10,000 Brilliant Ideas

There is a culture surrounding the globe (my data pool consists of Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, and Moab, Utah) of young able-bodied, unmarried youth with ideas of changing the world in a hippie-like fashion. Basically these guys and girls got time on their hands which is why they are traveling the world, living in cheap hostels. IHCN takes this wealth of untapped man-hours and connects it with the many under-staffed charitable organizations that could use them. Basically, IHCN has a recognizable logo that these gruffians (my word, make sure I get credit when it hits dictionaries) recognize in the many different countries they visit. There is some sort of expectation, like donate a morning as you're passing through, and essentially everyone gets in on this way to change the world. Guys talk about it, girls talk about it, hostel owners talk about it and possibly offer discounts for people who participate in it. And as folks talk around the crappy table eating ramen they say things li...

This is a new sport. Actually it's just dividing the sport of volleyball into hard-core bump-set-spike volleyball and fun-loving, see-how-many-times-you-can-actually-hit-it-over-the-net Bally Ball. Basically the net's so high you can't spike it. We could brainstorm some additions like hoops to hit it through quidditch-style or a point value that increases with the number of volleys.

Okay, I still don't understand investing, and I just barely sort of got down credit cards. This possible branch of another reputable financial institution or possibly its own institution, creates a mini local wall street where High school students and junior high school just regular students can come and invest with 'small potatos'. Investing- A local company (preferrably with a product geared toward youth) will sell them mini stocks in their company. There's a cap on how much one kid can spend so they can't lose royally, but they can also gain a little and promote the product themselves. After they get this down, a jump to real wall street later on would be easier. Credit- Kids could get little in-store credit cards like I've now got from Mervyn's. Probably from more local businesses. Work out the stakes small enough so it gives experience, but doesn't risk killing the person. Then later on if their credit is good, they can use the company as a r...