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Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge

As mentioned a few posts ago [https://uniteddiversity.coop/2013/07/30/the-hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-teach-themselves/] , I’m going to be sharing lots of inspirational videos about education [https://uniteddiversity.coop/category/education/]. This time we have educator and design activist Kiran Bir Sethi who says “Hope is not a strategy” and teaches

Agriculture

Biosphere Home Farming from Philips designers

See larger image here. [https://api.ning.com/files/MpSRpEHITCNAANYpqA8IBLP-fhkajigh1DLQJ*Mh2stYrPWIo5FIsVBKvw64eNt49TwbYzBu9NNHiSy7ZNoSV-1ikpDRCQOB/food2_hr.jpg] by Clive van Heerden, August 6, 2009 Looking into the economics and politics of rising food prices and theories about impending food shortages led us to create the “food farm” to test peoples sensitivity to the

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Fish Systems and Design

[https://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010368.html] A grim new film, The End of the Line, [https://endoftheline.com/] reveals the impact of overfishing on our oceans. It exposes the extent to which global stocks of fish are dwindling; features scientists who warn we could see the end of most

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Room to Grow: Participatory Landscapes and Urban Agriculture at New York University

By Adam Brock September, 2008 A research paper I (Adam Brock) wrote under supervision from NYU professor Natalie Jeremijenko in Summer 2008. The conclusion? It’s not lack of land that’s preventing us from growing food on campus – it’s the politics of centrally-controlled space. Abstract Urban Agriculture presents