When it comes to generating energy, we sometimes fail to remember that we are renewable resources. Not in a yucky Matrix way, but in that we expend about 2000 calories per day going to school, work and social events. Some entrepreneurs are taking advantage of this available energy by incorporating energy generating pressure panels into the sidewalks and the floors of nightclub to generate energy as we dance, live and walk.

Already operating in Holland, a nightclub featuring pressure sensitive floor tiles that work with springs to charge generate electricity and charge batteries that electrify the club is opening in the UK. Club4Climate plans to open similar ecoclubs in major metropolises worldwide.

Related technology has been developed to use the kinetic energy we transfer to sidewalks as we stride. In fact, we transfer approximately eight watts of energy to the floor with each step, and researchers think they can recover at least a third of that. Using the kinetic energy of humanity is being made easier by advances in battery technology, such that one day you may have a battery in the heel of your shoe to absorbs the energy from your steps.

And, example three, the Swedes have figured out a way to heat a building using the body heat of the people within it. The Baby Boomers may have focused on bringing social power to the people, but younger generations seem to think that using the literal power of the people is just as good an idea.