Animals produce energy all the time, every day. Living beings are like living machines; we intake food and convert it into energy, which with help from exterior machinery can be made into electricity. I want to test this out by creating a device that could collect energy made from a hamster or guinea pig running in a wheel and convert it into electricity that could charge a phone or laptop. This would be a completely sustainable, green and easy way to create electricity.…
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Added by Nova Lee on April 21, 2011 at 4:30pm —
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In 2020 I'll be living in a vegetarian household and either grow my own food or buy locally.
Added by Nova Lee on April 21, 2011 at 4:21pm —
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A few days ago my soph***re class and I went into the school garden, pulled weeds and put down mulch. I found a millipede and Alex named it Apocolypto...yep it was very earthy and stuff
Added by Nova Lee on April 21, 2011 at 4:19pm —
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One of the most enormous yet often overlooked food security problems is food transportation. With the amount of fossil fuel left in the world slowly deteriorating and the price of gas fluxuating every day, transportation of food is becoming increasingly difficult. Gas prices going up means the mass-transportation of food to grocery stores and markets is…
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Added by Nova Lee on April 18, 2011 at 4:30pm —
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Someone tackling a problem who is an inspiration to me is Craig Beresh, who represents NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). I believe he is doing good for the environment by striving to legalize the use of marijuana as well as hemp because the variety of environmentally friendly alternatives hemp can provide is virtually endless. Legalization of industrial use of hemp would produce possibilities for alternative paper, plastics, oil, concrete, building materials…
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Added by Nova Lee on April 18, 2011 at 4:00pm —
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In 2020 I will be 25. I see myself in some field of the visual or musical arts, probably starving and living in a cheap apartment.
Added by Nova Lee on April 14, 2011 at 4:27pm —
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The most important attribute that contributes to social innovation is having sympathy based on first hand experienced rather than what you think the situation might be like. Imagining the life of poverty in Ecuador or mass hunger in Africa is drastically different from experiencing it. Going to a place, experiencing its conditions and surroundings, interacting with the people there and becoming part of the community will not only give you a better idea of how to help but will help you to form a…
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Added by Nova Lee on April 14, 2011 at 4:00pm —
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