Scott Ballum

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Brooklyn, NY

I'm a writer, designer, entrepreneur and sustainable small business advocate. I'm also the founder of web-based magazine Sheepless.org. Sheepless.org is a media platform created by and for artists, entrepreneurs, foodies, and environmentalists. We... view more

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Bring Fat Kids, Imposters, and Skaters to Rooftop by Rooftop Films

Support Rooftop Films and sign up for a membership and get in free to all 45 Summer Series screenings!
- Film & Video
- Brooklyn, NY
- 112% funded $11,254 pledged
- 173 backers
- Funded May 09, 2012
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Make Capitalism Work For Me! by Steve Lambert

A 9ft tall x 20ft long flashing sign and digital scoreboard asking passers by "CAPITALISM works for me!" true or false?
- Public Art
- Cleveland, OH
- 178% funded $16,986 pledged
- 434 backers
- Funded Aug 06, 2011
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Symbionomics: Stories of a New Economy by Alan Rosenblith

Is the economy just in a recession or is their a bigger transformation afoot? Symbionomics is a media project about the new economy.
- Documentary
- Portland, OR
- 106% funded $10,625 pledged
- 157 backers
- Funded Jan 01, 2011
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The future is shiny: Design Glut's new jewelry line by Design Glut

We've just finished designing our biggest, baddest, best collection yet - but we need help making it real. Help us make the future shiny!
- Fashion
- Brooklyn, NY
- 110% funded $11,023 pledged
- 159 backers
- Funded Nov 11, 2010
SCRATCHbread’s ‘right to deliciousness’ campaign by SCRATCHbread

This is Brooklyn food culture, we are all the pumping heart. We are SCRATCHbread... and we’re not stopping until you take a bite.
- Food
- Brooklyn, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (09/02/2010)
New Land, New Life by DecadesOut (deleted)

New Land, New Life is a documentary exploring the impact on US culture due to the mass migration of people from the Gulf Coast in 2005/2006.
- Documentary
- New York, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (08/17/2010)
PIGEON: BAGS FOR BIKES by kate suyong bryant

Bicycle bags handcrafted in New York from locally sourced vege-tanned leather and organic fabrics. Fair labor + sustainable fabrics.
- Product Design
- New York, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (04/16/2010)
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Turn our cities' windows into vertical veggie farms! by The Windowfarms Project

Ordinary folks participate in a mass collaboration toward green innovation (R&D-I-Y) and turn their apartment windows into vertical veggie farms.
- Food
- New York, NY
- 112% funded $28,205 pledged
- 231 backers
- Funded Jan 04, 2010
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Groundswell Journal: Crisis Folklore by The Groundswell Collective

Groundswell is off to the presses! The first edition of our journal will focus on crisis folklore. We need $500 to publish at our local print shop.
- Journalism
- 112% funded $565 pledged
- 20 backers
- Funded Jan 15, 2010

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Bring Fat Kids, Imposters, and Skaters to Rooftop by Rooftop Films

Make Capitalism Work For Me! by Steve Lambert

Symbionomics: Stories of a New Economy by Alan Rosenblith

The future is shiny: Design Glut's new jewelry line by Design Glut

SCRATCHbread’s ‘right to deliciousness’ campaign by SCRATCHbread

New Land, New Life by DecadesOut (deleted)

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