Sarah Schmid's Blog – May 2010 Archive (11)

Today I logged on onto Evoke and came across the act of the water crisis. As I was reading the objective, I immediately thought of some friends who are in need of water. Because there is currently lack of water since the heat has dried up most of it, there is currently a water shortage. I visited the water station asking about the water conditions. As I was already there, I asked about the water security and quality. Since the water is not completely clean, I suggested that they might build… Continue

Today I logged on onto Evoke and came across the act of the water crisis. As I was reading the objective, I immediately thought of some friends who are in need of water. Because there is currently lack of water since the heat has dried up most of it, there is currently a water shortage. I visited the water station asking about the water conditions. As I was already there, I asked about the water security and quality. Since the water is not completely clean, I suggested that they might build… Continue

'Water for people' is definitely my favorite clean water project! It is an international project which includes locations from all over the world, from Africa to America. The project helps improve the countries water standings by building up the capacity and infrastructure of the water systems in that area. It mainly focuses on rural areas where water need is greatest as well as it's sanitation. Water for people is a great project which helps as well as gives clean water to areas which do not… Continue

My future map consists of a new city plan of a new city. The main road which leads into the city center would be a high way leading into a normal street road. As the road is approaching the city center, there will be many different roads that are connected to the main one. Buildings are standing at the edges of the roads as well as allies leading to further buildings.

In my city everything would be organized with transport leading to everywhere. All the necessary buildings will be present… Continue

I am currently living in Asia and the thsunami that has hit many different countries all over the world. If another thsunami would hit the country I live in, I would try my best to help the people that were effected. There will be

natural destructions, food shortages, power outages, and health problems.

Thsunamis are terrible for both the enviornment and the people and will trigger

many different problems such as communcation and social disruptions. I would

track recent…

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My favorite holiday is Christmas and as everyone knows Christmas involves snow and cold weather. No one likes to freeze during such a great holiday and prefers to be in a cozy warm room. The problem is that the heat used to warm up the room uses up a lot of electricity, therefore in 2020 there is a new way of powering heaters. Heaters now warm up the room by letting are filter through a path surrounded by hot water which will automatically heat up the air as well. This means, air does not have… Continue

Imagine a watch mechanism. Have you known that a watch does not need battery to work? Tiny pieces allow the watch to function with movement. This means that as you move your arms, the mechanisms inside the watch receive motion and therefore function.

There is a possibility that many of our everyday objects we use powered by electricity can be powered by the same strategy. These objects might not be carried around all the time such as a watch. But when an object needs to be charged or used,… Continue

My neighbors do not know very much about the current city's adaptive

capacity.They believed the city's capacity hold enough for the wh*** city as some did not even know what the adaptive capacity means.



As I shared some of the new information I learned form Evoke,they were quite surprised and inspired. I told them about the Rise of the Carbon-Neutral City, which they found very interesting. Just like me, they believed that the Carbon-Neutral City will not only impact the city… Continue

As I was looking around the internet searching for heroes to make the world a better place, I came across Tim Jackson who is working for a social and institutional innovation for a low carbon economy! Just imagine what the decrease of carbon could do to the earth as he and many others are striving to achieve just that, a low carbon economy. Tim Jackson is a member of the EPSRC/Carbon Vision programme which focuses on cutting the emission of carbon.



It is fascinating that such a… Continue

As I imagine myself in 10 years, I foresee that I would be studying at a university somewhere around the world. The world itself has not changed a lot, but of course there is continuous creation of new technology and inventions. I would be trying my best to help the tokyo food crisis as I would continuously send food and other necessary utilities to the people of tokyo!

I have chosen to to follow as well as contact

- socialedge -

on twitter. They continuously inform us about current topics as it is a global online community by social entrepreneurs.

I find it very interesting that the continuously link us to further websites and twitter accounts that inform us about the current events in the world and it's geography.