Green Day

Over 180 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer is used each year by farmers and rancher worldwide. Much of this nitrogen ends up in our rivers, lakes and oceans, leading to huge colonies of algae that kill other aquatic life. A new tech, known as Forage Boost, could replace all current use of nitrogen fertilizers, particularly large farming operations. The 30 microbes in Forage Boost can replace naturally occurring microbes lost in overfarming and can increase productivity by 20%. With runoff reduced by over half, watering needs (and costs) go down too. At about $40 a gallon, this could be one of the biggest agricultural breakthroughs in decades.

Green Day

Four young women at Harvard had an inspiring idea based on existing technology and proven business models. Motion captured as energy is nothing new, neither is consumer model of buying a product that you take home while the proceeds purchase one for someone else in need (see companies like Tom's shoes). The inspiration came when these four students linked a need with a solution that fit existing cultural structures. What do people in the developing world need? Power. What do they all have in common? They play soccer. In fact, over half of the 265 million soccer players globally live in the developing world.

So the students invented a soccer ball that could store the energy used in a game in a battery that could then power an electrical device. Two hours of play time can power and LED light bulb all night. The "s0ccket ball" has the feel of a traditional ball with only 6 ounces of extra weight. For more information, see their website or the videos below.

It's Funny 'Cause it's True

So often, we say that comedy is funny because it's true. In one of my favorite movies, they say that politicians use lies to hide the truth while artists use them to reveal it. In an old black and white era comedy, Charlie Chaplin plays a barber who is mistaken for Hitler. In the end of the movie, he's put on international telecast to deliver a speech. The lie that is his mistaken identity leads to a speech that still rings true today. Truly, it's not very funny, and in some ways, it's ironic that it takes comedian under absurd circumstances to speak such words with sincerity. Thank you, Charlie...

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Please Let Me Get What I Want

I love Christmas. I love Advent because it celebrates the anticipation, the giddiness, the hope leading up to the birth of Jesus. All too often in the secular world, it's a shopping season that anticipates everything else we are about to receive. This short video stands that idea on its head...

The track 'Please, Please, Please let me get what I want', was originally recorded by the Smiths, and has been rerecorded by emerging artist Slow Moving Millie.