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  1. Young People Should Run Companies

    Benjamin Leruth: 20-year-olds should be in charge for a month. Photo: Young people (BBC)

  2. World Wide Weather Library

    Nathalie Miebach wants to collect world wide weather. Photo credit Nathalie Miebach.

  3. Women to talk first

    One day a year, woman's opinions should be heard first in meetings before can men speak.

  4. Why Recycle Everything

    Artist Marco Cianfanelli believes that we can, and should, find value in all waste.

  5. Why all children should learn a foreign language

    Sudhir Hazareesingh wants all children to learn at least one foreign language

  6. We can choose to be good

    Professor Dan Fessler argues that whatever our evolutionary heritage may tell us, we...

  7. Turn off the lights

    Once a year the entire earth should switch off all lights everywhere.

  8. Turn off the lights

    Once a year the entire earth should switch off all lights everywhere.

  9. Trade your best assets

    Colombian political scientist Dr Oscar Guardiola-Rivera suggests trading between would...

  10. Teach perspective to help with geometry.

    Empower students by teaching them perspective before geometry, marrying art and science.

  11. Take a Trip: real or imagined.

    Iain Sinclair says we should be made to spend an hour a day on a real or imagined journey

  12. Slow down leisure

    Growth in leisure activities drives up consumption, so slow down leisure.

  13. Sleep Vertically!

    Hanif Kara believes that we should find a way to sleep vertically and save a lot of space

  14. Sleep Vertically!

    Hanif Kara believes that we should find a way to sleep vertically and save a lot of space

  15. Say no to Grass

    Entomologist May Berenbaum argues for fewer manicured lawns to help pollinators and...

  16. Revive yourself.

    How about a sofa that can be remote controlled to make the occupant stand?, suggests...

  17. Replace schoolbooks with objects

    Having objects instead of textbooks gives better insight and skills, says Peter Campbell

  18. Replace schoolbooks with objects

    Having objects instead of textbooks gives better insight and skills, says Peter Campbell

  19. Purple plastic bottle tops please.

    The green, red and blue dyes in plastic milk bottle tops used in many countries are a...

  20. Print out your best photos on paper

    Sort through the vast array of pictures on your digital devices and put them in an album

  21. Mobile Drone Libraries

    Use high tech drones to take books and information to remote communities around the World

  22. Making science more visible

    Physicist Stephen Blundell wants to introduce public display boards of current data to...

  23. Make Chinese pedestrians safer by turning brake pedals into car horns

    Writer Huan Hsu suggests a counter-intuitive way to reduce traffic accidents in China.

  24. Internet in exams

    Professor Sugata Mitra argues for the use of the internet in exams.

  25. In a mood to talk? Wear a green badge

    Raymond Mar suggests everyone wears a badge indicating if they want to talk to others

  26. How Bankers Can Reforest the World

    Bankers should fund a global tree planting scheme with every child given a tree.

  27. Go to another time period

    A fantasy writer suggests magicians make it possible to go to another time period.

  28. Give up shoes and go barefoot

    Antony Gormley instructs us all to give up shoes and go barefoot.

  29. Give everyone a 'proximity alarm'

    Every smartphone should include a 'proxy detector' to stop people bumping into others

  30. Getting back lost time

    Writer Shumon Basar wants to create a personal ‘time-bank’. It would record how of...

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