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Haiti Water project
The Haiti water project is a organisation that want to provide clean water for communities in Haiti. One well or cistern can provide fresh water for around 1,000 people.
A little village in Haiti, for example, lost about 20 people because of ch***ra. The village has access to a river, but there is no clean drinking water. Thanks to the Haiti water project the village got a cistern to clean the water. People are now able to drink save water!
See the video -->…
Added by Teresa Klug on May 20, 2012 at 12:07pm — No Comments
Learn8
I have decided not to pick one of the case studies that Alchemy has given us to choose from, but to remember my own story that I heard of a similar community eco-focused success story.
While at a conference my freshman year, I heard this story.
In Thailand, I believe, there was a small fishing village. It was a very, very poor village and the worse yet: it's source of income was running out. The village relied on selling seahorses in local markets to make money, as seahorses… Continue
While at a conference my freshman year, I heard this story.
In Thailand, I believe, there was a small fishing village. It was a very, very poor village and the worse yet: it's source of income was running out. The village relied on selling seahorses in local markets to make money, as seahorses… Continue
Added by Ashley Bartlett on May 1, 2010 at 10:14pm — No Comments
Learn 7 what would I use to spread info in case of a crisis
If there was a tornado or other crisis in the town i am living I would utilize text messageing, actual phone calls, facebook, twitter and actually going door to door to alert and help people. the ushahadi project is excellent but we need to have one for each town in the US! I would also use the TV and any local chatrooms to check up on people and what they have heard. I would be calling everyone I know.
short but sweet.
grace and peace sunnydupree
short but sweet.
grace and peace sunnydupree
Added by sunnydupree on May 1, 2010 at 9:20pm — No Comments
Solving water crisis
So, basically an effective solution to water crisis. now, im pretty sure everybody is aware of the water crisis especially in countries in Africa, and other LEDCs.
and so, i was browsing around the internet and found out about the UNICEF Tap project. (http://www.tapproject.org/)
So this project majorly supports the people who have lack of access of water. if you see this link, it tells you that this project started in New York, where… Continue
and so, i was browsing around the internet and found out about the UNICEF Tap project. (http://www.tapproject.org/)
So this project majorly supports the people who have lack of access of water. if you see this link, it tells you that this project started in New York, where… Continue
Added by Natsuno on April 28, 2010 at 9:05am — No Comments
Imagine If You Will 2020
Imagine if you will... by Douglas Mallette
You wake up on a Monday, living somewhere in the central United States (could be anywhere, but I'm using my local reference for the sake of discussion). When you wake up doesn't really matter. If you're a night owl, who functions better in the dark, maybe that's around noon. If you're a morning person, it could be at the crack of dawn. It really doesn't matter since you dictate your own schedule like…
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Added by Oliver Kopec on April 27, 2010 at 6:18pm — 1 Comment
ACT7 After the Disaster
It took some digging, but I found our city's Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan from 2002. It is amazingly detailed and many of these ideas and projects have been implemented since that time. It requires an annual review through 2014.
http://www.cityoftulsa.org/COTlegacy/doc**ents/Tulsa2002MultiHazardMitigationPlan.pdf
I also discovered that FEMA had a Project Impact…
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Raising money.... easy!
I don't have any entrepreneur points yet, so I did something entrepreneurial - I went to see a telemarketing company:
Me: Hi, I'm doing this project supported by the World Bank Institute. If they give me US$1000 for my new social innovation project, will you call five hundred companies for me and raise whatever else I need?
Them: You want us to sell an opportunity to be associated with your project? Saving the world, endorsed by the World Bank…
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Them: You want us to sell an opportunity to be associated with your project? Saving the world, endorsed by the World Bank…
Added by Chris Ke Sihai on April 13, 2010 at 4:43pm — No Comments
Calling All Musicians, Singers and Lyricists! Let's start an EVOKE BAND!!!
I am an artist.
I believe in the power of art and music to spread awareness and change people's lives for the better. So I'm starting this experiment in online collaboration and creativity. I just created a youtube channel called TheEvokeBand.
I uploaded a video of a song I just started to write inspired by EVOKE.
The problem is all I have are chords and a basic…
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Added by Justin Miyamoto on April 5, 2010 at 6:30am — 18 Comments
Learn5 -> The more people, the more power to shape the future
Hello everyone,
Today, I'd like you to ask yourself: What is the greatest threat to the planet at the moment? I think it is consumption. If everyone in the developped countries would cut by half their consumption, the huge population of the planet could still be sustained.
At a micro scale, what you can do is saving money instead of spending it. But even more, we could get together to do it. Let's illustrate my idea with an exemple. Suppose that…
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Added by Mathieu Savage on April 5, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments
LEARN 4: The Water Project
The Water Project:
Lack of clean water is a serious problem around the world. Today, nearly one billion people still do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. The contaminated water they are forced to drink is often unsafe. Every minuet, seven people die from either dirty water, or none at all. The Water Project works by going into developing countries and providing them with clean water. Their mission statement is, "For too…
Added by Parker Schultz on April 4, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment
The annual Sustainability project
The annual
Sustainability project
In international search for the world's most sustainable home.
It starts at the local level, where green contractors contribute to the local prize money. A home is judged on
total ego…
ContinueAdded by Frank scruggs on April 1, 2010 at 3:06pm — 2 Comments
Learn5 -> Back to no money
Hello everyone,
For many years, I followed many projects that different people had to go and live in isolated places, alone or in in a new small community. I finally never got into any of those projects, but the issues were always the same: What about health care? Accross all the projects, this was the major issue.
But then I spent a week on Malakula, an island belonging to Vanuatu, and in several isolated villages, the local did not use money.…
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Added by Mathieu Savage on April 1, 2010 at 1:58am — No Comments
The Uncultured Project and LifeStraw
LifeStraw and LifeStraw Family are amazing!! http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw.htm
There is no doubt in my mind that if we support them, get a LifeStraw into the hands of every kid in Africa, and a LifeStraw Family filter into every household, we will be saving millions upon millions of lives.
I discovered the LifeStraw through this amazing guy named Shawn. He's the brain…
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Added by Katherine Morrison on March 29, 2010 at 7:23pm — 1 Comment
2020 Water day event Flashmob: Packing the gletshers
Worldwide, there will be teams of people packing glaciers (gletsjer) in mountain ranges, Greenland and the antarctics.
Huge white sheets of plastic (preferably biodegradable or recyclable) will be rolled over the ice, to protect them against melting.
It is a symbolic action, as we don't want the plastic to remain there (we might try cotton or other materials)
This sudden worldwide packaging of the ice will stirr the world
Huge white sheets of plastic (preferably biodegradable or recyclable) will be rolled over the ice, to protect them against melting.
It is a symbolic action, as we don't want the plastic to remain there (we might try cotton or other materials)
This sudden worldwide packaging of the ice will stirr the world
Added by Mr C². on March 28, 2010 at 9:02pm — No Comments
The Future of Schools? OLPC, Classmate and the 99$ Tablet
The Future of Schools?
OLPC, Classmate and the 99$ Tablet
Added by Jan Lampe on March 20, 2010 at 1:00pm — 5 Comments
2020 / Daily routine - food crisis problem - design thinking
Amazing, I can now recall, that we met exactly 10 years ago, soon after we have started a FuturoTok, a think tank of 3 passionate people with a deep wish for a better future, with a strong sense of belonging to much bigger process happening, listening to the voice inside. We wanted to create a network of authentic leaders, hold (un)conferences and…
ContinueAdded by Olga Duka on March 19, 2010 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments
EVOKATION: SEED -- the outline revealed!
Subtitle: A Four Season Discovery in Sustainable Living
So, wow. The last three weeks on Evoke have been quite a ride! So, My
project, - Our Project - is bigger than a single contest, a dream of
the improbable reality, is set up for some planning action.
So, wow. The last three weeks on Evoke have been quite a ride! So, My
project, - Our Project - is bigger than a single contest, a dream of
the improbable reality, is set up for some planning action.
This can be extraordinary. So, here we are and this is what needs to be done. This is the point it has come to: and those who are already
involved and those who want to become involved: please post,…
Added by Crystal Bellar on March 19, 2010 at 4:50am — 31 Comments
Portable Light and Power
The Portable Light Project combines textiles and solar panels to bring renewable light and power to folks in remote locations, the developing world, and even more industrialized places. Basically, small and very flexible solar panels can be sewn onto clothing or other easily stored textiles. This non-profit research group is bringing the panels to different locations to see what people can do with them. They've also worked up a… Continue
Added by Jen Shaffer on March 18, 2010 at 12:14am — 2 Comments
If nobody listens to your call, walk 'Barefoot' with Bunker Roy
Nobel Laureate, poet and one of the greatest Bengali literary figure, Rabindranath Tagore's famous words: "if nobody listens to your call, walk alone" seems apt to start this short write-up on a special person who has dedicated his entire life for rural empowerment and given us inspiration how to create context and character for our social innovation initiatives. Bunker Roy lives by it everyday, transforming livelihood of… Continue
Added by Rahul Dewanjee on March 12, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments
Newskill: Project Management
We need this kind of skill for everything that we are going to do in the future. If you wat to start your own company, if your are a porject leader, if you want to repair yoru house, all of it is going to turno more easier if we know how to manage all the parts.
Project management can help you to visualize all the details. When we are planning a big project, usually we get lost in all the stuff we have to do, in the deadlines, in the resources, well in everything. If…
ContinueAdded by Mario on March 10, 2010 at 6:14pm — No Comments
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