Hiking concerts- hike through the countryside from one stage to the next!- Secure city lost-and-found bins for deposit of any kind of found item.
- Windows that hinge in two directions, opening at the side or the top.
- Night power- a cheaper electric rate at night, when demand is never at peak load.
- Frequent recycling bins on the street, for clothing and shoes too!
- Small instant water heaters for each delivery point- fast and flexible.
- Cobblestone paving over utilities- allowing street repairs to be DONE when they are done.
- Mud playgrounds for kids (OK OK, but the kids love it!)
- Internet sticks- take access with you!
- Toilets with adjustable flush- a thing I wish everybody in Las Vegas had!
- Paths cut into public plazas for blind people to follow. I wanna try it out! Hey buddy can I borrow your cane?
- Hammock park- a city park full of big hammocks slung between the trees! And my favorite...
- An Alzheimer's residential house that is completely decked out like the 60's. This is a capital idea!
Nov 27, 2009
Great European ideas
I have been living here for a year and I have collected many things I do and don't miss. I haven't had a soda in a year, which I don't miss. (Popcorn and pumpkin pie is another thing entirely!) Besides finding some weird ideas– like having your dog tote the sausages, or that Austrians are very health-conscious but everybody smokes!– there are some great ideas too, that deserve to spread around the world. Many are well-known like tiny cars and free health care. Here are a few of my faves:
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Tim Holmes Studio
- Tim Holmes
- Helena, MT, United States
- My inspiration has migrated from traditional materials to working with the field of the psyche as if it were a theater. Many of my recent ideas and inspirations have to do with relationships and how we inhabit the earth and our unique slot in the story of evolution. I wish to use art– or whatever it is I do now– to move the evolution of humanity forward into an increasingly responsive, inclusive and sustainable culture. As globalization flattens peoples into capitalist monoculture I hope to use my art to celebrate historical cultural differences and imagine how we can co-create a rich future together.
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