Food Sovereignty and Pachakuti: An Eco-justice Perspective on the Food System
Alexandra Buck Toledo (2013 Byron Fellow) explores the differences between food security and food sovereignty on an exciting journey that takes her all the way to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. As she travels the shores of the lake, the southern highlands and the salt...
Beauty in the Storm
by Mariana Velez (2013 Byron Fellow) I stared at my laptop on the floor. I had tripped on the power cord and sent my computer into the air and onto a neat slam against the floor. In the milliseconds that my most cherished device was still in midair, I was already...
Flying Desks, Visions of Movement & Words of Gratitude
Amelia Terrapin has been a Byron mentor since 2012. She uses the power of movement as a learning tool for understanding life systems and sustainability. In this blog post she shares the vision she crafted during the fellowship to guide her work as an artist and a...
Pitfalls & Pathways in Action: How A Phone Call Fixed My Friendship
by Laura Yates (2013 Byron Fellow) This post was originally written for Gabriel Grant and Jason Jay's website, www.transformingsustainability.com. After being exposed to the Pitfalls & Pathways work at the 2013 Byron Fellowship, I had an opportunity to reflect on...
Garden Tower Project Blows Past Fundraising Goal, Raises $88,000
Congratulations to Joel Grant (2004 Byron Fellow) and his company, the Garden Tower Project, for raising over $88,000 on Kickstarter to launch the next generation of their Garden Towers! Upon launching their Kickstarter Campaign, The Garden Tower Project saw $10,577...
Amy O’Shea Plays Important Role in Alternative Fuels Decision
Congratulations to Amy O'Shea, 2012 Byron Fellow, for her role in advising and developing the City of Indianapolis' groundbreaking new policy to phase out gasoline and diesel powered cars by 2025. O'Shea, a recent graduate of Indiana University's School of Public and...
Mobius Successfully Completes Kickstarter Campaign
Amelia Terrapin, Byron Mentor, founded Mobius Moves to transform the way we educate kids about science. She describes Mobius as "an approach to teaching where science becomes an endeavor of infinite possibility instead of a limited problem with a single correct...
No Air, No Flats, No Problems: Ben Mitchell Launches Fundraising Campaign
Ben Mitchell, 2009 Byron Fellow and co-founder of the social enterprise start-up Baisikeli Ugunduzi, has recently launched a fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo to support his company’s initial launch in Sub-Saharan Africa. Baisikeli Ugunduzi,...
Mindfulness
By Danny Kenny My adventure with mindfulness began with our first meditation with Harry. When he asked “Are you here? Is all of you here, present in this moment?” the answer, I found, was disturbing. I was not. Despite my eagerness to participate in this program,...
Sharing a tune with a morning raccoon
By Keihly Moore Coming to Indiana at the end of an adventurous 4 weeks on the road, I was curious about the coming week. I had no expectations. Now I can say that the week went better than I could have ever imagined. Getting exposed to new ways of thinking, learning...