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Unplastic is competitive design fair and exhibition focused on plastic alternatives. Once a year, designers, researchers, and businesses have the opportunity to submit projects in two categories: 1. Reimagining common plastic items using alternative materials Ideas such as The Gourd Project would do well here as they turned gourds into
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This post reviews an article written by CBC News that discusses the development of an automatic robot that cleans beaches. This robot, called BeBot, was developed by Searial Cleaners, an organization that focuses on creating technology that pushes the effort of collecting waste. BeBot is a remotely operated and fully
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The authors of this paper, Patil et al., are mechanical engineers from St. John College of Engineering and Management. In response to environmental degradation, Patil et al. designed an automatic lake cleaner machine to remove surface pollutants with little environmental impact. Here’s an excerpt from the report of an
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National Park Service (NPS) is an organization that is entrusted with the care for national parks. They strive to connect communities, preserve local history and protect the land. This study shares the results of monitoring fish population and how it can speak towards the efforts for conservation. This excerpt from
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National Park Service (NPS) is an organization that preserves and cares for the national parks. They also manage and maintain the road systems in parks and seek to improve the conditions of roads and safety. This article takes a look at the technology used in relation to transportation in parks,
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The National Park Service (NPS) is an organization that is entrusted with the care for national parks. They strive to connect communities, preserve local history and protect the land. This article discusses the waste found around park waters and action taken to remove waste, specifically in Kalaupapa National Historical Park
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CleanMon is a machine that collects or “eats” waste that is found in the environment. CleanMon is based on a machine that cleans up the beach called BeBot and it sifts through sand to collect waste. This technology developed by the Searial Cleaners was intended to remove waste and have