Ouroboros Project - Denver

http://youngfamersfoundation.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/in-kenya-urban-farming-changing-families-reality/

In Kenya, urban farming changing families' reality Francis Wajira raises chickens and goats in downtown Nairobi. He also teaches other residents how to raise livestock in the city. (Photo by Anders Kelto.) In Kahawa Soweto, a slum on the northeast ...

http://vimeo.com/75920312

Look out for this documentary! We can see it affecting many students in our generation. Shout out to Charlie Smith and Awen Productions for doing big things in film with a powerful message!

One Step Beyond Official Trailer Young African Leaders shifting the world around them with their basic human resources. We need your support to bring this film to completion and take it on…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdSYvkrCbo

Food Security from the perspective of the UK. Check it out.

Global Food Security programme video The UK's main public funders of food-related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of p...

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.”
― Nelson Mandela

Thursday morning is Halloween, and it will be cold. To equalize the incredibly cold morning, Ouroboros Project suggests that all EAST HIGH STUDENTS buy a warm, savory Santiago's burrito on the E before school! The soccer team has done well with their fundraisers, and we just want to make sure the burrito supply is sufficient this Halloween.

National FOOD DAY is tomorrow! Check it out: http://www.foodday.org/

Food Day Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.

Credit to Jack Bredar for finding this article about food security in California.
http://intentblog.com/unlikely-heroes-the-california-teen-responsible-for-feeding-thousands-of-hungry-families/

Unlikely Heroes: The California Teen Responsible for Feeding Thousands of Hungry Families -... At twelve years old, most of us were trudging through the awkwardness of adolescence, developing friend groups, and struggling to master pre-algebra. But at that age, Kiran Sridhar, a teenager from California’s Silicon Valley, had larger concerns on his mind. According to the UCLA Center for Health…

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/urban-farming/ #/earth-day-urban-farming-new-york-rooftop_51631_600x450.jpg

Urban Farming Is Growing a Green Future From New York City to Chicago, Venezuela to Lima, these rooftop gardens and urban vegetable patches are growing fresh food close to the people.

Hello everybody,
We are really trying to build a big support group to give the project a boost while we are all in school. Please tell family and friends about the project, and invite them to like our page so we can keep them updated.
CONTEST- Anyone who can...
Get 25 likes for our page = FREE Ouroboros wristband
$25 in donations = FREE Ouroboros wristband

and remember, "It's not waste until it's wasted"

http://dpo.st/14MYS1f

Denver looks to expand curbside composting to 2,300 more homes by Jan. Denver is looking to expand its curbside composting program to 2,300 more homes in January with a goal of 20,000 customers by 2026 — an ecological pursuit that only a handful of Colorado cities have undertaken.

Credit to Victoria Sisk for finding this interesting study/article regarding rice.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/03/180821486/unraveling-the-mystery-of-a-rice-revolution

Unraveling The Mystery Of A Rice Revolution : NPR An economist wanted to find out why some farmers in the developing world were abandoning a new way of growing rice that increases yields while reducing the need for seeds and water. He found that even while their rice fields were more productive, their household income didn't go up.

"Composting concerns the invisible half of the Wheel of Life"
http://journeytoforever.org/edu_compost.html

School composting: Journey to Forever Journey to Forever is an interactive adventure - the first-ever overland expedition from East Asia to Southern Africa, the first to use the Internet to link schools and communities all along the route, and the first to offer online participants and especially schoolchildren everywhere an active role...