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2011-01-03 16:47
Hi EveryoneThe Blog has moved to a new blog which contains all the original stories and even more information about "ideas that work".Plese visit, bookmark and follow this new blog - what IS… Read More
2010-12-09 00:29
The city of Montreal has turned its retired mechanical parking meters (or Parco Dons) in to piggy banks designed to collect loose change in order to help the city’s homeless pop… Read More
2010-12-08 02:21
New York expects to help more than 45,000 low-income households by blowing in insulation, sealing air leaks and installing energy-efficient lighting and appliances for free.This program… Read More
2010-12-08 02:21
New York expects to help more than 45,000 low-income households by blowing in insulation, sealing air leaks and installing energy-efficient lighting and appliances for free.This program… Read More
2010-12-07 05:57
Amanda Boxtel hasn’t walked since a skiing accident left her paralyzed nearly two decades ago.In the video below, she stands and walks for the first time in 18 years using eLegs, a 45… Read More
2010-12-05 18:20
After Barbara Quinn, a 72-year-old registered nurse, retired from the Castro-Mission Health Center last year, she considered various volunteer opportunities until she realized she couldn… Read More
2010-12-04 21:40
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation today announced $13 million in grants to fund key a campaign to end homelessness in L.A. The grants includes:$9 million toward the creation of 2,500… Read More
2010-12-01 18:39
This is a story of a woman who wanted to make healthy food for her baby, and also wanted to sleep. She formed a group of like minded parent who each made a big batch of one kind of food and… Read More
2010-11-30 20:55
Eighteen feet above Chicago’s honking city traffic, Mike Repkin stands in a plot of buckwheat, delicate white flowers waving about his waist as an elevated train clatters past at eye… Read More
2010-11-29 22:15
So far, solar carports have been installed at some 75 elementary, high school and community college campuses in California, the majority of them in the San Francisco area. Roofs m… Read More
2010-11-29 21:58
GetAround is a basic idea -- most of our cars aren't in use during the day. We use them to drive to work, and then they just sit there until the work day is over. What if someone else cou… Read More
2010-11-28 01:52
In 2011 health insurers will have to follow a new set of rules that details how much money they must spend on patients' medical care, according to guidelines the Obama administration rel… Read More
2010-11-27 03:15
The San Francisco Giants are one of the first teams in the country to play in a stadium partially powered by renewable energy.When Game 1 of the World Series started in San Francisco’… Read More
2010-11-25 19:12
Sixteen people received kidneys in the world's largest paired kidney exchange ever accomplished. Georgetown University Hospital coordinated 32 operations, most involving people fro… Read More
2010-11-24 16:17
Everyone want to add solar panels to their house but they are too expensive for many families. 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG) is helping… Read More
2010-11-23 21:36
The original article promotes a summer camp co-op, but since the kids will be out of school over the Winter Break this idea may just save a few of the Moms out there.If you are looking for w… Read More
2010-11-22 19:24
This story has it all, saving older houses from demolition, reducing waste at landfills, creating "green" homes, providing affordable housing and giving the homeless and recently incarcer… Read More
2010-11-21 15:10
Last Thanksgiving, Phillip Black says most of his belongings were thrown away by the police.Police told Black they mistook the bags in a Whole Foods shopping cart for trash. "I couldn't ev… Read More
2010-11-20 16:47
Proving once again that the best ideas are often the simplest, 23-year-old student/inventor/entrepreneur Emily Cummins has designed a brilliant portable solar-powered refrigerator that wo… Read More
2010-11-19 19:20
The city of San Francisco managed to divert 72 percent of all recyclable material from the landfill, claiming the highest recycling rate of any city in the country, according to office of Sa… Read More
2010-11-18 15:51
Twenty-six years ago, Jane Golden took to the streets of Philadelphia armed with paint, brushes, simple designs, and a small contingent of helpers. Her goal? Wipe out the city's ugly graffit… Read More
2010-11-17 17:10
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists are a performing ensemble comprised of 60+ student musicians ages 7-12, who reside in 20 different Louisville zip codes and attend 27 different schoo… Read More
2010-11-16 17:18
Palo Alto, Calif. – (October 27, 2010) – Better Place, with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, today announced a… Read More
2010-11-15 19:58
India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35. India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal unveiled the low-cost comput… Read More
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