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discussion item Treehouse for Medically Fragile Kids (0) in Children - Youth - Families
BACKGROUND There is a wonderful place for medically fragile kids outside of Atlanta called Camp Twin Lakes. It is the facility where different disease/disorder/condition camp groups hold their programs each year (Camp New Hope for kids with sickle ...
Updated 26 weeks ago, Tagged by: Michele -> kids+art+charity (CCAL30)

discussion item Solar Desalinization for Small-scale Urban Gardening Programs (0) in Intelligent Design
Okay, so my question for today, admittedly out of a somewhat frustrating conversation this evening, is about urban agriculture in arid to semi-arid coastal cities. And it is this: Can you point me to any interesting or even good examples of solar d...
Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jim Carroll (CCAL30)

discussion item Project: Making Solar Energy More Available (0) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
http://www.omidyar.net/group/cmps80j/ws/Project%3A%20Making%20Solar%20Energy%20More%20Available/
Updated 29 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jim Carroll (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Solar Desalinization for Small-scale Urban Gardening Programs (0) in Intelligent Design
that's brilliant - thank you karen! i will pass this information along. are there "plans" available for this unit so it could be built as well as shipped? i am also curious to seek and alternative to the groundwater pump - perhaps that would be a man...
Updated 31 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jim Carroll (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Assignment: Find an example of technology for social issues (61) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
this (solar power plant) was . More likely it's in Las Vegas because that's where it's sunny. http://www.nrel.gov/gis/images/uscspannualmay2004.jpg That idea about the mirrors, btw, is a good one. However, you have to be careful that with direct s...
Updated 32 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jon Alexander (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Assignment: Find an example of technology for social issues (61) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
i remember someone in the beginning of the year mentioning something about one of these huge towers that are spposed to generate solar power. i thought this video showed it very well. http://youtube.com/watch?v=cLIiGTZxH5s&mode=related&search= very ...
Updated 32 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jon Alexander (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Assignment: Find an example of technology for social issues (61) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
I read an article recently about the state of Washington looking to implement more solar technologies, even with the fact that the state as a whole does not get that much sunlight. Stephen Frantz, a program planner said "Yes, it's not as good a deal ...
Updated 32 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jon Alexander (CCAL30)

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