Go Play!, an international non-profit that
promotes the importance of play for children in the developing
world, is sponsoring a design competition to promote innovative
playground designs. The winning design will be built for a school
for refugee children along the border of Thailand and Burma
(Myanmar).
For more information visit
their website.
NEWS ITEM: 'Major
discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution Scientists
mimic essence of plants' energy storage system
Anne Trafton, News Office
July 31, 2008
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from
a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source,
MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale
solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.
For more details click
here
NEWS ITEM: Dean
Kamen, inventor of the Segway, aims to clean water, and generate
electricity with Slingshot machine.
For more details click
here
NEWS ITEM: Clay
Foundation Hosts Sustainable Orphanage Summit
On Oct. 30th, 2008 a summit was held to create a model for
self-sustaining orphanage practices. Representatives from orphanages
and schools in Kenya, Uganda, India, Ghana and Mexico were present.
"The goal was to create a succinct model that offered
proven guidelines-- rather than pages and pages of jargon. We
strove for proverb like descriptions: culturally transitive,
easily recalled and applied. The day went by quickly, and while
the dialogue proved effective, the connections and associations
made were equally valuable," reports Celeste Mergens, director
of the Clay Foundation. The model is to be a living document,
changing with the input of those who apply it. Celeste says,
"Requests for a model were coming in from many orphanages.
This summit was our response."
Project Thrive will be hosting a Sustainable Orphanages Conference
in Sept. 2009. For more information contact info@clayforearth.org.
To view the model go to www.ProjectThrivingTalents.org.
