http://mtv-venture.org/switch Header from homepage will go here. Footer from homepage will go below. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:56:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Georgiy, 15, USA - The Next Big Step organization is a non-profit group that operates to convert small communities to more environmentally conscious, “green”, habits. The group will introduce itself to small businesses concerned with being both environmentally responsible and surviving these tough economic times. NBS will perform an energy audit ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/21-eco-fit-small-businesses/ Vikas, 20, India - We propose to establish a self-sufficient community bicycle sharing system in India that will significantly decrease the carbon footprint of the average citizen and bring to the fore a powerful means of local transportation. The system will support itself by trading the carbon credits it will generate ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/20-community-bicycle-system/ Juan Carlo, 20, Philippines - In my country food is everywhere from restaurants, to fast food chains, to rolling stores and even rolling carts, that is because everyone loves to eat. Food carts are the best way to attract people's attention and can be able to go to different places from ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/19-solar-food-carts/ Joseph, 20, Uganda - My community greatly depends on the available forest resources for survival. This includes cutting trees for wood fuel (charcoal and firewood) for cooking, timber for income and creating spaces for agricultural practices. These practices are creating a huge socio-economic, biodiversity and environmental problem. We are now ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/18-promote-biomass-stoves/ This February, we will organize a Minnesota Campus Energy Challenge (MCEC). This friendly statewide competition to reduce college and high school energy use will promote a pioneering mindset in which energy conservation, efficiency, and revolution become realities across Minnesota. The MCEC is an innovative approach for energy conservation through which ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/17-campus-energy-challenge/ Laura, 17, USA - Each student at Hope Integrated Academy (Uganda) will receive two fruit-bearing trees to plant on their property. They will be able to use the fruit to eat,to sell some in order to generate income, and use the seeds of fruit to plant more trees. They will be ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/16-plant-fruit-trees/ Brian, 24, Texas - I'm excited to present you with a program that celebrates the last two Nobel Peace Prize concepts: environment and microfinance. Electronic waste like cell phones pollute the environment (up to 35,000 gallons per phone) and microfinance has been proven to be an effective poverty alleviation tool. In ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/15-recycle-cell-phones-for-microfinance/ Naupada, 19, India - While we walk out of a room having a 60W bulb without switching it off, the power wastage snow balls to approximately 22,000W per year. If this is the case of a single bulb what about the other appliances in our house hold. My idea is to develop ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/14-power-save-system/ Teniera, 15, Vanuatu - Climate change is affecting nowhere on earth more seriously than in the South Pacific, where rising sea levels and increased storms are slowly drowning our small islands. In our coastal village, we have already noticed the impact of sea level rise because our underground wells are ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/13-composting-toilet/ Moses, 24, Kenya - Dunga wetland faces a myriad of problems i.e. habitat destruction, pollution, hunting among others. Limited land space undermines any efforts put by conservation bodies to try and protect the swamp. Farming is one of the ever increasing threats to the wetland that continues to pose a ... http://mtv-venture.org/switch/2008/12/28/12-eco-toilets-waterless-odorless-and-productive/