Where there's no electricity put solar light bulbs to use, not kerosine: Photo: Nokero
A website has been launched that is worth page marking: ionINNOVATion
It reads as follows:
“There are some remarkable things taking place on this planet of ours, things that make the eyes open wide, make each of us more brilliant.
Welcome to this participatory community, a confluence of innovations, products, organizations, and people that contribute to the betterment of the planet and the life it hosts. Here we celebrate and share stories about solutions that rock, about energy that doesn’t make one cough, about sustainability and getting smart, about business models that slam the door on poverty, disease, and starvation.
Free subscription, voting rights on quarterly and annual Innovation awards. Each feature will measure the following rating system markers:
- Sustainability Mark
- Green Legacy
- Employment Creation
- Revenue Generation
- You-lead, We-follow Effect
- Inspiration/Innovation Factor
Each rating mark per category is 10 points; a top rating of 10 points in all categories = 60 points (extremely rare). Subscribers will then have the opportunity to submit their ratings and comments.
Initial Content: People, Products, Companies
- George Nez builds roofs first & habitats that help mend poverty
- Sunflower Lighting natural light that uses no power
- Tough Stuff generates low-cost power
- Bin’s Jute Mats put a Ghanaian village to work
- Nokero’s solar light bulb by Stephen Katsaros
- Eichelberger’s trash barns
- Aquaponics trout fishing
- SCIPs make great homes
- Solaqua disinfects water in sub-Saharan Africa
- Micromidas microbes make biodegradable plastic from organic waste, sans petroleum
- Weed removal by goat
- Cityscape Farms = rooftop gardens
- Tjernlund Products move air and heat where its needed
- Pedal-a-Watt makes homemade power
Take a look and see what you think. Your thought are most welcome. Once again, there is a lot of great work taking place out there needing to gain more notoriety!