Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which community members explore creative reuse through recycling of used clothing.

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Johan's nice overview of European automatic washing/sanitizing reminds me about the Japanese take on the modern sitting toilet: special toilet slippers for use in the bathroom, automatic cleaning and drying down below, re-use of handwashing water for flushing, etc. Learn more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJazvumHNyk

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Probably this example is only for places where there are more resources (i.e. water, and a cistern). Still probably an inspiring example of combining to actions together. Credits: W+W is a collaboration of Gabriele and Oscar Buratti and bathroom brand Roca.

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Detroit's ~100K vacant lots are a reinvention opportunity. Could some be salvaged for community centers; others cleared for urban farming; & old building materials reused for furniture? Could "Reclaimed in Detroit" become a mark of Motor City pride?

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Another problem with the schools in developing countries is the weather. It changes from more than 40°C in summer to 80-100 % humidity during the monsoon. Is it possible to achieve a passive building cooling for the existing school buildings or do we need to reuse old cpu cooler? A nice but expensive cooling concept is developed from Dyson - "The bladeless fan".

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A service that gathers second hand textbooks from countries around the world and distributes them to Affordable Private schools in India.

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In Kumasi, Ghana, IWMI and partners have developed a system for composting solid human waste from public toilets in urban and peri-urban areas.

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Cockatoo island is a repurposed abandoned industrial island.

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Teach children how to properly handle and recycle e-waste and then translate that knowledge into repairing and using computers to explore new technologies.

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