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IDEAS

1. What to do with...
   1. What to do with Ashes
   2. What to do with Banana
   3. What to do with Clay
   4. What to do with Clay pots
   5. What to do with Coconut
   6. What to do with Fabric
   7. What to do with Garlic
   8. What to do with Glass
   9. What to do with Honey
   10. What to do with Hot Chillies
   11. What to do with Metal Drum
   12. What to do with Motor Oil
   13. What to do with Paper
   14. What to do with Peanuts
   15. What to do with Plastic Bags
   16. What to do with Plastic Bottles
   17. What to do with Plastic Containers
   18. What to do with Oil
   19. What to do with Sand
   20. What to do with Seeds
   21. What to do with Tin Cans
   22. What to do with Tyres

SMALL BUSINESS

1. How to Start A Business?
   1. How to Start a Business?
   2. How to Get Financial Help?
   3. How to Advertise My Products?
   4. How to Keep My Clients?
   5. How to Improve Hygiene of My Products?
   6. How to Improve Security in My Company?
2. Small Business Ideas: Production
   1. How to Make Leather?
   2. How to Make Earth ware and Pots?
   3. How to Improve Brick Making?
   4. How to Make Paper?
   5. How to Make Soap?
   6. How to Make Ropes?
   7. How to Make Toys?
   8. How to Make Sandals?
   9. How to Make Agricultural Tools?
   10. How to Make Natural Cleaners?
3. Small Business Ideas: Services
   1. How to Start a Laundry shop?
   2. How to Start a Kindergarten?
   3. How to Start a Restaurant?
   4. How to Start a Cleaning Company?
   5. How to Start a Transport Company?

PRODUCTS

1. How to get...
   1. How to Get Adjustable Glasses?
   2. How to Get Safe Kerosene Lamps
   3. How to Get 0,1 Watt Picopower LED Lamps?
   4. How to Get a Desert Fridge
   5. How to Get a Q-drum?

CONSTRUCTION

1. How to Prepare Construction Materials?
   1. How to Make Bricks?
   2. How to Make Concrete Blocks?
   3. How to Make Pressed Earth-Cement Blocks?
   4. How to Plant Construction Bamboo?
   5. How to Cut Trees into Planks?
   6. How to Make Tiles?
   7. How to Make Roof Tiles?
   8. How to Make Mortar?
   9. How to Make Concrete?
   10. What Are the Alternatives to Concrete?
   11. How to Make Natural Paint?
   12. How to Make Insulating Material?
2. How to Plan a House?
   1. How to Build For Dry Hot Climates?
   2. How to Build For Wet Hot Climates?
   3. How to Build For Dry Cold Climates?
   4. How to Build For Wet Cold Climates?
   5. How to Build For Windy / Stormy Climates?
   6. What are the Principles of House Insulation?
   7. What are the Principles of Earthquake Resistant Constructions?
   8. How to Define the Program of the Building?
   9. How to Organize the Plan of the House?
   10. What are Reasonable Span of Various Materials
   11. How Much Will the House Cost?
   12. How to Build a House With or Without Construction Compagny?
3. How to Build a Brick House?
   1. How to Build a Brick Wall?
   2. How to Build Scaffoldings for Brick Constructions?
   3. How to Build a Floor?
   4. How to Build Stairs?
   5. How to Build a Roof?
   6. How to Build a Brick Cupola?
   7. How to Build a Brick Vault?
4. How to Build an Earth House?
   1. How to Build a Earth Wall?
   2. How to Build Scaffoldings for Earth Constructions?
   3. How to Build a Floor?
   4. How to Build Stairs?
   5. How to Build a Roof?
   6. How to Build a Cupola?
   7. How to Build a Vault?
5. How to Build a Wood House?
   1. How to Build a Wall?
   2. How to Build Scaffoldings and Help Constructions?
   3. How to Build a Wood Floor?
   4. How to Build a Wood Roof?
   5. How to Build Wood Stairs?
6. How to Build a Straw House?
7. How to Build a Bamboo House?
8. How to Build a House out of...?
   1. How to Build a House out of Corrugated Metal?
   2. How to Build a House out of Glass Bottles?
   3. How to Build a House out of Aluminium Bottles?
9. How to Build...?
   1. How to Build a Retaining Wall?
   2. How to Build a Road?
   3. How to Build a Stall?
   4. How to Build a Well?
   5. How to Build a Water Tank?
   6. How to Build a Toilet?

TRANSPORTATION

1. Boats
2. Bicycles
3. Carts
4. Animal Powered
5. Man Powered

COMMUNITY

1. Why Start a Neighbourhood Association?
   1. How to Start a Neighbourhood Association?
   2. How to Encourage New Projects in the Neighbourhood?
   3. How to Organize Events in the Neighbourhood?
   4. How to Start a Neighbourhood Information Paper / Centre?
   5. How to Start a Neighbourhood Kindergarten?
   6. How to Start Neighbourhood Services?
   7. How to Start a Community Seed Bank?
   8. How to Collect the Knowledge of the Community?
2. Community Events Ideas
   1. Neighbourhood Fairs
   2. The "I Can Teach You That, What Can You Teach Me" Fair
   3. The Beautiful Street Competition
   4. The Beautiful Shop Competition

INFORMATICS

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