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Positive Imagination

beyondEVOKE played:

2020 A urban farms network connected through internet will be providing affordable organic food and sharing knowledge across borders
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Positive Imagination

edugonza96 played:

Communities close to the sea could benefit from huge water-steam condensers enhanced with the use of solar energy.
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Investigation

amspeck played:

I took a group of teens to rural Mexico to build a medical clinic under these conditions. People do adapt, especially when there's a cause.
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Momentum

swati.p played:

Also, biogas. India has the largest population of cattle and therefore a lot of organic waste. Biogas is another very viable option.
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Positive Imagination

amspeck played:

Hacking/Making/Modding becomes the dominant culture, Status comes from reuse and specialization instead of consumption
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Investigation

Sultana played:

what is the ideal for energy consumption of a person?
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Dark Imagination

Wahine_Ma played:

We don't manage 2 connect up across scale: micro changes stay unconnected & unsupported & founder; macro shifts take 2 long; meso's missing
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Positive Imagination

mohit.virmani played:

" Pay as you scheme : Postpaid" & introduction of "E and H2O prepaid cards " will ensure the limited use & "Think before you pay strategy"
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Momentum

devcat played:

Also, water can be re-used in-house, e.g. waste water from sink/shower can be used to flush toilet
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Positive Imagination

amspeck played:

I want to design highly satisfying computer user interactions. I envision online interactions replacing significance-based consumption.
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Positive Imagination

beyondEVOKE played:

energy is spent according to its "order" degree: no electricity used to heat, no light to move. Humans reconsider kinetics + regain muscles
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Positive Imagination

ojaswee played:

Store water in earthen pots. Will take care of water cooling solutions for sure
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Antagonism

devcat played:

Sending heavy payloads (i.e. batteries) to space is very energy expensive. Solar satellites that beam accumulated power back would be better
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Positive Imagination

swati.p played:

Instead of large dams, small check dams be created in the course of a river. envt degradation reduces.
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Positive Imagination

devcat played:

Companies will have an "eco-friendly" quality control logo on their product's labels, similar to the ISO 9000 ones, awarded by indep. body
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Positive Imagination

Bluebone played:

We use stories to tell of our hopes for the future. Interesting narratives replace complex science/data.
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Positive Imagination

beyondEVOKE played:

Unknown and hidden water sources to be published on wikis so that they become public domain and Guardianship
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Positive Imagination

Bluebone played:

UN agrees roofs across world painted white to increase albedo effect to limit global warming. Dials turned by varying colour.
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Positive Imagination

Bluebone played:

Your car captures energy from wind (micro-turbines), solar (roof cells)+ engine heat. You plug your car in at night to power your home
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Momentum

Sultana played:

scientists perfect the enzyme that mimics photosynthesis: convert sunlight+CO2+water to energy, water and hydrogen (for fuel cells)