Good Stuff by Humans

We are having a gathering at Backspace at 7pm on April 7th to learn to make origami paper cranes for the Make Cranes, Not War peace project.
Hope to see you there!

Filed under: you can do it! on March 31st, 2009 | Comments

A group in Miami named “Take Back the Land” decided that vacant homes could be put to good use. Working with the bank and government, this group helps homeless families stay in vacant homes temporarly. read this to learn more

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Making Origami Cranes can be a bit tricky so here some recommend online directions, it’s especially helpful to watch a video. If you know someone who can make them, ask them to show you!
videos:
http://blogorigami.com/how-to-make-origami-cranes-video
http://origami.org.uk/origamicrane
directions:
http://monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/
http://www.savingcranes.org/origamicranes.html

Filed under: you can do it! on March 27th, 2009 | Comments

This story is a background to my peace project (Make Cranes, Not War) –
The story of Sadako and 1,000 paper cranes
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who was a victim of the atomic bomb. She was one of many children in a hospital with leukemia and little hope of survival. Inspired by a friend of [...]

Filed under: read more on March 22nd, 2009 | Comments

this is a very sweet video about how awesome animals are when it comes to taking care of others. Us humans could learn a lot from it!
The Mothering of Animals

Filed under: watch this on March 22nd, 2009 | Comments

A friend posted this link today: http://worldofgood.ebay.com/….an interesting concept. Providing eco-friendly and recycled products in a woodsy template is pretty innovative for such a large company. I didn’t see any auctions, but I don’t think that’s the point, it’s more about the power of “where” you spend your money and how “powerful” that is.

Filed under: you can do it! on March 5th, 2009 | Comments