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There are a lot of great ideas out there that, were they to succeed, would make our world phenomenally better. These great ideas would eliminate our need for fossil fuels, cure cancer, and end homelessness, hunger, and poverty, to name only a few. Unfortunately, though, most of these ideas won’t fly and there’s one simple reason why...

Why good ideas don't fly | The GoodBomb Blog

Change Heroes is a brilliant new startup based in Vancouver with the mission to bring education to every child in the world. Show them some love and like their page!

The trip that changed the way we give. ChangeHeroes.com founder, Taylor Conroy, talks about how one innocent trip turned into 100 schools funded in 11 countries around the world. Build your school...

"Smart People Should Build Things." Agreed.

Why Every Smart College Grad Should Seriously Consider Working At A Startup And why most young people aren't pursuing their real passions.

Heard this really interesting debate on CBC Radio this morning. Are TED Talks actually intellectual placebos? Are the talks themselves designed to manufacture "feel good" responses from the audience, that distracts from the real complexities of the issues? Benjamin Bratton calls the TED model, among other things: "middlebrow megachurch infotainment" and "placebo politics."

What do you think?

TED Talks: The original Technology, Education and Design conferences (TED Talks) were brought about as opportunities to bring Big Thinkers and New Ideas to everyone, anywhere, on stage and online. Supporters would argue they still do. But critic Benjamin Bratton sees what he calls the TED-ification of informat...

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt

No weekly GoodBomb today due to holiday festivities, but check out this cool concept for sustainable urban architecture.

Is This What Urban Buildings Will Look Like In 2050? With internal farms walls that convert CO2 to oxygen and even the ability to personalize itself based on your DNA this concept for the building of the...

Weekly on Vancouver Is Awesome!
The One Project is inspiring people out of depression and into their dreams by revealing the misconceptions of loneliness through media and interaction.
Questions? Compliments? Reach out to Bryce:
http://vancouverisawesome.com/2013/12/19/weekly-goodbomb-the-one-project/

How would you like a LEGO car that runs on air?

Two guys made a life-sized Lego car that runs on air Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida built a functional car out of Lego bricks that runs on air. The car is the product of the duo's Super Awesome Micro Project, a crowd-funded effort that allowed...

Julien Thomas' Prado Cafe Parklet is less than $350 away from their Kickstarter goal of $3500. He also just added two new stretch goals:

"If you help us raise $5000 - We will train five youth in the community on laser etching/cutting, and coordinate a street mural in the neighbourhood!

If you help us raise $7000 - We will train ten youth in the community on laser etching/cutting, coordinate a street mural in the neighbourhood, and host a parklet launch block party!"

Commercial Drive Parklet Help us transform two parking spots along Commercial Drive into a new public space for all to enjoy.

This week's Vancouver Is Awesome GoodBomb feature is the "Commercial Drive Parklet" by Julien Thomas.

Just outside of Prado café at 1938 Commercial Drive, Julien Thomas, a social artist in Vancouver with a knack for transforming abstract ideas into interactive public projects, wants to convert two parking stalls into a Parklet. What is a Parklet you ask? Parklets transform on-street parking into places for people to sit, relax, and enjoy the city. Traditionally, parklets consist of an extended platform over a parking space and can include benches, tables, chairs, landscaping, and bike parking.

Weekly GoodBomb: Commercial Drive Parklet The Commercial Drive Parklet is one of a few projects selected as part of VIVA Vancouver’s 2013 Parklet Pilot Program. Unlike other projects led by large architecture and landscape architecture firms, this is the only one undertaken by active residents of the project neighbourhood. The parklet desig...

This week's Vancouver Is Awesome GoodBomb feature is "Buy Local Week 2013" by LOCO. It is an annual celebration of local retailers, products, entrepreneurs and communities by LOCO BC, an alliance of businesses that help our local economy be the powerhouse it is today. Popular examples of LOCO BC members are Salt Spring Coffee, Cartems Donuterie, John Fluevog, The Soap Dispensary, BRITEweb, and others.

Check out the Project on GoodBomb here: http://www.goodbomb.com/locobc/project/buy-local-week-dec-2-8-2013

Weekly GoodBomb: Buy Local Week 2013 LOCO BC: Buy Local Week 2013! A week to celebrate local businesses and entrepreneurs in BC!