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Start A Foraging Community

January 14, 2009 Community
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A friend of mine came up with the idea to start a foraging community online here in Marin.  There already is one in Oakland, CA:
http://forageoakland.blogspot.com. 
Everyone will keep an eye out for fruit trees that are not being picked by the owners and ask the owners if we could pick the fruit.  Then we can make [...]

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Second Hand Smoke – A Solution

January 12, 2010 At Home
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Fighting a neighbor’s poisonous secondhand smoke can prove a double nightmare in condos, apartment houses or co-ops. Association boards, property managers and building owners typically refuse to intervene – and worse. The secondhand smoke victim is often denigrated by board members, attorneys, fellow neighbors and by the smoker(s).

Taking the [...]

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BOINC – Your Computer!

March 26, 2009 Community
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BOINC stands for Berkley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing – parent to the more familiar SETI – Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – it is a way of harnessing the unused computer processing power on the planet.  Run by the University of California, the program requires you to download a simple application that taps into [...]

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Do Something Nice – No Really…

March 4, 2009 At Home
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I was searching for an image to accompany Rosalea Hostetler’s post: Do Something Nice For Others – and came across this image.
 
I think it is brilliant and so easy to do – click on the image to see a larger version – I love the tear off strips with comments like: [...]

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Treat Others Like Family

January 14, 2009 At Home
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Our family, when faced with another family’s misfortune, offers food and comfort; for example: When a friend who is the only income-earner for his family was laid off, my family made lasagna for their family – we took over 2 large pans that they could eat when they chose, or freeze.  We have also shared [...]

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Start Kitchen Table Coaching Groups In Your Community

January 14, 2009 At Home
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Around a kitchen table in our homes, facing bleak times, my three friends and I brainstormed ways to drag ourselves out of debt, find new jobs, overcome obstacles and turn survive into thrive. As word got out about our kitchen table coaching sessions, we were asked to speak to women’s groups and other women encouraged us [...]

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Set Up A Welfare Into Work Program

January 14, 2009 At Home
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In Petaluma, California there is a movement of outreach to the community.  As a way to alleviate fear of your own economic woes, reach into your community doing what you love to do and help someone else less fortunate than yourself.   Specifically what we are doing is teaming up to help women in the local [...]

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Gratitude Gatherings

January 14, 2009 At Home
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I had gatherings at my home for ladies in the community. I did it because I was new to the area and needed some socialization. I asked everybody to bring something for show and tell – a great conversation starter – my favorite was Rose and the hanky she received from her idol Bing Crosby. [...]

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