Posted on November 12th, 2009 by axb
The students at Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove, CA have been busy lately with an important engineering project: making solar-powered medical briefcases to help save lives in 3rd-world clinics, where electricity and resources are often scarce. [SacBee]
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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by axb
Just eight years ago, the people of William Kamkwamba’s village in Malawi, Africa were experiencing a devastating famine. William, 14 years old at the time, was forced to drop out of school because his family could no longer afford to pay for his education (approx. $80 a year). So what did William do? Like any good engineer, he began to research and look for creative solutions.
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Posted on October 28th, 2009 by axb
Earlier we blogged about taking your gym out on the water. But what about an entire house? This month, Morphosis Architects finished building a floating home for the Make It Right Foundation, an organization helping to rebuild neighborhoods in New Orleans that were ravaged by hurricane Katrina.
When actor Brad Pitt visited the Lower 9th Ward, the area hardest hit by the storm as well as one of the most impoverished, he was shocked at the devastation. Determined to bring this historic neighborhood back to life and provide homes for displaced families, Pitt founded Make It Right. The foundation launched a national contest to design sustainable, weather-resistant dwellings. Many of these green homes have already been constructed (you can view them here).
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Posted on October 19th, 2009 by axb
Last Friday the team here at eGFI was lucky enough to visit the Solar Decathlon on the mall in Washington, D.C. Check out our photos after the jump.
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Posted on October 19th, 2009 by axb
In a move that brings to mind the all-powerful Greek weather god Zeus, Moscow’s mayor Yir Luzhkov has announced plans to eliminate the city’s snowfall this winter. Luzhkov intends to use the Russian Airforce to spray liquid nitrogen and cement particles into the clouds, forcing the snow to fall before it reaches the city. His idea, which is estimated to cost about $6 million, is expected to increase rainfall in rural areas, benefiting crops, while saving Moscow the expense (approx. $12 million each year) of cleaning snow from its streets. No word yet on how Russian schoolchildren feel about the impending lack of snow days. [TIME]
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