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900 Foot Offshore Wind Turbine Mimics Spinning Sycamore Seeds

July 31, 2010 Design

We’re big fans of Janine Benyus‘ biomimcry idea (see her inspirational talk on 12 sustainable design ideas from nature) and so are psyched to see this news from TreeHugger.com: a new wind turbine design is based off of those Sycamore seeds that you may have played with as a kid (some of us still do!). [...]

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Jane the Concussion Slayer by Jane McGonigal

July 29, 2010 Design

In the video below, Jane explains the role-playing recovery game she invented in order to heal herself after suffering a debilitating concussion; and an article discussing these ideas. Update! 7/30 Here’s another game (soon to be released) that combines game mechanics with offline life. EpicWin is an an iPhone app that combines a to-do list [...]

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Biodegradable and home compostable packaging replacement

July 14, 2010 Design

Thanks to @junecohen and TED for turning us on to Eben Bayer, founder of Ecovative Design. In the video below, Eben reveals that they’ve developed a replacement for Styrofoam: transforms low-value agricultural byproducts into strong biological composites that can be used as biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastics, foams, and packaging materials One of their products [...]

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Crowdsourcing A New Kind Of Environmental Superhero

April 23, 2010 Design

Just over a week ago we launched a design contest to crowdsource the 6th Mega logo. During the process we discovered the secret identity of 6th Mega – a Superhero! This Superhero’s mission is to save the humans by helping to restore the planet’s ecosystem. Learn all about it: Read the 6th Mega manifesto. Above [...]

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Crowdsourcing Sustainability: 6th Mega Logo

April 18, 2010 Design

UPDATE: Vote on our logo There’s now over 200 logo designs!! – we want your help to pick our logo. We discovered the identity of 6th Mega: A Superhero! If you want to help us out, visit the contest page, review the designs, and add a comment on this post with the design # you [...]

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Evoke – a crash course in changing the world

April 15, 2010 Design

Yesterday we asked Can 6th Mega’s iPhone game change the world? Today we’d like to take a moment to introduce you to a new online game: Evoke A crash course in changing the world. Although we’re not playing (too busy trying to roll-out our own social innovation) it looks awesome and is is directed by [...]

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Can 6th Mega’s iPhone game change the world?

April 14, 2010 Design

The idea that we could use an iPhone game to help address environmental problems was partially inspired by Jane McGonigal, game designer, games researcher, and a future forecaster. In the the inspiring video, ‘Gaming can change the world’, from TED, Jane McGonigal says, “If we want to solve problems like hunger, poverty, climate change, global [...]

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Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature

April 10, 2010 Design

Learning about the 6th Mega Extinction that we’re in can become a bit overwhelming and sometimes I find a sensation of wanting to retreat into apathy. How can any of us really make a difference in changing the course of the planet’s ecosystem when facing forces like globalization, population explosion, and consumerism? What if we [...]

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Open Source: Remix this iPhone game

April 5, 2010 Design

When 6th Mega first launched, we told you that 100% of the source code was going to be made freely available to developers. Although we’re developing using the open source cocos2d framework (see below for more of this fantastic resource), we’re also going to donate our code and assets to the community. Why allow our [...]

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Embedded Generosity in iPhone Apps

March 29, 2010 Design

Embedded Generosity was noted as the 8th trend in Trend Watching’s “10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2010″. Embedded Generosity products are those that are designed so when you buy one part of the money you spend goes to help a social cause. One of our favorites is Endangered Species Chocolate that gives 10% of net [...]

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