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Started this discussion. Last reply by larahna Nov 8, 2009.

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Lucas replied to Kalyan's discussion ProtoVillage

""We don't know how to get it funded" makes me think of tourism. To someplace not too far from millions of people, that is. Not all thoughts have been thought yet."

Nov 6, 2009

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I am truly inspired to see the discussions here in this forum. I wish to share an idea I am working on, and it would be great if people here can help me in making it happen.ProtoVillage is the prototype of an ideal, self-reliant village... If we see the development sector, while the problems are all interconnected, the solvers are independent. The idea is to identify a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive set of models that together can make a village self-reliant in the least…See More

Nov 4, 2009

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What's the coolest thing you've ever seen?: Pangong lake in winter :)

What's the coolest thing you've ever dreamed?: I constantly dream of the world, the first eye on the planet saw.

What I'm contributing to humanity and the planet: Well, I am launching my first social business start-up, that aims to integrate diverse knowledge forms for the greater good.

Tell us about your project/s (please include project URLs): The project is called InteGreater (Budhism - all things apparantly random are actually INTEgrating into the GREATER one). The idea is to connect academicians, senior professionals and trend-spotters across diverse domains of knowledge with Social activists, and then drive the collective wisdom to develop comprehensive understanding of social problems and create sustainable solutions for the same.

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The truth is we have problems. But, the greatest reason for hope is that all that is needed to solve every problem, small or big, is right here, on this planet… consciousness, intent, ideas, resources, wisdom, conviction… We just need to connect, and respect the inter-dependence.

It’s heartening to see the online social media space brimming with new age examples of social activism and philanthropy. Though almost all of these are directed towards generating funds for causes, this is… Continue

Posted on August 5, 2008 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

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At 12:47pm on August 4, 2008, Josef Davies-Coates said…: Hi Kalyan, care to tell us more about your start-up plans?

Cheers,

Josef

At 4:30pm on October 8, 2008, Vinay Gupta said…: All the tech is available, yes. We're just in the early stages of getting organized for real field deployments!