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Green Society. Transform Military Space to Civic Space. Architecture for Humanity asks for your support to showcase Finalists from this year's design competition, “[UN]Restricted Access”, at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. By broadening the conversation around the future of ex-military bases through forums like the Biennale, we increase the chance of making these projects a reality. Finalist Designs: Transforming Military Space to Civic Space [OCO - Ocean Conservatory & Observatory] near Lisbon, Portugal. Paicho Huts near Gulu, Uganda The Store - Pillbox Conversion in rural New Zealand Alter Your Native Belfast // Alternative Belfast in Belfast, Northern Island PLUG-In HEBRON - People Liberated Urban Gaps In Hebron in Old City of Hebron, Israeli Occupied Palestinian West Bank Magazine Hill: A weathered continuum, in Pretoria, South Africa Humboldthain Food Cooperative in Berlin, Germany To read more about the Finalists, check out this recent feature on [UN]Restricted Access in Wired Online.

The cost of the Palazzo Bembo installation includes: What the Economic Crisis Really Means - and what we can do about it. Economics - Local Economy Institute. Giving More Than Money. Live notes from the "Giving More Than Money" session at the Awesome Summit, by Rahul Bhargava, Ethan Zuckerman and Willow Brugh. Matt Stempeck (@mstem) comes to the Center for Civic Media from the Washington activism world. The organizations he worked with always lacked money. When it became time to run a campaign, organizations always wanted to figure out what to ask for... and the obvious question is to ask for money. But people don't like to be asked for money. Now, more people do their jobs over the Internet - can we structure organizations so we can benefit from people's skills, not just from their ability to write checks.

Jeremy Liu thinks about professional skill matching in the Bay Area. Emilie Dubois studies time banks and trading of skills at Boston College. Jeremy Liu Jeremy Liu starts by asking us how many of us have heard of community development corporations - only a few hands go up. Emilie Dubois - Connected Learning Research Network Deanna Zandt - deannazandt.com. Better Energy Communities Pilot 2012 - Open for Applications.