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posted by ant 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 266 views • 3:55Ideas for a better world
Updated: 4 years 11 months ago
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It's up to us to rise to the task.
Here are some videos with novel ideas to improve the world we live in.
And a few of the problems that need to be addressed.
Themes (so far) include education, design, society, technology and sustainability.
Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years ago • 877 views • 3:16Utah's state economy is amazing. They can support some of the nations best programs that combat poverty. And maintain their triple AAA rating even during national and international economic downturns.
posted by C-note 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 28 views • 2:59Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 776 views • 12:07YouTube description: Inventor Manu Prakash thinks you can’t understand Earth’s big problems without looking at the (really) tiny things. So he created Foldscope: an origami microscope that brings... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 138 views • 2:56Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new blunt message for Donald J. Trump. If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money. The greedy rich... continue reading
posted by BSR 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,016 views • 3:21The Ocean Cleanup successfully launched its ocean plastic cleanup system on Saturday, Sept. 8 from Alameda, California, and is now on its way to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months ago • 706 views • 5:38Extremism is the enemy. We give it a bunch of names, put it on a fake spectrum, and rail on each other about how our extremes will be better, but it's all the same thing. Extremism is the enemy. Welcome... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 652 views • 17:35"... no matter what I did Academically or Athletically I was never recognized..." Dr. William Lynn Weaver
posted by C-note 6 years 4 months ago • 434 views • 3:09YouTube: Mining giant Adani has made an ad about the Batman by-election on March 17, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 582 views • 1:32(H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 520 views • 5:53Peak oil is going to be irrelevant. Solar is increasing at such a rate with tech to make other generators of power obsolete.
posted by geo321 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 736 views • 38:10YouTube description: You don’t have to go vegan to fight climate change. Research shows that small changes to our diets can make big differences. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 275 views • 5:40YouTube description: What’s the environmental impact of online shopping and what are the solutions to make it more sustainable? (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 651 views • 5:37YouTube description: Drawing a roadmap to combat the spread of deserts worldwide. It’s the mission of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in the Inner Mongolian city of Erdos.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months ago • 813 views • 1:44YouTube: In the 1950s, the people of Minamata, Japan started seeing strange behavior from the local cats, and it wasn't long before humans were showing the same symptoms.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 669 views • 5:25YouTube description: Berlin is becoming a "Sponge City" designed to tackle two issues - heat and flooding - by imitating nature.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 705 views • 4:11