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Hacking COVID19: Open Source Global Brainstorms and Mutual Aid

March 26, 2020 By gmoke 2 Comments

MIT COVID19 Challenge - Beat the Pandemic Friday, April 3 at 6:00pm - Sunday, April 5 Online RSVP at https://covid19challenge.mit.edu We invite you to attend the MIT COVID-19 Challenge event, Beat the Pandemic, a series of virtual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: COVID19, disaster, economics, emergency, gandhi, Gandhian economics, health, mutual aid, nonviolence, pandemic, preparedness, public-health, r-buckminster-fuller, Rebecca Solnit

Mutual Aid Networks

March 15, 2020 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Mutual aid networks are being formed in the neighborhoods in Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Arlington, and other communities. My Nextdoor account (https://nextdoor.com) is filling up with people offering help to others as MA goes into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: communitarianism, coronavirus, disaster, emergy, mutual aid, neighborhood, organizing, pandemic preparedness, preparedness

Occupy Sandy

November 3, 2012 By gmoke Leave a Comment

http://techpresident.com/news/23062/hurricane-sandy-moves-occupy-wall-street-protest-people-powered-recovery A group of people from the Occupy Wall Street movement is collaborating with the climate change advocacy group 350.org and a new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350.org, disaster, ecology, economics, emergency, energy, environment, fema, gandhi, Hurricane Sandy, Occupy Wall Street, preparedness, recovers.org, solar

Minimal Energy Independence: Solar IS Civil Defense

July 4, 2012 By gmoke Leave a Comment

I've posted this before but it might have more relevance now that over a million people lost power around Washington DC and other emergencies and disasters have put many power lines in jeopardy. Besides, it's a practical exercise in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Charles Ives, energy, July Fourth, music, preparedness, solar

Solar IS Civil Defense PSA

April 26, 2012 By gmoke 1 Comment

Solar IS Civil Defense - what we are all supposed to have on hand in case of emergency - flashlight, cell phone, radio, extra set of batteries - can be powered by a few square inches of solar electric panel. Add a hand crank or bicycle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, economic-development, emergency, energy, environment, preparedness, solar, tv

Global Swadeshi: Flat-Pack Emergency Home

June 9, 2010 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Add a hand-crank or pedal-powered generator to the solar and you have a reliable supply of electricity day or night, by sunlight or muscle power, a secondary solar source.  Solar IS Civil Defense Add a bicycle and you have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-defense, disaster, ecology, emergency, energy, environment, preparedness, renewables

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Woke up sick about the state, which has so badly mismanaged so much of the COVID-19 response for the entire year, insisting their judgment should be substituted for local districts when they have made it clear they both don’t know and don’t care about local conditions. #MAEdu

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My unsolicited environmental recommendation of the day: this episode of "Why Is This Happening?"

The conversation between @drvolts and @chrislhayes is accessible to those who know little about the power system, and it's smart, funny and quite profound. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/powering-the-grid-with-david-roberts/id1382983397?i=1000510291170

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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