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Stories of Change ebook

Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Ashoka recently published an ebook featuring our youth venturers and their projects.  You can view or download it.  Spread it to your friends.
Stories of Change – Vol 2 : Youth Making A Difference

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Gopher Tortoise – A Model for Humanity

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Web of Life from Charles Tsai on Vimeo.
Forgive this personal post but on this global Blog Action Day, I’d like to share with you a story I did back when I worked for CNN.  It was the first in a series of videos about biodiversity, a subject I had just learned about at the time.
Biodiversity [...]

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Solar-Powered Cooker Wins Global Award

Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

A global Climate Change Challenge to find the most innovative solution to climate change has yielded a clear winner – Kyoto Box.
It’s a $5 cooker that uses two cardboard boxes – one inside another – and an acrylic cover to trap the sun’s power for boiling and cooking.  The design is simple enough that it [...]

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INTERVIEW: Eden Full on Inventions

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Most teens have never heard the term “photovoltaics” let alone know what it is – a type of technology that turns solar energy into electricity.
But not Eden Full.  The 16-year-old Canadian teen knows enough about the field that she has even invented a new device that can help solar panels maximize their performance.
How?  Her [...]

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VIDEO: Flow the Film

Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

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A New Era Begins

Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

January 20, 2009 – A new American president assumes office today to guide his country through two wars, a global financial crisis, and other complex challenges facing our world. But President Barack Obama has high hopes for the country he now commands.  He spells out his hopes and dreams in this open letter to his [...]

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EXHIBIT: Design for the Other 90%

Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

While the developed world obsesses over gadgets like the iPhone or Wii, the rest of the planet struggles daily for food, clean water, and shelter.
Who’s designing for this “other 90%”?  A lot of creative minds, apparently.
Design for the Other 90% is an exhibit that pays homage to ingenious solutions for the developing world. Here are [...]

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IDEA: Improved Ceramic Stoves

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Cindy, 24, Dominican Republic - Heat “magically” appears to cook food for the majority of U.S. citizens. Life was not that simple when I became a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic. Outside of major cities, families use wood burning open fires to cook their food.
Standing over a fire is nostalgic, but certainly not environmentally [...]

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IDEA: Solar Wood Kilns

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Pasha, 19, USA - Solar Wood Kilns.
Many wood drying facilities are electrical but a solar powered wood kiln would save tons of money and wood could possibly still be dried at a high rate. 
The solar wood kiln is a very high tech yet low tech idea. 
This idea is being explored by my father and I in [...]

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IDEA: Pedicab 2.0

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Shekhar, 19, India - The main aim of EcoTravelSolutions India is to provide cities and towns in India with eco-friendly and economical travel solutions. With the rising oil prices the usage of cars will be very costly as well as polluting. We will provide solutions as well as implement these solutions in the cities. 
We aim at [...]

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IDEA: Portable Water Filter

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Annie, 15, USA - A portable filter that can benefit people who need clean water in poorer countries. The filter would be made of aluminum, which can be obtained through recycled soda cans, making it green.
The only part that may need replacing is the cotton/cheesecloth, although a terry cloth could be used instead and only needs [...]

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