TED Video: Growing Our Way Into a New Economy

This may be the best 14 minutes of your day (and the best TED talk ever).

Full Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lcSL2yN39JM#t=0s

(Many thanks to Bill Clem for recommending this presentation)

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Why French Parents Are Superior – the importance of "cadre" http://matr.net/article-48592.html

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Carrots in the car park. Radishes on the roundabout. The deliciously eccentric story of the town growing ALL its own vegetables

The vegetable plots are the most visible sign of an amazing plan: to make this the first town in the country that is self-sufficient in food.

Meanwhile, the local school was recently awarded a £500,000 Lottery grant to set up a fish farm in order to provide food for the locals and to teach useful skills to young people.

http://matr.net/article-48693.html

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TED Video: Dave Eggers’ wish: Once Upon a School

Author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open.

Full Video: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dav … school.html

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Once Upon a School – The site that helps you find a creative way of supporting your local public school

How would you make a difference?

http://onceuponaschool.org/