We are what we eat!

 
It is an oft overlooked fact, but in today's world it can be so easy to forget about the importance of eating well.

Our generation has inherited a highly disfunctional food system, and along with it, poor diet and a global epidemic of diet-related diseases which has led to 43 million children under the age of 5 being overweight, while millions of others around the world go hungry.  There is more than enough food to feed our entire global population, but inequal distrobution in our food systems results in a great divide between those who have enough to eat and those who do not.

We have the opportunity to change this system; creating sustained change is not easy, we need a revolution in the way we think about food in order to empower individuals to understand how food contributes to global challenges like obesity, povery, sustainability and human rights.

Starting with Education to better understand all of the ways food has an impact on us and our world is an important first step towards unleashing the change we wish to see.

The revolution kicks into high gear on May 19th with Global Food Revolution Day.

Food is a great way to bring people together and there are many ways to get involved:

You can follow the discussion with the hashtag #realfood ,get started with the toolkit : 30 Ideas to Start a Food Revolution in Schools, demand food education at your school by taking the pledge or host or join a dinner party on May 19th where you cook with fresh ingredients - no processed foods allowed.

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With revolution this delicious, the taste of change will certainly be comming to a plate near you.

We are what we eat!

by FoodRevolution. Browse more data visualizations.

 
It is an oft overlooked fact, but in today's world it can be so easy to forget about the importance of eating well.

Our generation has inherited a highly disfunctional food system, and along with it, poor diet and a global epidemic of diet-related diseases which has led to 43 million children under the age of 5 being overweight, while millions of other around the world go hungry.  There is more than enough food to feed our entire global population, but inequal distrobution in our food systems results in a great divide between those who have enough to eat and those who do not.

We have the opportunity to change this system; creating sustained change is not easy, we need a revolution in the way we think about food in order to empower individuals to understand how food contributes to global challenges like obesity, povery, sustainability and human rights.

Starting with Education to better understand all of the ways food has an impact on us and our world is an important first step towards unleashing the change we wish to see.

The revolution kicks into high gear on May 19th with Global Food Revolution Day.

Food is a great way to bring people together and there are many ways to get involved:

You can follow the discussion with the hashtag #realfood ,get started with the toolkit : 30 Ideas to Start a Food Revolution in Schools, demand food education at your school by taking the pledge or host or join a dinner party on May 19th where you cook with fresh ingredients - no processed foods allowed.

With revolution this delicious, the taste of change will certainly be comming to a plate near you.

Peace Prize Nomination

http://f4bw.abc4all.net/articles/view/175648/?topic=68241

Paul Sadera Kilelu: hi burt
The report is just powerful, the video for poluted water
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-782692

Great - thank you - spreading the info about clicking on the link is helpful so we get to #1 of 44 messages.  We are now at 1528 hits. When we reach 1700 we move from #4 to #3, then we work to be #2, then #1.

We keep going like this and when #1, I call AGAIN the CEOs of Time Warner and Warner Entertainment who released JOYFUL NOISE movie (now available in Blu Ray) and in June on DVD and show them we are promoting their movie all over the world.

Paul Sadera kilelu: great work

and will they help us eliminate polluted water while all the choirs of the world share the info.

So we are very grateful that the JN Choir accepted our message for one of the 44 they did.

Paul Sadera kilelu: fantastic

Thanks for asking everyone you know to click on the link for the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWYntqLZ1c4&hd=1

and asking them to do the same with everyone they know.  The quicker we get to #1 the better.

Paul Sadera kilelu: iam almost certain that jfp will perform in kenya.  When get the people to help us plan the event it can be very soon

with max support from JFP/ABC4All

Paul Sadera kilelu: thank you burt

always

It is a remarkable partnership for sure since each of us leaves no stone unturned and we are very grateful to be working with such an outstanding partner

Paul Sadera kilelu: it is very encouraging to see your support at all our time of need.

It is not possible to have a more important cause - all worthwhile causes are important - but cannot be more important and thus the support from JFP/ABC4All is more than justified and needed.

Paul Sadera kilelu: sure

Can you imagine?

The TIG ABC4All Blog has had more than 1/2 million views.

WOW!

Burt

Can 1500 be far behind? YOU can make a difference!

Ok. We passed 1400 hits. We are building towards the Viral Loop of the Century on 12/12/12. Let's get to #1 BEFORE 12/12/12!! the sooner the better so the whole world will know we are going to ZERO out drinking polluted water in the world. WE CAN AND WILL DO THIS. And now the DVD Available on 5/1/12 on GLOBAL LOVE DAY! Imagine all across the world who will see this AND the JOYFUL NOISE Choir's Message for ABC4All: http://youtu.be/MWYntqLZ1c4

Joyful Noise | ABC

Just after launching YouthMovements.org at Times Square in New York, Francisco and myself journeyed to Miami, Florida for The 2012 Knight Media and Learning Seminar.

This event enabled us to meet and learn from other Knight grantees and to engage with a network of community foundations from across the USA. In addition, we had the opportunity to connect with innovative projects such as Code for America, YouthMovements.org partners like DoSomething.org, cutting edge social technology projects, and mobilization projects like Turbovote to better understand how new media technologies are transforming the media landscape and our society. 

The hashtag to follow the action is #infoneeds which speaks to the Knight Foundations goals of creating democratic, informed and engaged societies. Without access to up to date and relevant information about our social and physical environments, our communities will not flourish.  

Three of the take away talks for me were from Eli Perisser – who spoke about the filter bubble and how the internet is becoming an increasingly personalized place, where our search results and friend feeds are tailored (without our implicit knowledge or consent) to display results which are more likely to be clicked on.

Amy web detailed big data, mobile data and how new technologies such as facial recognition, social networking and massive databases of information can be combined to discover potentially way more information about our communities than we would have thought possible. Amy demonstrated how apps like Banjo allow us to glimpse into the shared lives of those around us and gave a few tips about how gamification can be used to incentivise and reinforce processes, education and behaviour change.

Check out Rules to Observe When Creating a Game from Webb media MLS 2012 the Linksheetand also this video of Amy’s presentation:

I was also very interested in enabling communities to evaluate and map their own information environment through the Community Information Toolkit – a tool which helps community leaders harness the power of information to advance their goals for a better community.

Finally, the event was rounded out by an address by Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the MIT Center for Civic Media. He advanced the proposition that the Internet is the most powerful tool humans have to understand our differences. But we’ve yet to tap this potential, partially due to homophily — the tendency to gravitate toward people with similar traits to our own— which also governs our Web habits and online conversations. 

His work with the Center for Civic Media centers on how to map, contextualize and amplify global voices with tools that, he says, can be applied to any community through Zuckerman’s four-step approach :

His four step approach to map, contextualize and amplify global voices are:

1.) Assess your audience.

Figure out who you're hearing from and who you're not hearing.

2.) Learn where people are communicating and what tools they are using.

Use the tools which work for the group you are trying to engage.

3.) Use curation, translation and context to effectively compile what people are saying.

4.) Love makes it go.

People who are successful at engaging their communities using love do it because they love three things: The communities they’re representing, the online medium, and their ability to say, “I can tell you what's going on in my community and I can get heard all over the world.”

It was a super exciting series of meetings and chats, which left us with loads of ideas about how to connect YouthMovements.org to the overall community it serves.

goodbye, cried the weed.
she paused, then silently cut the string 
that choked her tufted hair
and steadily chopped her into lengths 
that might fit the pot.
her bulbous head kept her red cheeks 
and what was left of her weight
on the base of cold metal
as she opened the faucet
and filled half the vessel.
the stove was now hot
her name was Gavat
and it was time to say
goodbye.

Recently, YouthMovements.org launched to more efficiently amplify the role of young people in creating positive social change.

   

“The new site will aggregate and coalesce youth-led movements around the world to share data and to collaborate more effectively. But it will also inspire new youth to become more involved in what matters to them,” Jeff Coates, strategic initiatives associate at Knight Foundation, said.  

The video above explores Knight’s support for the site and shares what kinds of information it makes available to users. The interview also provides tips on how young people can draw inspiration from successful projects and provides resources that helps them replicate these projects in their own communities.

The video features key members of the team behind the site, including Jennifer Corriero,co-founder and executive director of TakingITGlobal, which hosts the site. Corriero describes how it allows young people to discover more about opportunities to get involved in issues that matter to them, both in their own communities and globally.

You’ll also hear insights into the role that technology plays in facilitating youth organized coalitions: “It provides opportunities for information to be synthesized faster and shared more quickly. The real value of this technology is the capacity to share inspiration and to connect it to more efficient models to do more with less,” says Sean Keith, operations manager TakingITGlobal.

Knight recently announced its support for YouthMovements.org, as part of its efforts to help  strengthen and celebrate youth leadership around the world.

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Joyful Noise | Merry Merry Christmas

12,766 views - 2 months ago

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Joyful Noise | H-A-P-P-Y New Year

6,232 views - 2 months ago

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Joyful Noise | GO PLAY

1,697 views - 1 month ago

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Merry Christmas Message: 12,766 views
Happy New Year: 6231 views
Go Play:  1669 views
ABC: 1016 views

The first 3 messages do not SAVE LIVES.

The ABC Message for A Better Community For All (ABC4All) is one part of the ABC4All released MANDATED ACTION for What The World Needs Now:  The FOREVER Campaign for Global Humanitarian Relief (FCGHR).

CURRENT FOCUS:  Eliminating consumption of polluted water in the newest country on earth, South Sudan. 

This is done with MATCHING/DOUBLING Charitable contributions FOREVER to bring advanced nanotechnology to anyone drinking polluted water IMMEDIATELY thereby arresting illness and deaths which are caused by drinking contaminated water.

Then:  Team of TEAMS will do the same for any country in the world where support emerges.

WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT TO SUPPORT?

 BY CLICKING Joyful Noise | ABC AND ASKING EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO DO THE SAME you are helping to SAVE LIVES!

If the ABC Message becomes #3, then #2 and then #1, what will be the response?

This is all part of the "Viral Loop of the Century" where on 12/12/12 ABC4All will host TWO Jazz For Peace FUNdraising Concerts in Los Angeles and New York focusing on SAVING LIVES.

THANKS FOR CLICKING!
Burt

CountDown ~ we are 10 away from 1000 hits!

JOYFUL NOISE Choir | ABC! 

If you are #1000 please let us know to receive a FREE copy of

"Poised for Global Relief:  You Can Cooperate and MAXIMIZE Giving"

http://pfr.abc4all.net

Today, a new website is launching to provide a common platform for youth to share, learn and amplify the role of young people in creating positive social change.  

YouthMovements.org features a map to display events, organizations and projects across global issues areas allowing young people to discover more about the opportunities to get involved in their own communities or about global developments across the issues that matter to them.

The knowledge hub collects information tool kits and best practices to allow new projects to benefit from the successes and lessons learned from previous efforts of youth organizers.  

The new site will also help organizations effectively share information about their projects, to promote projects and initiatives collaboratively, and to help track and celebrate the collective progress being made worldwide to tackle the world's most challenging issues.

Supported by Knight Foundation, YouthMovements.org is a project of TakingITGlobal, the largest online community of young people interested in global issues and creating positive change. TakingITGlobal uses the power of online community to facilitate global education, social entrepreneurship and civic engagement for millions of youth worldwide.

“YouthMovements.org is a transformational idea that will strengthen and celebrate youth leadership around the world,” said Jeff Coates, Strategic Initiative Associate at Knight Foundation.

The launch of the site coincides with a YouthMovements Summit in New York City, exploring the past, present and future of the youth engagement sector to find ways to amplify its impact.

During the two days, youth engagement leaders will share, learn and gain insight as they work together to shape the future of the sector as part of a learning community and collaborative network.