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Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all. How to save the world. How to save the world? "to Save the World" 140,000,000. "ideas to Save the World" 74,200. Graphics - A Big Project. Responses Based on Question Question #1: What would you NOT want to continue from this world?

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*In the graphic for Question #1 above, some responses received were phrased as double-negatives. This led to some words reoccurring which had a different or opposite context. For example: if two people responded that they would NOT want to continue “lack of access to education” and “poor education facilities”, the word “education” would come up as most highly recurring. BetterWorld.net - The People For Peace Project. A better world. "ways to save the world" 993,000. "to Change the World" 326,000,000. Home aftermath project - aftermathproject. How to Do Your Part to Save the World. Edit Article Edited by Nils Horn, Krystle, Harri, Teresa and 7 others Become a world savior.

Le Monde.fr - IBM - Une Planète Plus Intelligente. Tools for a Better Future. Kosmos Journal Home. Buiding a better world. Better World Forum 2012. Catégorie:Développement humain. 21 Solutions to Save the World. Feature 21 Solutions to Save the World We live in an age of anxiety.

21 Solutions to Save the World

People everywhere fear the next terrorist attack. Meanwhile, we slowly grow numb to Iraq's endless string of kidnappings and suicide bombings. Between bird flu, tsunamis, and loose nukes, our list of fears is getting longer. Share + Twitter Facebook Google + Reddit 0 Shares Dictators A Global Magna Carta By Garry Kasparov Medicine for the Poor A Patently Simple Idea By Sebastian Mallaby Climate Change 450 Ways to Stop Global Warming By Bill McKibben Inequality An Embarrassment of Riches By Howard Gardner Religious Extremism A Radical Solution By R.

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140 Ways to Change the World. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Act as if what you do makes a difference.

140 Ways to Change the World

It does. -William James Doing something nice for someone can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. Start small. Smile when you make eye contact with someone.Hold the door open for the person behind you.Send a hand-written thank you card to someone who assisted you with something.Clean out all your old clothes and donate them to someone in need.Give a compliment about a waiter, waitress, sales clerk, etc. to his or her manager. And yes, I realize this is a long list, but it’s really only the tip of the iceberg.

Photo by: Hamed Saber If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)... 365 Ways to Change the World. 365Ways's books. Saving the World: Home. 10 solutions to save the world? While it looks like the world leaders, who convene at Rio+20, fail to get any half-way useful commitment agreed upon, the Brazilian government’s “Sustainable Development Dialogues” closed their online voting for proposals to ensure “the future we want.”

10 solutions to save the world?

These Rio+20 Dialogues were meant to be a direct channel for civil society to increase and improve global participation in Rio+20. During the Dialogue Days, held from June 16 to June 19, experts and stakeholders from civil society will gather to determine which recommendations should be submitted directly to the Heads of State and Government at the High-Level Segment of the Rio+20 Conference. “Participants voted for as many recommendations in as many topics as they support. 33 Ways to Save the World. 10 Open Hardware Projects to Save the Earth. On the coattails of the rise of intellectual property and economic monopolies, the Open Source movement is thriving, expanding public access to knowledge, culture and tools.

10 Open Hardware Projects to Save the Earth

Advocates have opened up everything from software to science, media to politics...and of course, data. Now we even have an emerging model in which to implement and develop this openness, as Michel Bauwens describes in the following video. As Alastair Parvin of WikiHouse put it: “This increased access to knowledge is hugely important...it acts as the foundational infrastructure on which we can start to build a whole new economy.” 'Open' stands as a definitive yet diverse movement, void of historic or cultural stigma, under which many disparate but synergistic disciplines are sharing, collaborating and innovating.

Here are some of the 10 most promising Open Source Hardware projects that might just save the world: 1. We live on a planet that is experiencing exponential population growth. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.