Habitat Groupé Subbable: Subscription crowdfunding for rabid YouTube fans By Carmel DeAmicis On September 30, 2013 Two brothers — Hank and John Green — have produced online videos since 2007. Known as the VlogBrothers, they gained notoriety for their work on early Web shows such as “Brotherhood 2.0″ and “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.” They caught Google’s eye and got funded as part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative. In their current series “Crash Course,” the duo teach high school courses for free in a frenetic, fun, and fast-paced manner. You may or may not recognize them from their recent hit on what’s wrong with America’s healthcare system, but it was blowing up my Facebook stream last week. But all is not well in the VlogBrothers’ world — the Google money is running out, and they’re not sure how to keep funding the show. Then, Hank Green had an idea. That didn’t stop the entrepreneurially minded VlogBrothers — they just decided to start their own crowd-funding site. Enter, Subbable. “Crash Course” isn’t the only program that has seen success.
Habitat.coop - La solution coopérative pour se loger Cohousing Cohousing playground next to Common House A cohousing[1] community is a type of intentional community composed of private homes supplemented by shared facilities. The community is planned, owned and managed by the residents – who also share activities which may include cooking, dining, child care, gardening, and governance of the community. Common facilities may include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, child care facilities, offices, internet access, guest rooms, and recreational features. Cohousing facilitates interaction among neighbors for social and practical benefits, economic and environmental benefits.[2][3] In describing New York City's first co-housing project, a recent New York Times article said co-housing "speaks to people who want to own an apartment but not feel shut off by it, lost in an impersonal city Origins[edit] There are precedents for cohousing in the 1920s in New York with the cooperative apartment housing with shared facilities and good social interaction.
CUSTOMER-MADE | Co-creation, user-generated content, DIY advertising and more! CUSTOMER-MADE: time to tap into THE GLOBAL BRAIN! Last updated: May 2006 | Let’s get this out of the way once and for all: trends are not one-off coining affairs. Some trends are worth tracking for years and years, especially if they represent a radically new definition of what constitutes value to consumers. So here’s yet another CUSTOMER-MADE update, exactly one year after our last coverage, bringing you new insights and hands-on examples of firms already profiting from co-creating with their customers. CUSTOMER-MADE: “The phenomenon of corporations creating goods, services and experiences in close cooperation with experienced and creative consumers, tapping into their intellectual capital, and in exchange giving them a direct say in (and rewarding them for) what actually gets produced, manufactured, developed, designed, serviced, or processed.” Consider any or all of the following: Status: people love to be seen, love to show off their creative skills and thinking. Check out:
Le réseau inter-régional de l'Habitat Groupé a vocation à rendre visibles et possibles les démarches d'habitat groupé. Ce site est un espace de partage des retours d'expériences d'habitat groupé, de collaboration, d'entraide et de mutualisation des ressou Visite à Strasbourg de la Ministre du logement Sylvia Pinel Bientôt une journée nationale sur l’habitat participatifUn des temps fort de la visite (de la ministre du logement) a concerné la promotion de l’habitat participatif, un dossier où la capitale alsacienne est en pointe avec une vingtaine de projets réalisés ou en cours. La visite des 14 logements du projet en accession sociale Ecoterra a fait dire à la ministre que « l’habitat participatif constitue une réponse appropriée et concrète au vivre-ensemble, à la fois dans la conception et dans la vie de l’immeuble ». Elle s’est aussi félicitée de « la qualité environnementale » de la plupart des projets en habitat participatif. Ce plaidoyer s’est accompagné de deux annonces : la tenue d’ici cet été d’une journée nationale réunissant les acteurs engagés dans la démarche, et l’élaboration en cours des trois décrets d’application de la loi Alur se rapportant à l’habitat participatif, sans précision de date. Finition de plafond et solive
Cohousing Let's Collaborate! | Connecting the collaborative consumption community in NYC Get the help you need at a price you can afford | Cohousing Coaches Stop Fearing, Start Thinking: The Fixperts Social Project | Environment on GOOD We're lucky. I mean, really lucky. We live in a global culture of makers, imaginers, and inventors. When did people start believing that stuff was too complicated or too far-gone to repair? And we are compliant. But when we don't fix our things, we risk something far more vital than just the money in our wallets. Fixperts, a social project in the UK, is based on one simple idea: Fixing is thinking. "We tend to forget that fixing is really a gateway to creating, making, building, and imagining beyond fixing a cracked drawer in a fridge," says London-resident and Fixperts' co-founder James Carrigan. The last decade has seen a rise in organizations that share the same sentiment. And these organizations—like our company iFixit, a free online repair manual for everything—want to help people foster their own independence, explore their stuff, and learn to fix broken things with confidence. "Repair is global. Fixperts' goal: Feed the people. It's a fight against fear.
Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living? Petaluma Avenue Homes, an affordable cohousing community in Sebastopol, Calif. (Photo by Schemata Workshop.) Back in the good old days, I’m told, people lived in neighborhoods where they looked out for each other. Apparently we’ve strayed so far from that norm over the last half-century or so that it now takes a conscious effort to recreate it. Sounds nice, right? Current and aspiring cohousers wax idealistic about the day-to-day benefits of living in such a community, from the practical, like sharing cooking and childcare duties, to the more intangible, like being part of a subculture where generosity is expected and encouraged. Residents hang out in the courtyard at Daybreak Cohousing in Portland. Garciano and his wife, he says, have a “high earning capacity,” but found cohousing still out of their economic reach. In Oakland, historic Swan’s Market was converted into a complex that includes cohousing, low-income housing, and a children’s museum.
How to Make HUGE Bubbles For best viewing click the gear in the bottom right corner of the video and change the quality to 720p! I had more fun making this video than any I can remember in the recent past. Making giant bubbles may turn into an ongoing hobby. Some of my younger cousins have certainly enjoyed it as well! 24 oz Dishwashing Liquid 1 tbsp J-Lube (The most important part for giant bubbles) 3 US gal Water After filming all the shots used in this video I started experimenting with baking powder and found that 3 tbsp added to the above mix improves the longevity and durability of the bubbles significantly. Here is a source for J-Lube as promised (one bottle makes hundreds of gallons of bubble mix): For those outside of the USA it may be difficult to find J-Lube. For my bubble wand I use two fishing poles similar to this model:
Organization - Partnerships For Affordable Cohousing Partnerships For Affordable Cohousing, Inc. (PFAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working with local cohousing groups and affordable housing organizations around the country to provide and develop affordable cohousing. PFAC serves as a bridge between the traditional affordable housing infrastructure and the cohousing communities of today and tomorrow. Board of Directors Rick Keller Richart Keller is a professional community/environmental planner and facilitator with over 40 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including housing consulting, housing counseling, construction, and financial education and has served as Executive Director of a Community Development Corporation. Yoomie Ahn Yoomie is one of the founders of Richmond Cohousing ( a group seeking to live in a multi-generational, eco-friendly cohousing community in Richmond, Virginia. Wendy Wiesner Wendy is an economist specializing in cooperative economics. Lisa Poley, PhD Jerome Garciano