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Vote Up 3  Vote Down	Plant a Garden at Every School  Jim Cashel  Teach children about healthy eating and improve school lunches: plant a garden at every school. A Change.org "top ten" idea 2010. http://bit.ly/93MpaG Comments (0)Health, education, school, garden, lunch
Vote Up 1  Vote Down	Seize and Maximize Opportunities Globally  sortiza99  Let's start to Seize and Maximize Opportunities Globally and transform them into concrete results for the benefit of all concerned parties in particular and the world in general. Visit http://smoicons.ning.com. Comments (0)Online Collaboration, seize, maximize, opportunities, business opportunities, import, export, joint ventures, consulting, education, training, construction and community development, real estate-related opportunities, transformed opportunities
Vote Up 3  Vote Down	Gather Scientific Data via iPhone  Jim Cashel  Citizen (and student) scientists, armed with an iPhone, can collect, share, tag, photograph and geolocate data across multiple disciplines. A MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning winner 2009. http://bit.ly/6LLMIr Comments (0)Online Collaboration, research, education, iphone, data
Vote Up 3  Vote Down	Read A Variety of Unbiased News Sources  Jim Cashel  Bill Gates on the magazines, newspapers and online resources he uses to get news. http://bit.ly/7OXm7R Comments (0)Management, news, information, education
Vote Up 3  Vote Down	Provide Cheap Sanitary Pads In Developing Countries  Jim Cashel  Girls in developing countries frequently do not participate in school or sports due to lack of cheap sanitary pads. A program in Kenya seeks to improve the situation. A Changemakers.com winning idea 2008. http://bit.ly/6VXu84 Comments (0)Health, sanitarypad, education
Vote Up 3  Vote Down	University "Merit-Blind" Admissions  Jim Cashel  This is a spoof from Brown University - but isn't a completely unreasonable idea. http://bit.ly/7iF0oJ Comments (0)Fun Stuff, college, admissions, education
Vote Up 1  Vote Down	Africa Electronic Agriculture Programs  Jim Cashel  E-Agriculture introduces a methodology which produces crops and livestock in Kenyan schools using new technology. An Africa Rural Connect Winning Idea. http://bit.ly/5BZBzE Comments (0)Global Development, agriculture, education, africa, food
Vote Up 3  Vote Down	Provide Fiber-Optic Lines to "Anchor Institutions"  Jim Cashel  A Gates Foundation study finds that providing fiber optic lines to 123,000 hospitals, public libraries, schools and community colleges would cost about $10 billion. http://ow.ly/tFh9 Comments (0)Technology, health, education, internet
Vote Up 6  Vote Down	Quick Lessons by Mobile Phone  Jim Cashel  300 mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh learn English via paid 3 minute lessons. http://ow.ly/CgOK Comments (0)Education, education, cellphone, bangladesh
Vote Up 8  Vote Down	Birth Certificates for All  Jim Cashel  Half a billion children have no birth certificate, blocking access to health care, education and welfare support. Universal Birth Registration seeks to remedy this problem. http://bit.ly/6Om2OZ Comments (0)Global Development, birth, certificate, education, health, welfare
Vote Up 1  Vote Down	Solar-powered Microfilm Projector to Teach Third World Literacy  Jim Cashel  Massachusetts non-profit technology that allows night instruction. http://www.designthatmatters.org Comments (0)Global Development, solar, education, literacy
Vote Up 14  Vote Down	Free Online Education  Jim Cashel  Provide free online courses, K-12 and university, following the lead of MIT. http://www.ocw.mit.edu . Comments (6)Education, education, onlinelearning, onlinecommunity, mit