Beating Desertification with large Herds Livestock
This idea is so counter to what we used to know, it took Allan Savory half his life of looking for an answer to figure this out. Yet in a […]
How do we keep all of our machines and technology running? How do we keep ourselves warm and cool?
This idea is so counter to what we used to know, it took Allan Savory half his life of looking for an answer to figure this out. Yet in a […]
The last few weeks I’ve been scanning the stories that pass my way for more great ideas and practical steps towards solving the problems of the world, so I could […]
Yet another innovation to accelerate the pace of solving problems has crossed my screen this evening. TopCoder, at TopCoder.com, is a group formed to crowd source software. There are currently […]
The best way to make sure the current and future problems of the world get addressed is to educate the next generation, and get them inspired to take those problems […]
I’ve decided to put up posts for the next couple of weeks about things you, dear readers, can take part in one way or another. There are so many, many […]
It is environmental week here at Great Ideas, Practical Steps. Not only that, it’s ‘better uses for trees’ week. Tuesday I wrote about recycling Christmas trees. Today it is about using […]
Yesterday I wrote about Methane, and its mixed bag as a greenhouse gas that is also used to heat homes and make electricity. When methane is just emitted to the […]
One thing that has been coming very clear to me recently is that there is no shortage of clean fuel in the world. The only question we have is how […]
Dolly Levi famously said “Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around, encouraging young things to grow.” I’d say “Ideas are like […]
For years now I’ve harbored the fantasy of powering my household appliances with my own, renewable power. This isn’t a new idea. You might have seen pedal power at work […]