Geeking Out To A Better Diet
Don’t worry, this isn’t going to turn into some preachy tract on healthy eating or how I “found” the latest diet fad. I’m pretty tired of food-as-religion-of-the-day myself. No, this is basically how my geek inclinations helped me get healthier, mostly via eating better – in a way I enjoyed.
I’ve thought about writing on this subject for MuseHack on and off but let’s face it, the site is “Applied Geek” and applying geekery to health fits that vein. Besides, whenever we hear the latest news about how awful people’s diets/habits/exercise/etc. it’s constantly bad – so maybe we should do something.
Do it our way.
Civic Geek Catalog Update 1/4/2015
Diverse focus this week, though I still have a lot of literacy-based charities I need to include (there are many out there).
And don’t forget you can find causes sorted by Geekery or by Focus!
STEM
- Female Geeks
- Geek Girl Dinners – Promotes geek girl friendly events, resources, and connection.
- She’s Geeky – An SF Bay organization that provides events and and conferences around the USA for women in STEM>
Video Games
- Charity Marathons
- U-Pick Video Game – Raises money for charity via marathons where others pick the games.
- Video Game Nightmarathon – Does Halloween-themed and horror game marathons for charity.
Writing/Reading
- Books
- B.I.G. Books – Recycles used books for those in needs.
- Milk And Bookies – Promotes literacy and book access by encouraging children to engage in book giving and related events.
- Reach A Reader – An organization that provides donated children’s and YA books that also promotes authors!
- Reader To Reader – A public charity that brings books to under-resourced schools and libraries, as well as public libraries. They focus on the poorest communities.
- Literacy
- International Book Project – Uses sustainable programs and partnerships to combat illiteracy on a global scale – with the goal of ending it.
- The Reading Tub – A volunteer-run nonprofit promitng family literacy.
Respectfully,
– Steven Savage
http://www.musehack.com/
http://www.informotron.com/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/.