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Homemade P.I.E. is our version of "open sourcing" ideas (P.I.E. = Public Idea Engine). We think of various ideas all the time, but they don't do any good in our heads. So this is where we catalog them, begin to hash them out, and open the door for our friends & neighbors to pick them up and run with them ...
Agriculture
Agriculture
Operation Food Search (STL) + Operation Brightside - fill up one trash bag of roadside trash to earn your free lunch - as "he who does not work shall not eat."
Food
Food
Midnight Kitchens - rent USDA certified kitchens in off-hours to produce value-added ag products for urban smallholders... (e.g. baked goods, canned goods, etc) to connect franchises who are likely losing market interest with new demographics ...
U. S. Public Houses (franchise concept) ... as people need public places to gather and talk with neighbors & strangers ... combine elements of natural pharmacy, soda fountain, drug store, apothecary, farmers market, cafe, barbershop, and shoe shiner ... with a focus on non-alcoholic beverages, healthy foods, and positive energy ...
Health
Health
Barefoot Sand Tracks - where people can run / walk barefoot in absence of a beach (which most podiatrists would recommend as there are many pressure points on your feet, and not good to keep them always wrapped up in shoes...) - make look like Japanese Rock Garden at MO Botanical Garden...
Old World Monasteries - I bet a good number of folks would love to get away from the modern world to spend time working with their hands in a quiet peaceful domain with other like-minded people, all while doing the will of God. Trappist, Cistercian, Benedictine ... Buddhist? > See also: South Korean Prison Retreats
Productivity Fitness (aka "ProFit") - gyms that incorporate human-powered mechanical fabrication apparatus into fitness machines (i.e. stamping, cutting, lifting, loading ...) such that the energy exerted during exercise is actually useful for something ... maybe forming & stacking & loading BRICKS? (DBA "The Brickyard") and have tractor-trailer loading dock for palletized bricks and side yard for pallet storage ...
Commercial
Commercial
Unpacked Resales - buy goods direct from manufacturer in bulk and with no packaging - then resell to consumers who can't stand all the waste in packaging in "CostCo" buyers' club type facility... ALSO community block purchases (bulk buys & deliveries)... "Let's get Unpacked!"
Bellwether Analytics - employ "average guy" perspective and "window theory of economics" to forecast trends in the marketplace (as average guys are at the heart of major market bell curves) - could also be blog / newsletter to pump related investments (as others do)...
Woods Devil Terra Packs - various pre-packed "bug-out bags" for various situations: blue (water); green (land); red (fire)... * already available at Bass Pro
St. Louis French Bidet Company - be local seller of bidets to waste stream (and hygiene) conscientious folks... see this CBS news report on toilet paper! * gaining traction in Europe & Canada ... (and/or encourage folks to use degradable wipes like parents use with babies)...
Gyroscopic Recliner - an idea to help folks sleep better and relieve pressure on joints by integrating a sleeping recliner into a spherical-framed gyroscopic apparatus that periodically rotates you around all positions including upside down
"Rent-a-Renter" - a humorous cross-market side-hustle staffing service (compliments of John Mervyn McGeown)
Massage Therapist hospital booking agent - because who wouldn't love a massage after surgery?? (or when waiting for a loved one who's currently in surgery ... )
"Break the Chains" - an effort to limit franchise unit counts to a reasonable size (say a dozen, rather than present status quo of unlimited numbers of fast food brands globally)
Mechanical
Mechanical
Mechanic's Concordance - a compilation of components and concepts that an inventor or designer can refer to in order to help prompt ideas ... (though Google & YouTube work pretty well already...)
Pneumatic Traffic Signals - traffic signals operated by pneumatic / hydraulic tubes (activated when "speed bump" rolled over by vehicle wheels, with timed slow-release via counterweights or pressure release valves) ... coordinate with PedX Crossings
Construction
Construction
"Tin Can Roofs" & re-purposed glass / wine bottle candles - use old soup can bottoms & sides for roofing material (as seen on garden shacks seen in VA...) and glass bottles as windows ... ramp up recycling w/ Perennial City (or other)
"Bulletproof Mailboxes" - secured residential large package mailbox installations - like USPS drop-off box on your front porch (coordinate sale & design with Amazon... or threaten to sue them!)
"Green Parking Lots" - by planting salt-tolerant creeping ground cover (like creeping thyme) through a gravel base to root into subsoils below, such that you can drive over the hardy low ground cover, and still deal with winter snow by salting as needed ... good-bye concrete & asphalt, hello nice & quiet (and green!) drives! ...
"Mike & Meg's Sidewalk Service" - we clean any paved surfaces spic&span of ugly black chewing gum marks, weeds in cracks, old utility paint markings, etc (with powerwasher, concrete polisher & grinder, asphalt tar, stains & seals, and a few other "tricks of the trade" as well !)
Real Estate
Real Estate
Old Potters Fields - land use alternative to cemeteries (as anything is better than current graveyards ...)
St. Louis Public School Buildings + Folk School Alliance - repurposed old STL schools into microshops for animal fat candles, pottery, metalworks, woodworks (handles, tools, furniture), leather (shoes & belts, harnesses & collars), pig soap, foodstuffs, etc) with weekend sales "Open Houses" in old gyms...
See related case study from The Greenwood School (VT) where Climb So Ill demonstrated products...
Re-branding St Louis neighborhoods to reflect present characteristics (e.g. Princeton Heights as "Permaculture Village" as there are no princes, and there are no heights...)
Green Home Depot - same layout, same products, just used (not new) & green (not orange) ...
ActiVillages - active living communities (w/ ziplines, running paths, horses, treehouses ... ) - see also Fitwel Certification and AgriVillages
Transports
Transports
Pilot Fish Transit (> talk to SMART cars) - include 1) Tool Box, 2) Grocery Cart, 3) Bike, 4) hitches & trailers, 5) Snap-On flexibility ("fish bone, snap-on, modular design that facilitates "last mile" of trip... helps provide security for seniors, women, kids, handicapped, vulnerable populations... weather... "coordinated / collaborative independence"... talk to Tom Blair and Federal Highway Administration; Taulby Roach (CEO of Bi-State Devpt) and Dr Rodrigo Reis (Wash U Brown School Master of Public Health re: "Designing Communities")
Commercial-only Interstates - restrict public highways to CDL drivers (commercial traffic only) - would be safer and shrink interstates from 6 lanes to two e/w - allow Greyhound to transport passenger traffic - and let all little cars go on ALL OTHER ROADS across the country ... explore similarities to Toll Roads
Uber/Lyft + bicycle racks - for the last mile of your trip (works great on buses)
telescopic parking extenders - to avoid getting boxed in when parallel parking
roll-top car doors - where car doors roll up in paneled sections over roof like garage doors (to eliminate banging into other cars, opening into street, etc)
University of Michigan - Dept of MechE - Auto Lab Strategic Vision for "Common Good" (!) and https://electrameccanica.com/ - Solo: the single person car !
"Tailgate Texts" - using LED digital message bar hooked up to inverter connected to car electrical system (to talk to other drivers saying stay back / caution / or advertising new business...)
Horse & Buggy Supply (coordinate with Amish / Mennonites) - when SHTF, bikes & horses will be back in demand...
Road Kill Clean-Up Trailers dba Fresh Kills Removal - as in rural areas there is a LOT of roadkill that just lays on the roads indefinitely ... subcontracted to Street Depts & supported by PETA
see also: NRCS Conservation Practice 316 "Animal Mortality Facility" - dba "Mobile Animal Mortality Facility"?
Missouri Houseboat Company - to take advantage of benefits of living on the water (e.g. quiet, mobile, eco, TINY ... and no property taxes!)
see example: New Zealand Open Houseboat
"transitional parking garages" (w/ level floors) on outer perimeters of neighborhoods, and ultimately convert to mixed use or warehouse / retail space (to take advantage of cooling effects of bulk concrete structures)
Waste Management
Waste Management
Composite "zero waste" recycling:
burn bins; compost bins; worm bins; "alt art" recycling (tin cans, beer cans, glass jars > candles...); consignment > see also: Japan has 16+ different categories for recycling
Brewpub & Coffee House urine cachements - to be used as compost activator on garden plots
Hair, Fish & Feathers - to collect from barbershops, pet groomers, and zoos as N+ source for compost
Cultural
Cultural
Cultural Hubs (aka A-23a) - these are places where folks can learn about food, languages, history, music, industry, and geography of different cultures ... see also Cultural Reservations (like Indian Reservations) ... > Pangaea Puzzle Factory ... also cite strength of STL Italian, Bosnian, Hispanic communities (that are largely mono-cultural, tight-knit, protective)
Universal Sports Realignment - put collegiate athletics under umbrella of pro leagues (e.g. college football as farm league of NFL, not subsidized by state university systems....) ... also incentivize / require more teams to embrace the community-ownership model (e.g. Green Bay Packers)
"Tag Racket" - form class action lawsuit by student legal unions to remove pointless tags (from mattresses, towels, and every electrical cable in the world ... )
General
General
Ad Accountability- list the producers of TV commercials (like movies) at bottom of screen (for accountability purposes) ... get student legal unions to pursue class action lawsuits ...
ASMR Therapy Studios - flip regular salons into ASMR studios !
AI-prep services - cultivate low-tech / manual operations for all AI-vulnerable businesses ...
Bathroom Bulletin Boards (BBB) - post in public restrooms (of local restaurants, cafes, natural grocers, churches, ...) to facilitate safe (offline) private messaging ...
State License Plate Redesigns - because license plate styles are highly effective (sad but true) to marketing states and their industries ... (set up private contest amongst favored artists?)
Kid's Projects
Kid's Projects
Emil's Piggies - raise backyard heritage breed pigs ... good for piggy bank if sold to local restaurant chefs (a la Novella Carpenter)
Lil' Chicks - raise heritage breed layers in backyard coops ... sell meat & eggs (& lessons!) to neighbors...
It's Rabbit Season! - raise rabbits in backyard warrens or hutches ... quick & easy moneymakers ... und guten hassenpfeffer fur Papa!
Some online fundraising options:
https://www.gofundme.com/ - most popular site
WeFunder - invest in founders or raise investment capital for yourself
indiegogo - environment
kickstarter - my personal favorite
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Colossians 3:23
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