Shorts: Food as Revolution
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Thoughts of Maine are often accompanied by thoughts of fresh, delicious food. From locally-harvested seafood to sweet summer blueberries and of course a certain bi-clawed crustacean, Maine has carved a delicious niche in the foodie hall of fame. Read more: http://poptech.org/blog/salt_water_farm_sets_a_place_for_poptech
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- -: Shorts: Food as Revolution
November 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Thoughts of Maine are often accompanied by thoughts of fresh, delicious food. From locally-harvested seafood to sweet summer blueberries and of course a certain bi-clawed crustacean, Maine has carved a delicious niche in the foodie hall of fame. Read more: http://poptech.org/blog/salt_water_farm...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - John Rooks - The Lost Art of Authenticating Real
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Rooks is the founder of The SOAP Group, a consulting firm that activates sustainability and social justice through positive cultural dialogue. He blends cultural studies with business strategy, creating new paths for companies to engage in sustainability. Rooks is the author of More Than Promote ...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Christy Hemenway - Making the Connection: Honeybees, Food, and You
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)As the founder of Gold Star Honeybees, Christy Hemenway is working to reintegrate honeybees and farming. The movement toward small, organic, local, diversified farms creates a ripe environment for this. Gold Star Honeybees' signature top bar hive lets bees make their own beeswax honeycomb in a na...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Habib Dagher - An Opportunity of a Generation: Deepwater Offshore Wind
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dr. Habib Dagher is director of the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center and principal investigator for the DeepCwind Consortium, which includes universities, nonprofits, utilities, and industry leaders focused on establishing Maine as a leader in deepwater offshore win...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Steve Wessler - Speaking Up Against Hate
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Steve Wessler is executive director of the Center for Preventing Hate, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing and responding to bias, harassment, and violence through education and advocacy. Wessler practiced law for more than 22 years and has been widely recognized for his civil rights work. He is ...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Eli Stefanski - Making Systems Thinking Sexy
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Elizabeth Stefanski is an impatient social innovation junkie with over a decade of experience in building and leading social ventures. She recently joined the Business Innovation Factory as chief market maker, where she is attracting capital and building partnerships to generate new models for tr...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Olas - A Performance of Original Music and Dance
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Olas is a band of musicians and dancers heavily influenced by Andalusian Flamenco and Arabic folk music, translated through a blend of American folk, rock, Arabic, and Afro-Cuban sounds. Olas is an original, all-acoustic mash-up of raw and passionate music and dance. Highlights include songs sung...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Emilia Dahlin - At a Glimpse: Sounds and Images from a Year on Our Planet
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Emilia Dahlin spent a year on a global journey of service focused on emergent and ancient trends in regenerative culture. Music became the shared language that allowed her to connect and collaborate. A sometimes quirky, always eloquent songwriter, Dahlin taps into the human condition through song...
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Jeff Thaler - Immersion in the Unfamiliar: An Education
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Jeff Thaler created the "Resettling Refugees in Maine" winter study program at Williams College, enabling students to live in Portland with refugee families for the month of January. Students become more self-aware, motivated to learn, empathetic, and open to a world of ambiguity and uncertainty....
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- -: TEDxDirigo - Figures of Speech - The Puppet As Metaphoric Being
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)At its root, puppet theater addresses issues of identity and existence, as puppets move with striking speed from lifeless object to mythic icon, raising the questions: "What is the spark that ignites life? How does the puppet's life differ from my own? Why am I me and not you?" Figures of Speech ...
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