by wordpress | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog Posts
In his TED Talk, Dave Meslin argues that people aren’t tuning out their local government, rather they are being shut out (either intentionally or unintentionally) of the process. What he categorizes as “intentional exclusion” many local governments make it...
by wordpress | Aug 1, 2013 | Blog Posts
In the summer months, on tens of thousands of counters across New Jersey sit cartons of orange juice labeled “100 percent natural Florida orange,” but how would you feel if your orange juice weren’t so natural any more?Throughout the world, precious orange crops are...
by wordpress | Jul 26, 2013 | Blog Posts
Ride your bicycle through Asbury Park on a summer evening and succumb to the siren song of this musical seaside city. Whether it’s an Energizer Bunny- like drummer boy who pulls long shifts on the boardwalk for tips, the melodic duo Uke and Drum at The Beach Bar, or a...
by wordpress | Jul 23, 2013 | Blog Posts
On a winding street tucked away in the woods is a quaint little farm. Here one can skirt past a coop of chickens and goats and end up under an apple tree for an afternoon nap. No, this is not western New York or rural Vermont, although at first glance you might think...
by wordpress | Jul 22, 2013 | Blog Posts
Technology, namely the Internet, has both its pros and cons. As Ben Saunders says in his TED talk, we are now able to retrieve information about the world around us at an incredible speed and with minimal effort. Checking the weather doesn’t mean stepping...
