How a Reddit post and Google map turned into a crowdsourced system for search and rescue after Hurricane Helene
Category Archives: Community Development
The Book Drive That Broke The Library
Book drives are good, in the way that fresh-baked cookies and Norman Rockwell paintings are good. There’s a sense of community spirit that book drives seem to stir in people, and as the freshly elected leader of a new volunteer group in my small desert town, I was looking for an easy project for usContinue reading “The Book Drive That Broke The Library”
Camp Meetings and Community
One of the first things I did when we arrived in North Carolina was attend a Friday night camp meeting. I remember some of this state’s idiosyncrasies from when I lived here during my teenage years, like Cheerwine and liver mush, but I had never heard of camp meetings. A bit of googling led meContinue reading “Camp Meetings and Community”
The Flight of the Butterflies
What if people valued butterfly lives as much as our own?
A Blog Post About Trash
Why trash on the street is more about infrastructure than litter bugs.
Who Designed This? Mojave Truck Stop Edition
Who puts a truck stop next to a park?
Joyce Nash Writes 