A Voice of Sanity on Swine Flu Precautions This message is from Dr. Vinay Goyal a renowned doctor who lectured on the topic H1N1 (SWINE FLU), its origin and precautions. From : Dr. Vinay Goyal Dr. Vinay Goyal is an…
Regenerative Community Development My terminology on the subject of community development has evolved a little since my first post on the topic. Since beginning at BGI and increasingly so, I’ve had the sense that “sustainable” is not a high enough…
I love my bike but Amtrak doesn’t Since the engine of my veggie-powered truck died, I’ve been graced with the opportunity/necessity to ride my bike more. The above pic was snapped as I was leaving the first BGI intensive of…
The Flu: To Vaccinate or Not I spent part of this evening bumbling around YouTube for opinions and information on seasonal flu vaccines and swine flu (H1N1) vaccination. My general sense is that the evidence that flu vaccinations are beneficial,…
Social Web: To Twitter or Not My social web class is holding my feet to the technological fire. Part of this week’s discussion is about Twitter. I signed up months ago but have so far continued to lurk, having not…
The Social Web and the Importance of Weak Ties In social web class this week I learned about the distinction of strong and weak ties. Strong ties are those in our inner circle of friends and family who we have…
Reflections on Intensive I: The Social Web and Privacy Last weekend was my first intensive of the year at BGI. I decided to join the Social Web for Social Change class with the intent to become more skillful at using…
Community Resilience As part of my social web for social change class at BGI I get to choose a topic and research it during the semester using the tools we are learning about in class. Since my team marketing plan…
Delicious, Tagging and Folksonomies So I just jumped into a course called Using the Social Web for Social Change as part of my MBA in sustainable development at BGI. Part of the requirements are to keep a personal learning journal…
Van Jones, Washington’s Newest ReLocalizer Van Jones is an all-around superhero, fightin for the small guy and now about to make big, green waves in Washington. Here is a short interview talking about his recent appointment to Special Advisor for…
