Along with Pink Mercy and her assorted cosmetics, there will be daily charity
streams by community members, with all donations adding to the total tally.
No one in the developing world wants to depend on Western aid, so much buzz in the halls and breakout rooms in Chicago was about programs that have come up with their own revenue
streams — groups such as Grupo Desportivo de Manica in Mozambique, a soccer club turned
community hub that is building Futeco Park, three pitches girdled
by 1,500 trees flush with mangos, lychees, oranges, avocados, guavas and papayas, which
members will harvest and sell to fund the club's activities.
I meet urban farmers who teach women from a homeless shelter and inner - city kids to grow healthy food on remediated vacant lots; advocates for sustainable transportation who tirelessly attend hearings and planning meetings;
members of
community land trusts that provide affordable housing; and conservation land trusts that preserve ecosystems and habitats acre
by acre,
stream by stream.