films franchise

I have for some time now wanted to start a school of traveling actors who do good deeds, get into strange situations, and do improvised (or premeditated) public performances.

I thought that using a simple franchise- guardians of paradise would be great, though possibly copyrighted- and posting the videos online (and maybe sell DVDs also) would be an awesome first step. I envision it something like the Jackass movies, only with less idiocy and more volunteering in war zones (always a prime place for a video camera).

This is a good idea because:
Everyone likes to be in movies, because it destroys inhibitions, enhances creativity, and gives yo a rush
It would be a great way to take vacations together and document them
Several people planning a trip (of any duration) involving something worth filming would be so much more worthwhile than just hanging out at the beach every year.

I'll try to work out the bugs, finding enough writers and planners would definitely be the biggest problem, but planning is easier when there are many to do it!

Hope this one happens.

Hello again, and here we are with another installment!
It seemed Besides the Lovely Malferma, nobody wanted to help with researching cold water ship technology. My attemts to contact Craven, the inventor of the hurricane tower, have met with failure. However, the pledge of money stands should someone become interested.
I have a new Idea now, and Hereby pledge 5000$ to the following project:
In the event that society collapses, it will become more and more important to have a personal food source. Already there have been marked food shortages worldwide as droughts and increased meat consumption drive food prices beyond the availability of the worlds' poorest consumers. Meanwhile, local farmers in the west are often barely able to remain debt free while supporting a modern lifestyle.

In the event of increased food shortages, subsistance farming through land ownership may become a growth industry. At the current rate of world population growth, this is almost inevitable given enough time.

Fortunately, when more people live on a productive piece of property, such as an integrated or permaculture farm, more is produced. The New world enterprises Land trust is dedicated to buying a piece of property somewhere in the world and beginning a farm according to the wishes of those who pay for it and chose to live there.

I am certainly willing to donate more than this initial contribution, but that is dependant on outside interest. Again, please leave a comment if you would like to contribute to this scheme.

greed based charity

This would be a simple idea- a nonprofit organization that payed a 50% commission to employees in order to raise money for charitable causes. A simple website would be enough, getting an account would be synonymous with getting hired on. Members could legally use the organization's lotto license, would get help with fund raising ideas, etc. If this basic design was implemented, one could add lots of bells and whistles, For example, if one raises a large amount of money, one can start one's own charitable cause under the organizations legal banner, A multi-level marketing option could be introduced... The basic idea is to get people to work for their own interests and still raise money for charity.

Collective farm

I'm not certain of the legalities involved in forming a collective, but I had the idea that this could really help land reform over time. This idea needs some serious editing, but the basic is as follows: Anyone can join their property to the collective and live on it free in perpetuity. profit from the property is added to a trust and taxes are paid from the trust. Whatever the leftover money is used for depends on the votes of the members – although whoever contributes money to the trust can put as many limits as they like on its use- for example, if John mason contributes 20 000$, and 19 000 are left after taxes are paid, then he can limit its use to “buying fertilizer and replacing farm equipment in the Okanagan Valley”. For this Idea to be worth the time, the Collective would have to at least get The Mineral rights to its own property. As well, Money contributed to the collective during the last season should have some influence on how many votes members have. I'd appreciate input on this idea!

Vernacular transport

This would be another company based mostly on a website and a good informatin gathering/processing program. The setup would be as follows: anyone can put in an order to ship something by a given date. The program then compares all possible transportation offers along this route and finds the lowest final price possible, collecting perhaps a 5% commission in the process. The advantage would be that since transport companies at the moment all compete with each other, they often have more freight than they can move immediately or travel without moving their maximum capacity of goods. Sharing information and contracts between them would save everyone money. Trustworthy individuals could also become involved. For example, to ship an item weighing even a few pounds overseas is quite expensive. International travelers often have extra weight allowance in their luggage that they do not use. Paying such people to carry items along routes they are taking anyway would further streamline transportation.

school ships

This is a pet project of mine, hopefully one that I'll live to see happen. I have a rather large number of ideas for it...

The basic setup is a combination between a school ship and a cruise ship. certifications would be available for anyone who wants to take an onboard exam. the exams should be stringent, but entirely an optional aspect for passengers and crew

gardening would be encouraged, and the surface of the ship would be covered in vegitation (the exact nature of the vegitation would be up to the crew, but fruit trees and flowers seem the most obvious). Mushroom farms would be used on lower levels to help process human waste.

Ships would be Hydrogen powered, and able to produce their own fuel from seawater. I am trying to collect more information on the feasability of hurricane towers as an actual energy source when at sea. In any case, cold-water technology would be used for air conditioning and irrigation, as well as a source for fresh water.

Ideally, passengers and crew would take some basic medical courses while on the seas, and perform philanthropic work in third world countries, but this would be up to the crew and how it decides to promote its cruises.

they say your life's ambition should never be to build ships. Oh well... I'll be back to add to this one.