In the Basque town of Galdakao, a community cuts down on food waste by delivering leftovers to a communal fridge known as the Solidarity Fridge. An inspiring legacy of the financial crisis’s imprint on Spain, the culture of the Basque region (“to eat well”) helps its own in a time where unemployment rates are still high and the people are still reeling from a devastating economic crisis. Inspired by images of people searching dumpsters for food, Alvaro Saiz (who used to run a food bank for the poor) came up with the Solidarity Fridge. Local restaurants donate tapas, families deliver leftovers from BBQs and home-cooked meals, farmers of community gardens stock the fridge with fresh produce and some grandmothers even cook specifically for the fridge. Elementary schools are organizing field trips to the fridge – a valuable lesson in conservation and sharing.
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ONCE-CHURCHED PEOPLE
“They are still people of great depth and character and substance and yes, even faith. They are still wonderfully attentive parents, devoted friends, loving spouses, amazing co-workers, helpful neighbors. They are still responsible and compassionate and loving, and so much of what you treasured and knew to be true about them then, is still true today. They are simply not comfortable in the space you find yourself. They are not misfits, but they most surely no longer fit. And it’s important that you remember all of this; that you find a softness in your response to them. It’s critical that you treat them with kindness and gentleness and great respect, and that you resist the urge to minimize them or the journey they’ve traveled to the outside.”
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“You have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land no one burns their palms under trains beneath carriages no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled means something more than journey.”
A VERY HAPPY BRAIN | Dr. Sood
The pursuit of gratitude and compassion…
HOW I DEARLY WISH I WAS NOT HERE | Dooce
Heather paints a heartbreaking portrait of the final moments with her longtime companion, The Former Congressman Henry Buck Chucklesworth.
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