I have good news today! Yesterday I read about Solar Impulse, the American-owned solar aeroplane that can fly all the way through day and night powered purely by the sun’s rays. It flew from one side of the USA to the other yesterday, and the next big challenge is to fly all around the world … Continue reading
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The Cleantech Future
I just watched this really interesting 50 minute documentary about clean technology and what it means for our future. Have a look: I found the founder of Cleantech Group slightly over optimistic, but nevertheless the examples of current new technologies fascinating. Particularly impressive was the Solar Bag, which purifies water with nano technology and sunlight. Top Documentary … Continue reading
Fresh young innovation and electricity-free fridges
Hey. Good morning! Today I came across this brilliant article by Permaculture magazine… Take a look: http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/meet-inventor-electricity-free-fridge-powered-dirty-water It’s about this young sustainable designer called Emily Cummins (link to her website) who has come up with the design for a fridge that doesn’t require electricity but instead runs off of the evaporation of dirty water. (See … Continue reading
Sweet, sweet rainwater
In the world today, we have a water problem. Every living person needs clean water to drink. We also need water to bathe in, to wash our clothes, dinner plates and homes, and we need huge amounts of water in every industry, to grow food and produce every product we globally enjoy. But because there … Continue reading