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MIT researcher Andreas Mershin has a vision that within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material. Watch his You Tube video and learn about this disruptive new technology.
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Two upcoming live webcasts you may want to attend.
The Shaman’s Pharmacy with FOX News Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham
Read about Kilham in Ode
Take a spellbinding trip into the world of shamans and healers, whose medicines for body and mind promote healing and transformation, with the man The New York Times calls “part David Attenborough, part Indiana Jones.”
Date: March 8, 2012
Time: 4:30 p.m. (Pacific time)
Location: Online
Price: $10 online
Building a Sustainable Future with Gunter Pauli
The author of The Blue Economy will lead a dialogue on the upcoming chapter in the global economic narrative as revealed in his latest book.
Date: March 30, 2012
Time: 6:30pm PST
Location: Fort Mason, San Francisco and online
Price: $35 live, $10 online
If you would like more information on either or both of these events, click here.
Using the environment not as an exploitable resource, but as a source of inspiration
by Andy Isaacson
From UTNE
Five years ago, while he was harvesting mussels on the Pacific coast, Kaichang Li, a wood science and engineering professor at Oregon State University, marveled at how the mollusks were able to cling to shoreline rocks even when they were being pounded by ocean waves. Later, munching on a bowl of tofu, Li started to think about how the small threads the mussel uses to anchor itself contain a protein that functions as a sort of adhesive. He had a revelation: Amino acids could be added to soybeans—a protein-rich, locally abundant crop (not to mention a tasty lunch)—to create a water-resistant, all-natural bonding agent.
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