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June 01 2012

Change Generation

Back To The Roots: Two Fun Guys Help You Grow Your Own Mushrooms

Back To The Roots: Two Fun Guys Help You Grow Your Own Mushrooms

Nikhil Arora and Alex Velez were just humble local mushroom farmers, until they realized that everyone liked to feel empowered about their own food. Now their garbage-powered mushroom growing kits are available around the country, and the pair are poised to create even more revolutions in home-grown produce.

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Isla Urbana Helps Mexico City Residents Harness The Rain

Isla Urbana Helps Mexico City Residents Harness The Rain

The Mexican capital is long on rain but short on clean water. A new startup is using the water that comes from the sky to quench the thirst of the city’s poorest inhabitants.

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Finding A Place For Rwandan Orphans, Using A Model Created For Holocaust Survivors

Finding A Place For Rwandan Orphans, Using A Model Created For Holocaust Survivors

It’s been almost 20 years since the Rwandan genocide, but its legacy still lives on in the parent-less children throughout the country.

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Map Of Life: Putting Every Living Thing In Its Place

Map Of Life: Putting Every Living Thing In Its Place

We have incredibly accurate maps of almost every geological feature, but we often have no idea what kind of animals live where. An ambitious biological cartography project aims to change that.

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Subsidizing Safe Sex By Paying For Negative STD Tests

Subsidizing Safe Sex By Paying For Negative STD Tests

It turns out, if the doctor gives you money when you get a clean bill of health, you work harder to be healthy.

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Watch This Electric Motorcycle Speed Through The Streets Of L.A.

Watch This Electric Motorcycle Speed Through The Streets Of L.A.

A new promo video for Brammo shows that riding electric motorcycles can be just as rebellious and free-spirited as any gas-powered hog.

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Big Corporations Can Disrupt Our Antiquated Education Model

Big Corporations Can Disrupt Our Antiquated Education Model

Written by: Judah Schiller and Christine Arena

AT&T’s recent investment in educational games is just one example of how good things can happen when the boardroom and the classroom meet.

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What To Do With Gas Pumps Once We Have Electric Cars? Turn Them Into Espresso Machines
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What To Do With Gas Pumps Once We Have Electric Cars? Turn Them Into Espresso Machines

Or bookshelves. Or dog houses. Nissan Leaf is challenging people to decide what we should do with our old fossil fuel infrastructure once we go all electric. The options are amazing.

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