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Elizabeth T. Jones

New York, NY

Elizabeth Thacker Jones is the founder of the Food Book Fair, a project inspired in part by her great-grandfather, Samuel Milton Jones, who strove to improve conditions for the working class of Toledo, Ohio, opening free kindergartens, building parks, instit... view more

  1. Food Chain by Team Food Chain

    Our food is picked by the most exploited people in the US. It always has been. Can you stomach that or will you stop the cycle?

    • 123% funded $33,339 pledged
    • 409 backers
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    This Must Be the Place by Anna Dunn

    This Must Be the Place is a burgeoning art space for community creativity founded in the practices and spirit of the Diner Journal.

    • 106% funded $25,460 pledged
    • 226 backers
    • Funded Mar 31, 2012
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    Occuprint by jesse goldstein

    We've collected 100s of Occupy images. Now we're going to print & distribute thousands of posters, to help this movement stay visible!

    • 144% funded $24,218 pledged
    • 351 backers
    • Funded Mar 27, 2012
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    LowLine: An Underground Park on NYC's Lower East Side by Dan Barasch

    We plan to transform an abandoned New York City trolley terminal into a vibrant community green space using new solar technology.

    • 155% funded $155,186 pledged
    • 3,300 backers
    • Funded Apr 06, 2012
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    Drawing of the Day Exhibition by Daniel Horowitz

    I draw something unique everyday. After 365 drawings I will exhibit the entire series at The Invisible Dog with your Help :)

    • 105% funded $4,230 pledged
    • 72 backers
    • Funded Feb 20, 2012
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    Portraits of the Solidarity Economy by Caroline Woolard

    Stop the crisis of economic imagination! Help us finish 7 short films about New Yorkers who are growing a different kind of economy.

    • 104% funded $5,245 pledged
    • 125 backers
    • Funded Oct 16, 2011
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    design.plot by domestic construction

    We've saved a green space from becoming a parking lot disaster... now we need your help to turn it into an inspiring community garden!!

    • 104% funded $23,084 pledged
    • 359 backers
    • Funded Aug 24, 2011
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    Pop-Up Co-Op by Gregory Allen

    And now for something completely different. The thing you've been wishing for. A worker-owned organic grocery store in Harlem.

    • 108% funded $24,695 pledged
    • 417 backers
    • Funded Aug 20, 2011
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    Bike rack storage solution for your home by Trophy Club by Eric Petersen

    These handmade wooden bike racks create a cool, unique and easy way to display and store your bike on the wall like the trophy it is.

    • 106% funded $4,276 pledged
    • 55 backers
    • Funded Aug 06, 2011
  10. Egg Restaurant/Goatfell Farm Irrigation Project by King of the Ghosts

    Irrigation project at Goatfell Farm, Egg Restaurant's farm in the Catskills

    Funding Unsuccessful (07/08/2011)
  11. Melody Man Electronic Designer Toy by Carla Diana

    MelodyMan is a friendly robot character and the world’s first electronically-activated designer toy, with custom 1-bit music by Oratai.

    Funding Unsuccessful (04/04/2011)
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    What Happens When: A Temporary Restaurant Installation by What Happens When

    What Happens When is a temporary restaurant that will change theme every month for a run of 9 months in New York City.

    • 121% funded $24,207 pledged
    • 417 backers
    • Funded Apr 06, 2011
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    Juliana F. May/MAYDANCE: Premiere of Gutter Gate at Dance Theater Workshop Feb, 2011 by juliana

    Gutter Gate, Juliana F. May’s newest evening length quintet will have its world premiere at Dance Theater Workshop for five nights, February 1-5, 2011

    • 102% funded $3,600 pledged
    • 91 backers
    • Funded Dec 15, 2010
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    TRUCK FARM! a wicked delicate film and food project by Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney

    Help the co-creators of King Corn finish their new documentary about an old pickup, a big city, and America's urban farming revolution. Click here.

    • 101% funded $15,241 pledged
    • 182 backers
    • Funded Jun 10, 2010
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    Trade School by OurGoods.org

    At Trade School, students barter with teachers for instruction. Classes range from butter making to ghost hunting. Help us run Trade School again!

    • 101% funded $9,133 pledged
    • 239 backers
    • Funded Jun 26, 2010
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    Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm by Brooklyn Grange

    Brooklyn Grange will be a 1 acre rooftop farm in New York City.

    • 116% funded $23,226 pledged
    • 391 backers
    • Funded May 28, 2010