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| + | *How can cities that rely on consumption recover from the pandemic, while reducing emissions? Here's some good ideas. Mar 24 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/high-consumption-cities-pandemic-emissions] ...[[Manchester]] | ||
*[[Spain news|Spain]] to launch trial of four-day working week, Mar 15 [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week] | *[[Spain news|Spain]] to launch trial of four-day working week, Mar 15 [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week] | ||
*Climate Resilience Needs Community Roots, Mar 11. [https://www.demsoc.org/blog/climate-resilience-needs-community-roots] "One message is clear: cities can better address climate challenges by embedding democratic principles, such as collaboration, power-sharing and transparency in their climate action work." ...[[Europe news]] | *Climate Resilience Needs Community Roots, Mar 11. [https://www.demsoc.org/blog/climate-resilience-needs-community-roots] "One message is clear: cities can better address climate challenges by embedding democratic principles, such as collaboration, power-sharing and transparency in their climate action work." ...[[Europe news]] | ||
*A new direction for public engagement with energy and climate change, Mar 9 [https://socialsciences.nature.com/posts/a-new-direction-for-public-engagement-with-energy-and-climate-change] ...[[Climate news 2021]] | *A new direction for public engagement with energy and climate change, Mar 9 [https://socialsciences.nature.com/posts/a-new-direction-for-public-engagement-with-energy-and-climate-change] ...[[Climate news 2021]] | ||
*“When democracy is conducted at a human scale, it helps create what looks like superhuman wisdom.” How the state of [[Vermont]] does it, Mar 9 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/3/13/vermont-slow-democracy-superheroes] | *“When democracy is conducted at a human scale, it helps create what looks like superhuman wisdom.” How the state of [[Vermont]] does it, Mar 9 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/3/13/vermont-slow-democracy-superheroes] | ||
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Community Action for Sustainability News
- How can cities that rely on consumption recover from the pandemic, while reducing emissions? Here's some good ideas. Mar 24 [1] ...Manchester
- Spain to launch trial of four-day working week, Mar 15 [2]
- Climate Resilience Needs Community Roots, Mar 11. [3] "One message is clear: cities can better address climate challenges by embedding democratic principles, such as collaboration, power-sharing and transparency in their climate action work." ...Europe news
- A new direction for public engagement with energy and climate change, Mar 9 [4] ...Climate news 2021
- “When democracy is conducted at a human scale, it helps create what looks like superhuman wisdom.” How the state of Vermont does it, Mar 9 [5]
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The objective of this project is to create a solar cooker out of local invasive species and waste materials. We want to create a device that can pasteurize water and be an alternative to the use of fossil fuels for cooking food. Our criteria for evaluating the appropriateness of technology are: use of local materials, efficiency, durability, ease of use, ease of construction, cost, impact on environment, impact on culture/lifestyle, education or expertise needed for construction.
Overall this was a successful project. We were able to meet our goal of pasteurizing water. The solar basket can pasteurize water in a quart container in about an hour with optimal conditions. If we were to make the solar basket version 2.0, here are some changes we would make:
- Double up the blackberry runners so that the ribs of the basket are stronger
- Use another material instead of pampas grass because it causes lumps on the basket's surface, maybe something softer
- Use all large can lids, of the shiniest quality
- Construct the rings that hold the parabolic shape out of a less flexible material than the aluminum and wire that we found
Project Coordinator: Bart Orlando
Student Engineers: Ginger Fletcher-Santillan and Ana KolpinSelected gallery
The Fall 2017 semester of ENGR215 Introduction to Design worked with Redwood Discovery Museum and the Humboldt Math Fest to and build learning exhibits without any screens for K-8th youth at their Eureka, CA location.
Xylophone
A demonstration physical relationships between wavelength and sound.
Numbers
A game featuring the first five digits of the Roman, Mayan, Chinese, and Greek number systems as wooden pieces.
Brachistochrone
A brachistrochrone race demonstrating the fast path between two points under the force of gravity.
Inspirograph
An upcycled spirograph made from bicycle parts.
Pythagorean
A physical demonstration of the Pythagorean Theorem using liquid.
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