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	Agriculture & Permaculture (36) pesticides Cat litter boxes smell bad, cause undue waste in landfills, and are time consuming to maintain Nuisance Deer
	Alternative Currencies (1) Evaluating alternative currencies
	Alternative Energy (9) ELECTRICITY Algae not being used as a biofuel Ethanol as a biofuel
	Business & Economics (48) Green jobs Bank don't give moneyloan's to starting bissnes We have become a culture of sound bites, short attention spans, expecting instant gratification, and are missing out on deeper meaning and understating of the world we live in.
	Culture & The Arts (1) teaching right brained activities
	Cyber Crime (3) Insecure cookies Computer-based crime Bomb making information on the internet
	Educational Advancement (24) Education does not teach the joy of living. Children are rude to teachers in school, to the point that is intolerable Hazing in colleges across the US
	Emotional & Mental Health (11) Techno overload causes desintergration of the sense of what it means to be human People spend hours daily watching TV, so they don't have time to actually LIVE Living with Dementia or Alzheimers
	Environment & Ecology (58) Radioactive & Hazardous Waste Celibrate the Rain Mountain Pine Beetle Destroying Forests
	Family & Community (1) Crying Baby
	Food & Nutrition (6) Unsafe genetically modified food Toxic food additives Predominance of fast food
	Global Climate Change (4) A Combatant Ocean Global Warming Excess Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere.
	Government & Law (32) A New Global Constitution Kashmir Solution Lack of peace for Israel, Palestine, Gaza, West Bank
	Health, Wellness & Healing (65) sponsors needed for r&d Drug-Resistant TB Web-Based Decision Support Software for Personalized Medicine
	Human & Civil Rights (75) Low wage workers in the US working 2-3 jobs, yet scarcely able to pay the bills Under-appreciation of contrubutions of artists Finding Jobs for Scientist
	Interpersonal Relationships (9) Lack of Male Mentorship Rape Violence against women
	Media & Communications (2) National and international newsmedia continues to give bias reporting. Irresponsible private control of communications mass media
	Peace, War & Security (45) Peace One Day Insufficient mental health service for Iraq war veterans Refuse/Rubbish Bin Fire Prevention
	Recycling (7) Recycling styrofoam packaging materials Giant Floating Landfills in the Earth's Oceans E-waste is clogging up landfills and millions of dollars in valuable materials is going down the drain
	Scientific Advancement (19) Computer Monitor for Visually Impaired Stop Malaria: How to Kill 10-day Old Mosquitoes No significant plans are in place if the internet ever broke down worldwide due to planted virus or natural disaster
	Spirituality & Religion (2) Technology vs. Spirituality Denial of right to freedom of religion of indigenous peoples
	Substance Abuse & Treatment (23) Substance abuse by physicians Nicotine addiction Methamphetamine drugs
	Sustainable Development (10) Traffic Jam Segregated housing brings crime & low quality of life for moderate to low income families. Mice entering homes
	Transportation (8) Hydrogen Cars Public transit can help reduce greenhouse gases, but only if a large percentage of people use it. Threat of birds to aircraft safety
	Water Resources (9) Water pollution caused by manure from factory farms solar powered water desalination Privitization of water