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Thriv’Able Thursday (I): Found Dogs and Hot Water

Contributed by Rick DeVan on March 11, 2010 at 5:00 am ET

Resource: Facebook Neighbors Reunite Dog with Owner

Neither Kelly nor David could have guessed that Facebook would play an integral role in the effort to reunite Mouse with his family.

Resource: Social media: Hot water tank trouble solved on Facebook

When 82-year-old Jean Evans needed help with her hot water tank, she asked a neighbor.

It ended up taking the world-wide web and some special Facebook friends to solve the problem.

We are often seeing stories such as these. This is a good indication that we are what I call “local aware”. Neighbor-helping-neighbor without judgement. That sort of thing.

This is not to say we are leaving the big world behind. Nothing of the sort. Rather, we are flowing between the big and little — macro and micro — very easily using the same tools.

Filed under Life, Work, and Society, Local Aware, Thrivability

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