MySmart Farm continues to cultivate its relationship with IBM

http://ibmsmartcamp.com/2014/09/15/mysmart-farm-continues-to-cultivate-its-relationship-with-ibm/

What Happens In Vegas…

wonderful. empowering. insightful. call to action for better understanding of how to overcome true challenges & tragedies and rising again to flourish with incredible implications for us all. thanks!

FindingStrengthToStandAgain's Blog

The city’s tourism slogan is “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas”. Are you like me and wonder what does happen? Stop back in two weeks, and I will tell you what really did happen in Vegas. Right now I am full of hopeful anticipation. I will be traveling to Las Vegas next week to speak at two venues.

On Wednesday, September 10^th at 7PM, a brand new theater located within part of the newly renovated and exciting Downtown Project has invited me to present. I will be at The Window attempting to inspire with lessons of overcoming adversity. We all face challenges. Everyone needs to remember they are strong enough to face these difficulties. We all have it within us to become stronger after the storm has passed.

On Thursday, September 11^th, I have been invited to speak at the world-renowned Lou Ruvo Center for Brain…

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Seed Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities

Homeplace Earth

Those of you who have been following my work know that I have written the book Seed Libraries and Other Means of Keeping Seeds in the Hands of the People. We’ll call it Seed Libraries for short and you can expect it in the bookstores in early February. You can order it from New Society Publishers or buy a signed copy from me through my website when the time gets closer. In the past few years seed libraries have been popping up everywhere, evolving to fit their communities. It was this evolving that drove me crazy as I contacted all the places I mentioned in the book to make sure I had the most up-to-date information. As I polished the last details before sending the manuscript to the publisher, I got wind of a situation a new seed library in Pennsylvania was experiencing. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PA…

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Reminder: I Am Not Alone

such an important and empowering message

Broken Light Collective

Please welcome first-time contributor Amanda Sapp, a 36-year-old single mom residing in Alma, GA. Amanda has suffered with severe depression for many years and was recently diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder. She is struggling to accept the life changing diagnosis and to adjust to new meds and a new normal.

About this photo: “I took this photo while on vacation in Pine Mountain with the one person who believed in me and loved me when I wasn’t well enough to believe in and love myself. It reminds me that no matter how much my illness makes me isolate that I am not alone. It reminds me that with the right support, I am strong enough to keep fighting.”

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We need to raise $5k in August to get up and running as a non-profit! Please help!

**Visit Broken Light’s main gallery here. Currently accepting submissions.

*Facebook & Twitter @BrokenLighCo & 

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Smiling With Your Eyes

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Broken Light Collective

Please welcome first-time contributor Sarah, a woman who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in her twenties. Now aged 34 she continually battles the condition but is proud to have a family of her own and to be succesful in her career.

About the photo: “This is a photo of my little boy. My children’s smiles are my motivation to stay well.”

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Only a few more weeks left on the Broken Light Collective crowdfunding campaign!

**Visit Broken Light’s main gallery here. Currently accepting submissions.

*Facebook & Twitter @BrokenLighCo & @DanielleHark. Follow for e-mail notifications.

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Media Partner #12: Nina G, Oakland, CA

Disability Visibility Project

It’s ok to laugh at our 12^th media partner Nina G….she’s a comedian!

Nina G, comedian

Nina G is America’s favorite female stuttering stand up comedian (granted she is the only one). She is also a disability activist, storyteller, children’s book author and educator. She brings her humor to help people confront and understand social justice issues such as disability, diversity, and equity.

When she isn’t performing at comedy clubs like the San Francisco Punchline or the Laugh Factory, she is playing colleges and presenting as a keynote speaker to children with disabilities and training professionals.

Check out her newest project, Once Upon an Accommodation: A Book About Learning Disabilities! Nina writes from her own experience as a person with a Learning Disability and how to navigate the world of disability related accommodations in school.

Facebook Fan Page: Facebook.com/ninagcomedian

Twitter: @ninagcomedian (occassional adult content)

Youtube: NinaGcomic

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Aquaponics?

The Heart of Reno's Roots

It sounds strange and super scientific, but really, aquaponics is relatively simple. The first thing you have to do is break the word down. It’s the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics.

aquaculture + hydroponics = aquaponics

Aquaculture is essentially raising fish and hydoponics is essentially growing plants without soil. Aquaponics is both of these things brought together. Both aquaculture and hydroponics have their own negatives, but combing the two in aquaponics eliminates their negatives.

Aquaponics Cycle from Grow Your Own Nevada

Aquaponics is a continuous cycle, and its main components are a fish tank and a grow bed filled with some kind of gravel and plants growing in it. There are many different ways to construct this system, but you just need to have a way for the water to circulate through the grow bed into the fish tank and then back into the grow bed. No matter what way you…

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The road to building a better, stronger Peace Corps

thanks for this. Peace Corps experience is not without risk. More than 35 years later, I am still dealing & healing from my own tour of duty, which resulted in an early medical termination after about 23 months.
i cherish being a volunteer and as the years go by, the “fraternity” of retuned volunteers and what learned & shared while overseas provide me with more & more every day. Part me will always remain in Tandag – invariably the best part; and sharing Tandag at home brings the essence of my values and aspirations back home & back to me.
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Media Partners #22 and #23: ReelAbilities Festival and Creative Growth Art Center

http://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2014/07/25/media-partners-22-and-23-reelabilities-festival-and-creative-growth-art-center/

Disability Visibility Project

We have a double header this time: our 22^nd and 23^rd media partners are ReelAbilities and Creative Growth Art Center!

ReelAbilities Festival presents award winning films, music, dance, theater, discussions and other engaging programs, bringing together the community to explore, discuss and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.

Keep a look out this year for their upcoming festivals in the SF Bay Area, Chicago, New Jersey, Houston and Palm Beach: http://www.reelabilities.org/national-program

Website: http://www.reelabilities.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReelAbilities

Twitter: @ReelAbilities

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Based in Oakland, California, Creative Growth Art Center serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a professional studio environment for artistic development, gallery exhibition and representation and a social atmosphere among peers. Join them for exhibition openings and events!

Website: http://creativegrowth.org/category/news/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creative-Growth-Art-Center-Oakland/102852449753836

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29144518@N06/

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AmBAG Glows at Good Morning Club

Curly Bookworm

People all over the world, gaze with wonder at the world-renowned Amazing Race. Huge numbers of watchers from all walks of life follow the journey with thrill for the task and trial, the participating partners travail.

Meanwhile, in the world of Game Changers and Change Makers, a different amazing race is about to end, and many supporters and cheerers all over the world (literally), and in the world of entertainment industry is anticipating who would prevail!

I am referring to the Friendly Challenge between best buddies: ‘Chief ThorMentor’ Doc Anton Mari Lim and ‘SuperMentoree’ Josh Mahinay, and their support groups, Team Doc Anton and Team Josh. The Race-to-100 Sales’ days are numbered! Yes! Barely 3 days more!

In case you missed the blog updates, or you’ve just seen this entry, here are the links to earlier posts. These include the AmBAG Campaign blurb, until the last update. (Click…

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