The GreenHouse Project

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July 22, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. - Max Lucado - The GreenHouse Project In a small urban park in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dorah Lobelo founded the Greenhouse Project, a dynamic center that has grown to become a seedbed for organic farming, sustainable design, and community-building. Using donated park space, she has created an environmental demonstration center in a dense inner city that tackles the extremes of poverty, environmental degradation, and community regeneration. Through recycling, green building and design, organic urban farming, the use of alternative fuels, and employing environmentally-based entrepreneurial skills, the Greenhouse Project empowers neighborhood residents to take a holistic approach to local challenges and demonstrates that everyone can do something. It is a nurturing home for activists and an inspiration for individuals to take responsibility for improving their own quality of life while creating a socially just, healthy and sustainable world. { read more } Be The Change What is one thing you can do today to take responsibility for improving your quality of life while creating a socially just, healthy, and sustainable world? { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 5 Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy I Trust You A Reading List For The Spirit Dying to Be Me On the Relationship Between Failure, Humility and Wisdom Desiderata: Go Placidly Amidst the Noise & Haste People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not How Trauma Lodges in the Body DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,969 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More