Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :
At about 3 books a week I probably read over 50 books
Sit around with nothing to do
Just stare off into space
A leisure time activity
There are a lot of misconceptions about people who are living outside
Interested in literature
They haven’t been to college
There are many assumptions that people make
Part of the Street Books’ mission
To restore the dignity of people who have been cast aside
To put at the margin of things
Patrons are often grateful for the opportunity
Get the books, get the stories
We have short stories, long stories, true stories, love stories, war stories
Street Books is a bicycle-powered traveling library that serves homeless people in Portland, Oregon. Librarians bike to select locations where people can borrow books without having to show ID or proof of addressRead more @ Street Books
“Lou started the Food is Free laneway in Ballarat just over a year ago.
When Lou moved to a big property, she started growing far too many vegetables to use herself, “I was sharing them with neighbours and friends and ran out of people to give it to. I realised I should start sharing with the local community”.
Lou figured out that the easiest place to start her movement would be the laneway next to her house. She now gets anywhere from 20 to 100 visitors a day to her laneway, “It enabled me to know all of my neighbours now and made me feel much more connected to the community”. There are about four spaces in Ballarat now and also in Castlemaine, Bendigo, Gippsland and right across to Perth. “It’s not about food, it’s about connecting. People come and don’t even take food, they just come for the conversations. Gardening is so wonderful for mental health and wellbeing. It’s really become quite a little hub and it’s really lovely to see that.”[Australian of the Day]
Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :
A fully integrated farming unit
Sustainable crops for food security
Income generation
Shipping container
2 acre plot of land
Feed 150 people
A complete diet every year
The technology will unfold
Best practices and technology
A customized unit
Renewable energy systems
Provide power
Labor saving technologies
It is engineered to optimize available water resources
Conserve water
Boost crop production
Extend the local growing season
The community’s living standards will be improved
Dependent on food aid
Overcome challenges with self-sufficiency and empowerment
Community Farming Reinvented
Farm from a Box provides communities with the tools required to grow their own food and earn an income. Built from a modified shipping container, each unit contains a complete ecosystem of smart farm technologies to enhance agricultural productivity; from renewable power and micro-drip irrigation, to Information and Communications Technology. Read more HERE
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