born in the Bronx, NY
raised and currently living on Long Island's East End.

coming over here from omidyar.net:)

Mixed-media artist /network weaver exploring mappings, community, virtual worlds and the evolution of the internet and ourselves. (www.darlenecharneco.com)

10%Club founder/member
http://community.livejournal.com/10percentclub/profile

peace corps partnership program

Have giving become a continuous and nourishing ritual in all our lives.

tanya weaver said this so beautifully and succinctly that I'm adding it here:

"I'd make every teenager and adult in USA visit a developing country so they can see firsthand how blessed they are and to open their eyes to the lives of others.
I'd make sure every child had enough food, medicine, education, and care, no matter where they are or who they are."

In addition I'd love to help promote/expand the trend of designers in the developed world collaborating symbiotically and with fair trade ethics with artisans and cooperatives in the developing world.

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." - Albert Einstein

"The day will come when, after harnessing the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of Love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
-Teilhard de Chardin

USA, Puerto Rico, Spain, Morocco,

art and design, artisan cooperatives, microphilanthropy, 10%Club, symbiosis, online communities and virtual worlds as tools for creating support systems and engaging the masses,networks and evolution

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