Maximilian Krauß's Blog (16)

My solution is to use a dynamo to produce electricity for your mobile phone or mp3 player. You can install that at your workplace or at your bycicle. This is a cheap way to produce electricity and it doesn't afford much knowledge to use it.

The meal I will eat is a piece of meat with potatoes. Both are produced from local producers. At this time you'll have the choice between bio food and geneticall modified food. The difference of the price between these two is high.

In 2020 I will work for a company who has the power to force trends in economic, ecologic and social.

In Evoke 2 it should be opened a mission every week. This time you could read all missions at the beginning. I think this would be more exciting and motivating.

There are so many problems which have to be solved. For example how can you help people in countries with political turmoil?

How can you convince people to do something voluntary?

Improvements: I think there are a lot of opportunities to improve the system. For example why should i log my evidence again when i sent…

Fear is one of the most powerful tool. You can intimidate people. you can convince people to do something which they wouldn't never do except in this situation.
So one of the most important thing in a crisis is information. Information about what is going on. how should I behave.
The journalists have the task to build trust with their work. They can manipulate people with their information. They should know how much power they have and use it carefully, especially in crisis.

Ghana

The environmental action plan of Ghana identified the coastal wetlands of Ghana as one of the key areas requiring conservation action. The Coastal Wetlands Management Project seeks to protect the ecological integrity of the wetlands as well as and to enhance the benefits derived by the local communities. The CWMP is funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) of the World Bank and is implemented by the Wildlife Department in partnership with the Ghana Wildlife…

I think the most probable crisis is when the energy change won't work. The number of Blackouts will rise and the result is that we need nuclear power from other countries or more energy from coal power station. The new tool we can use when the energy is rare and the people can look if there is any electrical product which they don't need now. so they can switch it off. This will help us to reduce our energy consumption at all.

New partnership between the EU and UN Women to enhance gender equality worldwide

On 16th of April this year the EU and UN Woman set up a new partnership to strengthen the cooperation between these two organisations. The focuses are:

"to ensure women’s representation in decision- making in the fields of economics, politics and justice worldwide, as well as better access for women to work and social opportunities."

"a commitment to provide more support and protection to…

I think one of the biggest progress is to pay with your mobile phone. It is called NFC. Some mobile phones have this feature allready. The future ones like the Iphone 5 will have it. The advantage is you need no longer credit cards. The amount is on your next bill of your mobile phone. Even shopping online with your mobile phone or tablet will become more popular today.

I would build a huge bottle. You can see it from outside. But you can't see what is in their. People can walk through the bottle. At the beginning you will get a small cup of water with the task to drink it till the end. In the bottle you hear the sound that "many people drink water". With every step to the end of the bottle the noise will be more quieter till you can hear no one drinks water.

After the bottle you have to explain the people that there are so many people with exactly…

On the search i found the LifeStraw project. Here is the description of what LifeStraw is."LifeStraw® is a portable water filter that effectively removes all bacteria and parasites responsible for causing common diarrhoeal diseases. LifeStraw® requires no electrical power or spare parts and can be carried around for easy access to safe and clean water."

On the website there are many suggestions to collect money for this project like to sale cakes.…

On my research for this mission I found the idea of Katherine Lucey. She is CEO and founder of Solar Sister. Solar Sister provides women in rural areas that they can run their own business. The organisation will give them a start-up kit of inventory (solar lamps), training and marketing support. The woman can use their connections like family, friends and neighbors to sell the solar lamps. As a result of this possibility women can improve the standard of living. A side benefit is that the…

One of the biggest challenges is to guarantee the quality of food. Today I can buy fruits from Mexico, cuc**bers from Spain, almost everything from everywhere. But who guarantees for the security of the food? Sure there are tests, but you cannot test everything, every time. The last time a bacterium called EHEC caused that some people died. Therefore the people were really worried about food security. Our minister said that Spanish cuc**bers are responsible for this. The consequence was that…

Bill Gates

He changed the world once with his software “Windows”. Now he tries it with his foundation “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation“(http://www.gatesfoundation.org), which is the largest charitable foundation in the world, again. The foundation having given over $30 billion to charity projects like vaccinations with GAVI (http://www.gavialliance.org/). He uses his influence and contacts to…

I think „ Don’t fight culture“ is a very important argument for social innovators. But it is also a barrier for radical innovations. In companies you will find often a problem called "not invented here syndrome". It says that the employees don’t accept the product from another company because they think that other companies can’t make equal good products as they do. The key to success for a social innovator is to understand the people (their needs, hopes and fears…), their culture (how they…

I think „ Don’t fight culture“ is a very important argument for social innovators. But it is also a barrier for radical innovations. In companies you will find often a problem called "not invented here syndrome". It says that the employees don’t accept the product from another company because they think that other companies can’t make equal good products as they do. The key to success for a social innovator is to understand the people (their needs, hopes and fears…), their culture (how they…