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The Lifesaver Bottle
In my search for a new water project that is making a great impact, I came across the Lifesaver Bottle. It is a revolutionary and way to give pretty much anyone access to clean water. Here is a demonstration of the Lifesaver Bottle:
Some important takeaways about the Lifesaver Bottle:
- The filtering system is pretty much perfect. The h***s in the filter are small enough that even the tiniest…
Added by Michael Coleman on April 8, 2010 at 1:30am — 1 Comment
The Sungod Festival at UCSD; May, 2020
As far as universities go, UC San Diego is one of the calmer and more subdued schools when it comes to school spirit and extra curricular activities. The vast majority of the students are much more focused on their school work than the usual college partying. On one day each year, called Sungod, that paradigm shifts completely. The Sungod Festival is a day of celebration for students, in which all responsibilities go out the window. Cla**** are skipped, and upcoming tests forgotten, for… Continue
Added by Michael Coleman on April 3, 2010 at 7:59pm — No Comments
Lowering my electricity bill by building a solar water heater
One thing I don't do every day, but would if I could, is go swimming in my backyard pool. Even though I live in southern California, my pool hovers in the high 40s F during the winter months. Obviously this makes using it out of the question. Using our gas pool heater to bring up the pool's temperature is incredibly time consuming and expensive, so I found an alternative that is cheap and effective on makezine.com…
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Added by Michael Coleman on March 28, 2010 at 11:46pm — No Comments
Saul Griffith and Makani Power are harnessing wind
I wanted to share with the Evoke community Saul Griffith and Makani Power, and their efforts to harness wind using kites. Saul was a spoke about his wind energy efforts at TED in 2009, the video of which can be seen here.
Some reasons why wind has great energy potential: -Wind is one of only two potential renewable energy sources that has the capacity to meet the world's energy demand (solar is the…
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Healthy Food access and education in San Diego
http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/logo.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">I live in a suburb of one of the wealthiest and most desirable areas in the world: San Diego, CA. Despite this advantage, we face…
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Added by Michael Coleman on March 28, 2010 at 1:08am — No Comments
The Mindset of Empowerment
From Amy Smith in “Rules for Design in the Developing World”
"Provide skills, not just finished technologies. The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution,
rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate and contribute to the evolution of the product.…
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Added by Michael Coleman on March 27, 2010 at 4:32am — 2 Comments
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Fourth of July on the Lake
This past weekend was the annual celebration at the lake house in Connecticut. It is amazing that the lake is still so clear and beautiful after all these years. The watershed association has done a wonderful job protecting these waters from the damaging effects of development.The wood grill was finally ready to cook on, so we didn't miss the propane tank fueled grill anymore. The food actually tasted fresher than in the past and was easy to keep fueled.Dad was very proud of the solar hybrid…See More
Stinging Nettle
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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