http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/535890.html?nav=5021 The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley recently awarded G.R.O.W. a $10,000 grant that will be used to purchase seeds, plants and other supplies necessary for the nearly 11 acres of gardens, Hathhorn said. He said he gets calls every day from day cares, schools, other nonprofit organizations and community groups wanting to reserve […]
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http://www.youtube.com/v/PSpoMWQRCiU Stick this in your Tea Party and smoke it.
Warrior Boats – Trash floats eco-warriors boat – Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-plastiki21-2010feb21,0,728915.story This is a great combination of angry, active and illustrative protest. Great find, NonZeroSum. Also, “Plastiki”? Brilliant.
RodneyHarringtons reviews – StumbleUpon
http://rodneyharrington.stumbleupon.com/review/34488168/ The corn is as high as RodneyHarrington’s eye. Many thanks to those of you who helped him out this spring. You’ve contributed directly to a fantastic, neighbourly project. Rod’s done us – and himself – proud.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JkPk0CIo4 Eccentric Texas man builds houses out of the landfill-bound castoffs of modern business. Just as important as the environmental impact is his willingness to show others – the homeless or underemployed – how to make their own houses, too. It’s a rare and shining gift to make other people feel empowered and valued. We […]
The Teen Files – Part 2: Lines that Divide Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2AJ7Vcxk3w I’m sure I’ve Stumbled this before (devs: Search function, pleeeeease!) but went looking for it again after a back and forth with the Good Pastor. An emotional 6 minutes of a high school Challenge Day activity called “Crossing the Line”, designed to show students that they all have connections, even bullies and their victims. […]
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VTMXOG4iIcM/SaX1kKi65eI/AAAAAAAAEZc/ZwgIhOOUhXE/S660/Victory+Garden+ad+1.jpg My StumblePal RodneyHarrington is an action-taker par excellence: As his hard-hit Ohio town fights a rearguard action against the onslaught of foreclosures and dereliction, Rodney is organizing a grassroots counteroffensive in the most literal sense: Armed only with shovel, hoe and watering can, he’s transforming the untended, abandoned properties around him into food gardens, […]
Op-Ed Contributor – For Sale – The $100 House – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08barlow.html?scp=2&sq=detroit%20solar&st=cse This is the second piece for Rod, and one which gives me a glimmer of hope for this current, lamentable situation: Detroit was hit just as hard – and just as early – as Cleveland, with foreclosed properties being sold for as low as $100. Most of these have been gutted of fixtures, wiring […]
All Boarded Up – How Cleveland is Dealing With Mass Foreclosure – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/magazine/08Foreclosure-t.html?scp=1&sq=cleveland%20foreclosure&st=cse The first of two postings dedicated to (as they were inspired by) my crusading friend, RodneyHarrington. The NYTimes Magazine did a piece last weekend about Cleveland – just a short drive from Rodney’s crumbling Ohio hometown – and the effects that are being felt from the economic meltdown, which had already asserted itself pretty […]
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http://www.canada.com/Technology/Local+boys+speedboat+free+dolphins/1306112/story.html Individuals in a remote Newfoundland town free a pod of ice-bound dolphins. This is a such a terrific story: The legendary Newfie hospitality extends even to other orders of mammals. A group of local men braved dangerous broken ice and frigid waters in a fibreglass speedboat to rescue a pod of dolphins and help […]
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