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On this Blogpost, I'm sharing the idea of Mr. Mark Sobsey, an innovator that invented a low cost bacterial water test to a****s microbial water quality and safety in the developing and developed world.
The idea behind this innovation is that drinking water is almost never tested on bacterials causing deseases like infectious diarrhea, enteric fever, ch***ra, and other life-threatening waterborne diseases, because there isn't existing any low cost laboratory-independent method. …
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 12:35pm
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The Power Player I found, is GERES (Groupe Energies Renouvelables Environnement et Solidarités), an international NGO founded in France, that is
supporting local organisation to implement renewable energy, environment and income generation activities
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In this blogpost, I want to present a project on passive solar houses built in the cold areas of Asia. The biggest problem of most Himalaya regions is, due to the high altitude and 6 months during winter,…
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:17pm
What's the biggest food security challenge near you?
I think the biggest challenge in Germany is the fact that although there exists welfare aid, too much people are suffering from hunger. Freiburg, a city in the south-west of Germany, is facing this problem with several social non-benefit projects.
One of them is the "Tafel e.V", that distributes donated food for a low price to poor people. A lot of supermarkets or manufacturer are donating food instead of throwing it away. The worker of this charitable organisation are fighting against…
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:55pm
LEARN1 - Mission 1: Learn the secret code of social innovation
My favourite secret is 7. Provide skills, not just finished technologies. by Amy Smith.
Although there are other interesting secrets of social innovation, I think this one is the most important one. As Amy Smith is saying, the co-creation of solutions helps the community to think and act more innovatively in the future. Sharing knowledge and skills with less developped countries seems to be the most promising long term strategy. The community is able to adjust solutions to their…
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 4:28pm
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In this blog post I will focus on a plant that is abundant in our nature, and which is immensely nutritious. It's of course the Stinging Nettle. Let's start with the chemical constituents of this plant:37 % Non-Nitrogen-Extracts19 - 29 % Ash9 - 21 % Fiber4 % Fat22 % ProteinOnce the leaves are drid, their protein content can reach an astounding 40 %, which is much higher than beef, which even under the best of circ**stances can never exceed 31 % protein. In addition the Stinging Nettle consists…See More
The meal
It is 7'oclock, I was late home from work due to an assignment that i wanted to get ahead on. By the time I get home I am feeling extremley tired and I cannot be bothered to make a proper meal. I walk to the fridge and open it to see what there is for me to eat. All of the out of date foodstuffs have been automaticaly thrown away by the fridge, they will be recycled tomorrow as animal feed or something. I see i have organic local eggs and some local cheese. Foods are vacc** sealded for easy…See More
Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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