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  Good idea: ban PFAS https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/24/major-victory-sweden-plans-to-ban-forever-chemicals-in-everyday-products-ahead-of-eu Sweden has announced plans to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products as early as 2028. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of more than 10,000 synthetic chemicals that take thousands of years to degrade naturally, earning them the nickname ‘forever chemicals’. Chronic exposure to PFAS has been linked to adverse health impacts, in...

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  Good idea: the anarchist medical book https://anarchistmedicalbook.com Born from the collective wisdom of hackers, scientists, and healers who believe that healthcare knowledge belongs to everyone—and that direct action gets the bread. This is our humble contribution to the DIY medicine movement. Take it so that we all might keep each other healthy and keep each other safe. #solarpunk, #anarchist, #thievesvinegar

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  Good idea: electricity from compost https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/07/possibility-is-without-limit-japanese-inventor-teases-electricity-out-of-wine-soil-and-fre "Even if it's just a small contribution, I want people to be able to produce their own electricity using the soil around them," the Japanese product designer and engineer told news agency AFP. His system uses the same mechanism as the voltaic pile, the world's first electrical battery giving a conti...

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  @SolSoCoG protli shieldwall throws out the rss bot.. "⚠ https://ieji.de/@ministryofgoodideas.rss — I already did 179 attempts to fetch this feed and I failed every time. The last error was: HTTP 503 — the website looks temporary dead So I'm deleting it from your subscription /list."

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  Good idea: harvesting rain water for urban cooling https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/09/harvesting-rainwater-from-rooftops-could-cut-the-number-of-heatwave-days-and-reduce-air-co "Harvesting rainwater from roofs and using it strategically for cooling could provide a practical way to reduce both energy demand and urban temperatures.” Rooftop rainwater could be a secret weapon in tackling extreme heat, following Europe’s blistering summer. #rainwaterharvesting, #airconditioning, #urban...

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  Good idea: Right to repair your own tractor https://apnews.com/article/john-deere-right-to-repair-agriculture-equipment-cb7514ffedb95c130a976af661f2bc02 For years, John Deere locked down the software on its tractors and farm equipment so that only authorized dealers could do repairs. Farmers who had been fixing their own machines for generations were suddenly forced to wait for a dealer and pay whatever they charged. That just changed. The FTC and attorneys general from five states secured a s...

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  Good idea: climate adapted playground https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/21/flood-prone-london-school-climate-adapted-playground When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside space. #playground, #london, #climateadaptation

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  Good idea: harnessing the Seine for cooling https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/underground-revolution-seine-cooling-network-paris-buildings-heat City plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling units. #Paris, #Seine, #Cooling

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  Good idea : homemade textured proteins https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/09/food-innovation-in-your-kitchen-giving-peas-beans-and-lentils-a-new-bite.html Researchers at ETH Zurich used whole legumes as the starting material for new food products. In contrast, existing industrial products often rely on isolated proteins. A simple freezing technique creates a fibrous structure with an appealing texture on the tongue. Depending on the legume and the water content, the techniqu...

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  Good idea: Run your own personal cloud https://cloudinabottle.org Most of the software we use every day runs on someone else's computer. Cloud in a Bottle is an open source project that lets you run your own cloud server with one click app installs, just like a smartphone. It works on an old laptop, a cheap rented server, or a managed instance starting at $5 a month. The catalog already includes file storage, a password manager, media streaming, a private search engine, and more. Every...

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  Good Idea: Open Source Printer https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/openprinter/updates/on-the-road-to-launch The open-printer team are getting closer to launch. Help them by filling out a survey about the printer you expect. This way we can get a step closer to a printer you can assemble, refill and modify #open #opensource #openhardware #community #support

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  Good idea: Integrate Indigenous knowledge and values into AI governance https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/in-ai-race-indigenous-values-could-guide-environmental-issues-researchers-suggest/ As technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, a growing body of research is looking at Indigenous knowledge systems for guidance on ethical frameworks for AI. But for someone like Nicole Horseherder, Indigenous knowledge is not data to be harvested, she said. A recent study published in AI and Ethics...

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  Good idea: a self-hosted federated music platform https://blog.fabiomanganiello.com/article/Songhive Songhive is a self-hosted music streaming server where tracks, albums, playlists and posts are first-class ActivityPub objects. Think Funkwhale meets Mastodon — your music library lives on your hardware, or in any cloud storage you want to plug to it, but your music (and your posts about music) can travel across the fediverse, be followed from Mastodon, replied to, boosted, and quoted. #federa...

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  Good idea: solar ambulance https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/07/inside-the-worlds-first-solar-ambulance-transforming-remote-healthcare-even-when-the-sun-g The world’s first solar-powered ambulance has officially taken to the road, in what has been described as an “important first step towards the future of sustainable healthcare”. #solarpowered, #ambulance, #healthcare

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  Good idea: ban ads un public spaces https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/amsterdam-to-ban-meat-and-fossil-fuel-outdoor-advertising/ Amsterdam has become the latest Dutch city to vote to ban adverts for fossil fuels and meat products in public spaces. The ban would apply to billboards and bus shelters, and would not affect shopkeepers, who would still be allowed to advertise their products on posters. #adfree, #amsterdam, #publicspaces

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  Good idea: Unconditional income to protect the amazon rainforest https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/20/unconditional-basic-income-amazon-rainforest-peru-study A pioneering project to provide Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon with an unconditional basic income has contributed to the protection of the rainforest, according to a study. The analysis from the University of Bath is expected to contribute to a growing debate about the role of direct payments to communities that...

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  Good idea: Plant cork forests to stop wildfires https://wwf.panda.org/es/?20933%2FFighting-forest-fires-with-cork-in-Portugal= Portugal keeps losing massive stretches of forest to wildfires, and a big part of the problem is eucalyptus. It's a fast growing cash crop that burns like a match. Cork oak trees are the opposite. Their thick bark is a natural fire retardant that burns slowly, produces no toxic smoke, and actually acts as a firebreak. The trees survive and regenerate after fires in...

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  Good Idea: Think about whats next https://storytelling.greenpeace.org/story/2189/five-lessons-for-imagining-the-future/ Critique and dismantling are necessary but not sufficient. At some point movements need to switch from identifying what is wrong to actually picturing what comes next -- and that turns out to be a skill most people have not practiced. Five practical principles from workshops run with 50+ activists and community leaders: 1. Imagine without self-imposed limits. Change that see...

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  Good idea: cradle 2 cradle fashion https://phys.org/news/2026-05-recyclable-protein-textiles-microplastic-pollution.html Engineers from Washington University in St. Louis may have a solution to waste from the textile industry: protein-based materials, which are produced in bioreactors (think giant brewing tanks) using genetically engineered microbes. These materials can be readily recycled after use and remade into the same fibers over multiple cycles. In addition, any microparticles, if rele...

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  Good idea: open source navigation apps https://en.reset.org/off-the-grid-on-the-trail-eco-friendly-navigation-apps/ Typically, the most-used apps are sat-nav-based, free to start with, but eventually require a paid upgrade as the free version is very limited. Or, they’re free, but share sensitive location and movement data with unknown third parties. Neither option is ideal. But there are alternatives. Actually, there are many, and these navigation apps also have another important advantage....

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  Good idea: vertical gardens to cool down cities https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/25/vertical-gardens-are-a-practical-and-beautiful-way-to-cool-down-cities Since French botanist Patrick Blanc pioneered the concept in the 1980s, Europe has produced some striking examples. Milan’s Bosco Verticale, a pair of residential skyscrapers whose terraces hold more than 21,000 trees and shrubs, converts nearly 20,000 kilograms of carbon annually and now shelters 20 species of birds. As Europe’s capitals b...

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  Good idea: climate shelters for hot summers https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/10/spains-climate-shelters-could-save-thousands-of-lives-why-is-the-rest-of-europe-lagging-be Spain has developed one of the most advanced networks of climate shelters in the world, as extreme heat becomes the deadliest environmental hazard of our time. The nationwide network builds upon schemes already established by regional governments, including in Catalonia, the Basque Country and Murcia. In Barcelona, there ar...

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  Good idea: universal antivenom against snake bites https://research.monash.edu/en/projects/development-of-a-universal-antivenom-using-proteomic-characterisa/ Snake envenomation has been identified as a neglected tropical disease responsible for a high morbidity and mortality rate, especially in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. In this proposal, a new approach towards developing a highly effective antivenom is described with specific antigenic venom proteins precipitation as they bind with...

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  Good Idea: Data centers that heat homes https://news.infomaniak.com/en/infomaniak-inaugurates-a-revolutionary-data-center-that-recovers-100-of-its-energy-for-building-heating/ Data centers convert electricity into heat as a byproduct. Almost every facility in the world then gets rid of that heat by releasing it into the atmosphere. Infomaniak, a Swiss cloud provider, built a data center in Geneva that instead pipes 100% of that waste heat into the city's district heating network, warmi...

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  Good Idea: Measuring prosperity beyond GDP https://www.politico.eu/article/obsession-with-growth-is-destroying-nature-150-countries-warn/ More than 150 countries including China, India and EU members have signed off on a report by IPBES, the leading intergovernmental body for biodiversity assessment, concluding that GDP-focused growth is a primary driver of biodiversity loss. The numbers behind it: one eighth of all estimated 8 million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, a...

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  Good Idea: Dont make fun of people for not knowing things. If someone admits not knowing something, celebrate that they learned something new. Regardless of what it is, better late than never. This is also true for people that learn that they are racist, sexist, homophobic etc. Its always great if someone comes to an insight about their own ignorance.#

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  Good idea: reactor that turns plastic into hydrogen https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scientists-built-a-solar-reactor-that-eats-plastic-bottles-and-burps-out-clean-hydrogen-at-scale/ They have made a device that uses sunlight to break down plastic waste and turn it into hydrogen. And it’s not just a lab curiosity. The team made it using simple methods and materials, and have tested it outside in the sunlight. “Converting waste streams into valuable products using clean energy sourc...

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  Good idea: call your local council if you have a question about anything related. They'll try their best to help you! Good Idea: Help your friends. 🫶 to our minister for sending us these submissions! If you have some as well, feel free to drop them in the SimpleX, XMPP or Telegram group: https://smp14.simplex.im/g#nydAFEIKtpP0xQJ3yCY_ZPyUMlxuUYf0P86eTYX5Xj0 xmpp:ministry-of-good-ideas@conference.conversations.im?join https://t.me/MOGImeta

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  Good idea: fog nets https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/can-fog-harvesting-help-solve-water-scarcity-in-chiles-atacama-desert/ Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. Some areas only see rainfall a few times in a century, while others have never recorded rainfall at all. Local groups have found ways to harvest enough fog to supplement drinking water and bolster agricultural projects. But many challenges with the strategy still remain. Researchers want to harvest the fog...

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  Good Idea: Clay as a PCB substrate https://feministhackerspaces.cargo.site/Clay-PCB-Tutorial A circuit board is just a substrate that holds conductive traces and components. It does not have to be fiberglass reinforced with brominated flame retardants, sourced through a supply chain running through conflict zones and toxic processing facilities. The Feminist Hardware project at mz* Baltazar's Laboratory in Vienna is experimenting with natural clay and terracotta as alternatives: Local...