Social Entrepreneurship
Don't need your car today? How about renting it out?
In California, three companies have started up to allow car owners to connect with people are who are looking for cars to rent for a few hours. The pitch is that it's an environmentally friendly way to share your car, make a few bucks and not worry about liability.
How organic food saved a hard-luck, Vermont town
Journalist chronicles how the hard-luck town of Hardwick, Vt., prospered thanks to a local organic food movement, but ironically, residents can't afford organic food prices....
Skyscraper greenhouses could be farms of future
Vertical farms could help solve environmental problems associated with agriculture in order to make cities more sustainable....
Radio flourishing in post-Gadhafi Libya
New radio stations run by young volunteers broadcast everything from music and comedy shows, to how to treat captured Qaddafi soldiers....
Copenhagen power plant turned into ski resort
Intrepid architects from Copenhagen are turning a power plant into a man-made ski hill, and creating a new kind of 'hedonistic sustainability.'...
Lab in rural India solves community's unique problems
A clothes dryer that works in rainy season, a fruit dryer and other innovative, low-cost solutions developed by a lab in the rural Indian community of Ujire....
Making mobile phones conflict-free
A Dutch team is applying the principles of the fair trade to mobile phones to combat the 'conflict mineral trade.'...
'Green' grocery store lets you package your own food
A new supermarket lets shoppers bring in their own reusable containers for everything from butter to beer....
Harnessing tides for electricity
Clean energy entrepreneurs are exploring how to turn tidal power into zero-emissions electricity with very little environmental impact....
A video game designed to heal
Playmancer is designed to help with physical rehabilitation as well as mental health issues, like bulimia and gambling addiction....
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Anonymous (09 February, 2012 08:19:34)Frost and Danny, you are right, and this is the beginning. I just hope the Georgia Guidestones are not torn down by the religious nuts, ... -
Manglik (09 February, 2012 03:14:00)Google map is a very good product by Google we can easily visit the world from our house. We can also mark our landmark in ...
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Frost (09 February, 2012 02:20:00)We're using more and more water, which is only a problem as long as we expect mother nature to always provide it in the location ...
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Bill (08 February, 2012 09:44:02)We have lots of water up here in Canada for you to use. But wait- you'd need a PIPELINE to get it to Texas. ...
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palaciosn (08 February, 2012 09:29:40)If the Tripoli government doesn't help the zoo out financially, the animals will continue to become ill and die. Lions should be living in large ...