StartSomeGood News

startsomegood:

Brand New Good! Recently launched campaigns:

Food Connect Sydney is all about connecting people who live in the city with farmers and increasing their awareness about how food is grown. They are launching a series of local farm tours and their $6,000 tipping point goal will allow them to get the ball rolling on a local scale.

image

myLocal Cooperative is a cooperative that uses community currencies to empower people and progress. Supporting Scott Morris’ Be My HERO initiative means supporting his journey to speak at the 2nd International conference on Complementary Currency Systems. Raising $5,000 by June 3rd will ensure he attends and shares his ideas with an international crowd of thought leaders.

Help raise start-up funds for a healthcare clinic for marginalized migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers through the World Wellness Group. Reaching their tipping point goal of $15,000 will allow them to start on a small-scale level and cover rent for a modest space to begin providing services to patients in need. 

image

I Can Make That! is an app designed to help you find ways to reuse items you’d normally throw away. F is for Phantom Productions is developing this free app and, with $5,000, can complete development for distribution through iTunes.  

Nancy Ferguson knows first-hand about abuse, poverty, and illness and has been sharing her story for several years to provide victims with emotional support. She’s already spoken at countless events throughout the Midwest, but wants to broaden her impact through a DVD. Reaching her tipping point goal of $400 would allow her to finish production and create educational packets.

Let’s Celebrate! Recently Tipped Campaigns:

image

Lima Links brings timely and accurate market info via text to rural farmers who use it to raise income through fair prices. Now that they’ve reached their tipping point goal, they’ll be able to configure an active team in Zambia to begin helping educate farmers. 

Machik empowers Tibetan women to improve their quality of life. Plateau Pads, a Machik.org project, will provide Tibetan women with reusable pad kits and menstrual health education. Reaching their tipping point goal means they can provide girls with healthy, safe menstrual care and education. 

image

A Girl in the World inspires connections through creativity and shares stories that enrich relationships between children and adults. A Girl in the World is a series of eco-friendly children’s books, digital apps, and workshops that inspire connection through creativity.  Reaching the $3,000 tipping point goal means A Girl in the World can have an app to complement its first book. The series creator, Melanie Lee, will also be able to get the book onto ebook format and provide hard copies to over 1,000 schools and libraries around Australia and New Zealand.

Shawn D. Ross

I am a Northwest Native living in Washington State. A graduate of Washington State University and University of Phoenix with degrees in Architecture and Education I write about social, cultural, and personal improvement on the StartSomeGood Blog and SDRinspire. I am also a filmmaker and owner of Giraffe and Penguin Productions, a single daddy of two beautiful children, avid reader, writer, and hat wearer (Not in that picture but believe me, I wear ‘em). I am currently at work on my first feature length documentary. Follow me @shawndross and visit my websites: sdrinspire.tumblr.com and giraffeandpenguinproductions.tumblr.com.image

Humphreys said one of the early conclusions from her research is the possibility that the mass media of the 20th century was in fact a blip, a historical aberration, and that, through platforms like Twitter, we are gradually returning to a communication network that indulges, without guilt, the individual’s desire to record his existence.
Back to the future: What if the ‘mass media’ era was just an accident of history?  (via courtenaybird)

(via ibmsocialbiz)

Source: paidcontent.org

humanscalecities: Second hand spaces Recycling Sites Undergoing Urban Transformation At vacant sites, second hand spaces draw on the atmosphere, the traces, the remains, and the history of their previous uses. Their actors develop an individual aesthetic out of the site that stands out due to its simplicity and improvised quality. New ideas are tested, and elements of surprise are created in the city.
View Separately

humanscalecities:

Second hand spaces

Recycling Sites Undergoing Urban Transformation

At vacant sites, second hand spaces draw on the atmosphere, the traces, the remains, and the history of their previous uses. Their actors develop an individual aesthetic out of the site that stands out due to its simplicity and improvised quality. New ideas are tested, and elements of surprise are created in the city.