A different way to shrink ailing urban areas

A different way to shrink ailing urban areas (long)

Depressed? City or region in trouble? Can’t get anyone to take any significant creative risks or pay attention to anyone outside the old power elite?
Read http://www.gcbl.org/blog/richey-piiparinen/cleveland-do-we-have-future-if-we-never-leave-our-past.  Then let’s overthrow failure.
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Micro Volunteer – You are the next big thing

I am challenging you to do good in five minutes or less! Real good. Don’t tell me you don’t have five minutes. Use that “clear your head moment” at the office. That cell phone that works on the train (in a way that doesn’t annoy everyone around you). Replace that cigarette break with a more intrinsic reward (okay, maybe I am pushing it). Become a [...]

It’s all about stories…..

Welcome to Culture Tech Verite. What a broad swath that cuts! Culture: the languages with which we communicate, the arts and science panorama which our minds and souls explore and our bodies and intellect express, and our social and spiritual customs from which our communities evolve. Tech(nology): the craft of creating tools that extend our capabilities, and, even here, not necessarily those born of a digital age. Verite: simply [...]