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Hello Tal,

This may or may not be appropriate for you, but a fun twist is the
"people-powered amusement ride" idea I've seen at
MakerFaire<http://makerfaire.com/>and other places (such as a
human-powered
ferris wheel<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/the-ultimate-carnival-ride-human-powered-ferris-wheel.php>in
India). It's another take on the "how much pedal power does it take to
turn on a lightbulb" concept.

Here are a few images/links:

The Cyclofuge Ride:

http://www.juvin.com/wp/wpg2?g2_itemId=425

People Powered Carousel:

http://flickr.com/photos/pugno_muliebriter/505430791/

Cycle Side Zipper:

http://flickr.com/photos/pugno_muliebriter/505400154/in/set-72157600233045499/

Best,

Maria Mortati

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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Tal Berman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> The city municipality of Haifa turned to us in a request to suggest a
> program for the soon coming Earth Day. They stress they don't want to
> "recycle" old ideas that have been exhausted in the past, like turning
> off electric appliances and such, rather they want a new attractive idea
> that will appeal to the media as well as the citizens.
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> We thus are turning to you to enrich our bank of ideas.
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> Tal
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