthony Bourdain, eating exotic and rare foods. One San Diegan is getting a taste of that life. Troy Johnson is currently shooting a 9-part television show for the Food Network. It debuts in June but he's agreed to share some stories from the road. Enlarge this image Above: Troy Johnson at a top university (it's a secret) where researchers have developed a machine that fries food with 30% less oil. Guest: Troy Johnson is the senior editor of culinary, art and culture for RIVIERA Magazine. Read Transcript This is a rush transcript created by a contractor for KPBS to improve accessibility for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
I'm Maureen Cavanaugh, you're listening to These Days on KPBS. JOHNSON: Good morning, Maureen. CAVANAUGH: I'm fabulous. JOHNSON: Oh, well, I'm somewhat of a food stocker. THE COURT: That sounds fascinating. JOHNSON: It's fascinating, yeah. CAVANAUGH: That would do it. ? County Project To Provide Access To Healthy Lifestyles. Audio Aired 4/18/11 Using federal stimulus finds, San Diego County has partnered with SANDAG and UCSD in the Healthy Works project, providing access to fresh and local food and places to walk and exercise safely. San Diego, with it's wonderful weather, would seem to be the ideal place for people to be out and about living a healthy lifestyle.
But apparently a high percentage of San Diegans suffer from obesity and it's a serious health problem for the community. San Diego landed a major federal grant to combat obesity - in fact, at $16 million, it was the largest grant handed out in 2009 to combat obesity part of the federal stimulus funding. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to turn a problem into an opportunity. Guests Tracy Delaney, project director for San Diego County's Health and Human Services Department Dr. Read Transcript This is a rush transcript created by a contractor for KPBS to improve accessibility for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. ST. WOOTEN: Thank you for having me. ST. ST. Building Farms In Cities. At the peak of its population, around 1960, Detroit was home to 1.8 million people.
But that number has fallen to 713,777 today. So what do you do with all that abandoned land and property the fleeing populous left behind? Enlarge this image Photo by Michigan Municipal League Above: The Brother's Nature Produce urban farm in Detroit, Michigan. “Open space and farms” turns out to be the answer. Organizations like the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and the Detroit Food Policy Council have made it their goal to eliminate inner-city food deserts and turn abandoned blocks, which were once home to dozens of occupied houses, into productive plots of land. Jackie Victor is co-owner of the Avalon Bakery, an unofficial meeting place for the Detroit food movement.
San Diego has not suffered the kind of population decline that’s seen in Detroit, nor has any other American city. Turning vacant lots to agriculture is not unknown in San Diego. Farming in the city has its hurdles. Green Business Startup Solutions in San Diego. CleanVenture’s Programs CleanVenture’s three primary programs are described below. Each startup admitted to the incubator will be enrolled in the Core Accelerator Program (CAP) and either BAP or ABAP based on results of a needs assessment during admissions. Core Accelerator Program (CAP) – for all businesses in incubator 1. Weekly progress, planning, and coaching meetings with CleanVenture CEO 2. Pairing of founders with skilled mentors and MBA student interns 3.
Legal and accounting support services 4. Business Accelerator Program (BAP) - for fledgling companies just beyond R&D stage 1. Advanced Business Accelerator Program (ABAP) - for companies ready to expand and/or go to market 1. Admissions Applicants will be screened for: Needs, Problems, and Opportunities to be Addressed The County of San Diego and other government agencies are actively planning for contingencies to mitigate the impacts of climate change, which has increased the severity, and frequency of natural disasters.
CleanVenture Green Business Startup Solutions in San Diego. California Small Business Incubators - Resources for Entrepreneurs in California - Advice for Entrepreneurs - Gaebler Ventures. 20 Cool Business Incubators. San Diego Incubator Program. - National Business Incubation Association. Spanish missions in California. A view of Mission San Juan Capistrano in April 2005. At left is the façade of the first adobe church with its added espadaña; behind the campanario, or "bell wall" is the "Sacred Garden. " The Mission has earned a reputation as the "Loveliest of the Franciscan Ruins. "[1] The Missionaries as They Came and Went.
Franciscans of the California missions donned gray habits, in contrast to the brown that is typically worn today.[2] The government of Mexico secularized the missions in the 1830s and divided the vast mission land holdings into land grants which became many of the Ranchos of California. History[edit] California represents the "high-water mark" of Spanish expansion in North America, it being the last and northernmost colony on the continent.[9] The mission system arose in part from the need to control Spain's ever-expanding holdings in the New World.
Mission period (1769–1833)[edit] On July 14, 1769 Gálvez sent the Portolá expedition out from Loreto to explore lands to the north. The School for Social Entrepreneurs: Innovation brokers: necessary intermediaries? The other week I attended an interesting and thought-provoking day at NESTA about social innovation, with many of the major players in the field ( NESTA , Innovation Unit , Young Foundation , etc) in attendance. On the same day, the Innovation Unit had launched a report, called 'Honest Brokers: brokering innovation in public services'. [ see here for more and to download the pdf] Matthew Horne, who wrote the report, spoke about it briefly on the day, and I've since read the whole thing. The general gist is that social innovation is important, and that innovation in other fields (technology etc) has many intermediaries to help it come to scale and grow (such as hubs, incubators, labs, accelerators and so forth). As Horne writes, "Innovation brokers help to mobilise innovations, identify opportunities that the current system undervalues and they broker relationships between disparate parts of the system....
Also, what if we started to view SSE as an innovation intermediary? San Diego Supercomputer Center. Architecture for Humanity. Landesa | Rural Development Institute. La Loma Landscaping | La Loma Development Company Inc. The Do LaB | Event Creations. STE[+a]M is the inclusion of Arts[+a] with Science, Technology, Engineering, Math [STEM]. The Right Brain Initiative. About Us. In 2007, a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the San Diego-based non-profit Heads On Fire allowed for the creation of an advanced digital design and fabrication laboratory where community members can utilize high-tech tools to actualize ideas through design and fabrication.
Today, in addition to localized learning, Fab Lab programs are available in a distributed format, bringing the opportunity to turn concepts into creations to as many community members as possible. Fab Lab programs offer experiences in design, science, engineering, electronics, computation, mathematics and the scientific method, through project-based learning, resulting in personal development and real-world skill attainment.
Building a bridge to renewable energy. The Solar Wind bridge concept combines solar cells and wind turbines to generate power for around 115,000 homes Image Gallery (4 images) Bridges are generally exposed to the elements, meaning they generally get a nice dose of sunlight often coupled with some fairly strong crosswinds. For these reasons this “Solar Wind” bridge design would seem to make a lot of sense. The proposed bridge would harness solar energy through a grid of solar cells embedded in the road surface, while wind turbines integrated into the spaces between the bridge’s pillars would be used to generate electricity from the crosswinds.
The brainchild of Italian designers Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino, the Solar Wind concept was designed for the Solar Park Works – Solar Highway competition that asked entrants to modernize sections of a decommissioned elevated highway stretching between Bagnera and Scilla in Italy. Via New Italian Blood.
About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles. Solar panel roads to power our homes. Idaho-based Solar Roadways founder Scott Brusaw is excited that his company has a received a USD$100,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant to develop further his prototype that turns roads in giant electricity-generating solar panels. Apart from providing energy to power our homes, street lighting and so on, the roads could contain thousands of embedded LEDs to provide better street signage and make driving safer. He also believes the solar panel roads could last up to three times longer than the current petroleum-based asphalt surface and even be heated in winter to discourage dangerous ice build ups.
It’s a brave plan but dig deeper and Brusaw’s idea would appear to have a lot of merit. If you’ve ever stood in the middle of a hot road on a sunny day, you’ll know what Brusaw is talking about when he says our roads are wasting a lot of solar energy. He’s optimistic that new roads laid of solar panels in a grid formation could power shops, homes, the road infrastructure etc. T-box concept to capture wind energy from trains. The T-box concept would be installed between railway sleepers, and would harness the wind of passing trains to generate electricity (All images courtesy of Qian Jiang) Image Gallery (9 images) As anyone living near railway tracks will tell you, speeding trains generate quite a bit of wind as they whoosh past. Industrial designers Qian Jiang and Alessandro Leonetti Luparini have come up with a device that's installed between the sleepers on a track, and as the train passes overhead, the wind drives a turbine to generate electricity.
The T-box devices could be placed along railway or subway lines, and make good use of an otherwise wasted resource. View all Unlike innovations such as the Solar Roadways project and Solar Wind concept, the T-box device wouldn't have to depend on a natural energy source, but instead one that is produced as a consequence of human activity. Of course, keeping these babies clean and safe could be a problem. Via Yanko About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles. 3D Printers. The Venus Project. Want to contribute to the Unconsumption Tumblr? (Or wiki?)
As many of you already know, the Unconsumption Tumblr is a team effort involving several volunteer contributors. There’s me, of course, but also Steve Chaney, Tom Hosford, and Brian W. Jones. Two of the other participants, Amy Shaw and Andrew Whitelaw, had to drop out a few months back (which is totally understandable — everybody has a lot to do), and I’ve been meaning for a while to offer an invitation here: If you know/like the Unconsumption Tumblr and want to join the team of contributors, drop me a line. Part of what makes the project fun for me isn’t just having yet another venue to put stuff out there, but also being surprised by what others find/encounter/post. On a related note, I’ve also been meaning to put out an open call for help on the related Unconsumption Wiki — that could definitely use some oversight and involvement by somebody with much better social-media-fu than I personally possess.
Most recently, unconsumption was trend-spotted and discussed at SXSW. Volunteer San Diego. Gross national happiness. Happy Planet Index. Prosperity. List of academic databases and search engines. Sustainable Building Technical Manual - Operation Fresh Start. Construction Criteria Base. Sustainable. Congresswoman Susan Davis - Welcome. Congressman Brian P. Bilbray, Serving California's 50th District. Duncan Hunter. H.R.6222: National Opportunity and Community Renewal Act. United Way of San Diego County. The U.S. Small Business Administration. GovLoans.gov - Find the Right Loan for You. Programs - CFDA: Programs. Find Grant Opportunities. Public Administrator/Public Guardian. 27th Annual San Diego County Economic Roundtable. Government Surplus Auctions. About HHSA. ArcGIS: A Complete Integrated System.
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