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My passion is mathematics, now my teacher got me thinking about how I could use this passion to help the world, and she helped create this idea. Thanks to Mrs. Sermose. And without furthur ado here it is.

Your avergae person in this modern world has truble thinking quantivly(may of just made that word up but you get the idea.) to them whats the difference between a billion and a trillion? Well a lot, the difference between a trillion pounds of carbon and a billions pounds is qutie…

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As I was reading some tips for inovation in Africa, my eyes fell apon this tip:

.Try living for a week on $2 a day.

That’s what my students and I do when I teach my class about

international development. It helps them begin to understand the

trade-offs that must be made when you have only very limited resources.

More broadly, it was in the Peace Corps in Botswana that I learned to

carry water on my head, and noticed how heavy the bucket was;… Continue

Jacqueline Novogratz is the hero I have decided to shadow. She hasn't created some wh*** new way to harness sustanible renewable energy that will save us from our oil dependency. She has changed something else. Which in turn may lead to that magical soulition to our fossil fuel problem. Her idea is too change the foundations work. Instead of waiting for someone to write a grant asking them for money. The foundation can be actively seeking companies/entrepreneurs to invest in.…

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My best-case senario wouldn't be filled with money or fame nor would I even be in one place exactly. Or even in space. 10 years from now I would be 24, 2 years removed from college... hopefully. But I would not be stuck at home, St. Louis MO, I truly want to see the world. How can you hope to change something you have never experenced? Nor is there particular part of the world I want to see. No where is perfect, an place could stand for some change. I recently saw a TED lecture online and it… Continue