Top 25 from 2010: numbers 16-20
WorldChanging Team, 6 Jul 10
As we pause for our summer break, we thought it would be to see what you, the readers, have liked so far this year. Over 1.8 million of you have visited the site in the last 6 months. We compiled a list of the top 25 stories you've liked the most in 2010:
- Jane McGonigal on Gaming for Good by Suzie Boss
A Worldchanging Interview...Solving the world’s biggest problems will require a superhuman outpouring of energy, passion, creativity, and collaboration. Fortunately, Jane McGonigal has a strategy for unleashing people’s capacity to take on hard challenges: playing games. A celebrated designer, researcher, and future forecaster, McGonigal specializes in alternate reality games that engage massive online audiences in real-world issues ranging from energy shortages to health pandemics.
- The World's Free Virtual School: an interview with Salman Khan by Hassan Masum
Salman Khan is the man behind Khan Academy, a 2009 Tech Award winning site with 12+ million views and 1200+ 10-minute "videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance". We talked with him about building "the world's free virtual school", the potential of open-access learning, using the format for sustainability debates, and challenges in growing a non-profit from zero to global impact.
- Solar Recovery In Haiti: Building Tough Solar Cities by Alex Aylett
In the aftermath of the quake [in Haiti], Reuters reported that at night the only lights visible over the city came from solar powered traffic signals. Now there is a push to roll out more solar. But beyond the emergency, renewables are key to making cities more resilient to natural disasters.
- Worldchanger in Brazil: Jose Alano and DIY Solar Water Heaters by Amanda Reed
Eight years ago Jose Alano, a retired mechanic, was inspired by his growing collection of plastic water bottles and milk cartons and invented a simple, cheap, energy saving, do-it-yourself rooftop solar water heater.
- Defining a ‘Carbon Neutral’ City by Justus Stewart and Pete Erickson
Last November, Alex Steffen gave a two-night talk at Seattle’s Town Hall. In those talks, he issued a challenge to the government and the residents of Seattle: to be bigger and bolder with our goals; to stake our claim as the environmental and civic leaders of the bright green future. He challenged us to conceive of Seattle as the first carbon neutral city in North America, and to get there by 2030...Since then, the idea has spread, and been debated, among Seattle’s civic leaders and innovative thinkers. One question that moved immediately to the fore is this: What does carbon neutral even mean? A critical first step in pursuing ‘carbon neutrality’ is defining it...Of the many considerations that go into defining carbon neutrality for a city the size of Seattle, a few stand out for their significance...
Tune in tomorrow for numbers ten through fifteen!
it is good to hear that after the earthquake in Haiti, they are using solar as alternative source of energy get back from the tradegy they didn't expected.
Posted by: Conrad on 6 Jul 10
As a student of biology, I can say that energy and ecology are soon becoming the greatest issues to deal with today, especially for America. Let's hope America can stand up and change for the betterment of the world.
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