]A retired teacher revives the ancient practice of gleaning—to reduce waste and feed the hungry. Dennis Karas is a retired teacher, professional gleaner and a resident at Columbia Eco-Village in Portland, OR. Food For Thought & Conversation Dennis Karas has a passion to help lessen food scarcity for people through gleaning and sharing the resources. Please […]
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Social currency and community capital replace dollars in this bank. And you can join for free. Linda Hogan is founding member of hOurworld Cooperative and previously served as board member and Director of Hour Exchange Portland and as a consultant for TimeBanksUSA. She has been a non-profit administrator, community organizer and social architect working in communities
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The time might just be right for the next sea change in the economy. Gar Alperovitz is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, and Co-Founder of The Democracy Collaborative. He is a former Fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard and King’s College of Cambridge University. He has served
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Updated August 2019 How to make money nurture life instead of Wall Street. FOOD FOR THOUGHT & CONVERSATION The Ruth Chris Steak House story demonstrates the importance of the role of business ownership in community wellbeing. Are there examples in your community similar to the Ruth Chris Steak House story where the behavior of a
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An Arizona teacher discovers the missing piece of the achievement gap puzzle in our schools. Turns out, it has been right there in the classroom all along, staring teachers in the face. Curtis Acosta is an educator and consultant with the Acosta Latino Learning Partnership. He taught English and Chicano literature in the Tucson Unified School
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This two month Road Trip to video interview people making a difference held surprises for not only me but family members as well. I learned that my daughter, Andrea, thought I would last six weeks; Amy gave me until I reached the Florida border; and Allison hoped that I would head home after one night
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This uplifting journey of capturing video stories of people with a passion making a difference in their communities will be ending in the next couple of weeks–11,500 miles and 43 interviews done. I am heading south towards home with 12 more interviews to do and nearly 2000 miles more to go. People ask me about
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I am capturing terrific video stories about creative good people genuinely making a difference. It is a joy to be around these folks and so uplifting to hear their passion and their dedication to what they are doing. After interviews here in Bainbridge Island, WA including interview with Fran Korten, publisher of YES! Magazine, I
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Following Colorado Springs was my visit in Houston to interview the folks with the Patient/Physician Cooperative. Hosts were Cathy and Ken, neither of whom knew me but blindly trusted our mutual friend in Tampa, Betty Tribble. It is a very unusual guy, who would welcome me into his home with his wife visiting in Tampa,
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I am being surprised in numerous ways on this Road Trip. Top of the list is the openness people have to letting me—in many cases, a stranger—stay with them for however long I need to. Actually,I might be reluctant to do it if the roles were reversed. There are also the reactions of my hosts
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