Problem: Do outro lado da rua da Academia Catherine Ferguson (uma escola de ensino médio para mães adolescentes com a qual o Centro Boggs, Detroit Summer e o Gardening Angels trabalhou no passado em projetos de arborização urbana) havia algumas casas abandonadas. Deborah Grotefelt, uma artista do Projeto Row Houses em Houston, sugeriu que o Detroit Summer e o Center Boggs comprassem e reabilitassem estas casas para o uso emergencial por mães da Academia Catherine Ferguson. Na esquina entre as duas ca...

Action: "Detroit Summer" é um movimento multicultural e intergeracional de jovens, para reconstruir, redefinir e revitalizar Detroit de baixo para cima. O principal objetivo é fomentar a iniciativa de jovens através de projetos de embelezamento comunitário, oficinas visionárias e diálogo entre gerações. Os jovens trabalharão com arquitetos e marceneiros para reabilitar casas próximas ao Art Park para serem utilizadas como um espaço comunitário pelo Detroit Summer, além de moradia para jovens carentes...

Problem: The most common method used to generate electricity is by burning fossil fuels. This method not only creates a large amount of pollutants, but is also unsustainable. Current solar technology, although sustainable, is expensive and requires large amounts of electricity and silicon to manufacture due to the purity of silicon needed.   To make matters worse, silicon cells need to have a close to optimum conditions to work. That means - no shadows are being cast on the cells, it has to be a relat...

Action: Dyesol is leading the industrialisation of dye solar cell (DSC) technology, the most advanced 3rd generation solar technology. DSC has been described as the most promising advancement of solar technology since the invention of the silicon cell.   DSC has been described as 'artificial photosynthesis'. Instead of using chlorophyll, DSC uses a very thin layer of special dyes, on a very thin layer of light absorbing material to collect the energy from sunlight. This energy is transformed into ele...

Problem: A Woonerf in the Netherlands and Flanders is a street or group of streets in a town or city where pedestrians and cyclists have legal priority over motorists. Woonerfs were popularized in the Netherlands in the 1970s as a reaction to the growing dominance of the automobile over bicycles. Blurring the boundary between street and sidewalk, woonerfs combine innovative paving, landscaping and other urban designs to allow for the integration of multiple functions in a single street, so that pedest...

Action:   During the first few years after World War II, Dutch transportation engineers began to emphasize relocating bicycles onto separate paths to accommodate the growing number of vehicles on the streets. This created a backlash, and the country soon moved in the opposite direction. Motorists were now forced to make accommodations for everyone else. The intent of this new approach was not to make cars disappear, but rather to integrate motorists and other users of the street into a shared space. ...

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Problem: The Problem Arizona’s juvenile corrections system, behavioral health services, and educational environments are lacking successful programs to meet the needs for at-risk or challenged youth across all ethnic groups. It is likely that this situation can be applied nationally. Patterns of abuse continue to plague our society in growing numbers. Emotionally and physically jailed juveniles are simply not available to learn coping skills that help them survive and thrive as community member...

Action: The Solution The analogy of taking a fish out of a dirty fish tank, cleaning it off, and throwing it back in with expectations of survival and success applies here. We need more than a clean fish tank, we need a new aquarium. Spectrum Academy is that new aquarium, equipped to meet the needs of habilitating at-hope youth with skill and precision for the 21st Century, by harvesting historical values and restoring cultural and traditional foundations. 21st Century youth need 21st Century ...

Problem: Chemical pollution in the home

Action: Put a stop to buying chemical cleaning productsby Michael Smith (Veshengro)Instead of buying and using chemical cleaning products use vinegar instead.Often it is said that you should use white vinegar for this only but the truth is that all vinegar, including the brewed malt vinegar, the brown one, that is common in Britain. White spirit vinegar, too, can be used.Vinegar is great for cleaning floors, windows, mirrors, and laundry. It whitens, disinfects, freshens and softens all colors of lau...

Action: Join hyperlocavore.com to find or start a yard share or group garden in your town. CSAs and community gardens fill up fast. Organic is expensive! Form a group with your neighbors,friends and family and grow your own!Our vision: healthy kids who love the smell of dirt, blocks with foreclosed homes becoming vibrant neighborhoods, plates full of delicious food at co...