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==News and recent developments== |
==News and recent developments== |
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*'''February 2011:''' A team led by inventor Scot Frank has landed a spot in an entrepreneurial boot camp hosted by a group called the Unreasonable Institute. With the help of sixty world-class investors and entrepreneurs at this summer’s institute in Boulder, Colo., Frank hopes to bring the [[SolSource 3-in-1]] stove to a mass market. Worldwide, pollution from combustion stoves used indoors sickens and kills more than 1 million every year. Many victims are children. [http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51237802-76/frank-stove-camp-designs.html.csp More Information...] |
*'''February 2011:''' A team led by inventor Scot Frank has landed a spot in an entrepreneurial boot camp hosted by a group called the Unreasonable Institute. With the help of sixty world-class investors and entrepreneurs at this summer’s institute in Boulder, Colo., Frank hopes to bring the [[SolSource 3-in-1]] stove to a mass market. Worldwide, pollution from combustion stoves used indoors sickens and kills more than 1 million every year. Many victims are children. [http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51237802-76/frank-stove-camp-designs.html.csp More Information...] |
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+ | *'''January 2011:''' [http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51149263-76/frank-stove-solar-designs.html.csp Young Utah engineer tackles world’s toughest problems] - ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' |
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*'''August 2009:''' [http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.investigatorInfo/investigator/122169 Research Projects for People Prosperity and the Planet] - ''EPA'' |
*'''August 2009:''' [http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.investigatorInfo/investigator/122169 Research Projects for People Prosperity and the Planet] - ''EPA'' |
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*'''June 2009:''' [http://globalservice.change.org/blog?guest_blogger_id=261 Global Service Blog] - ''Change.Org'' |
*'''June 2009:''' [http://globalservice.change.org/blog?guest_blogger_id=261 Global Service Blog] - ''Change.Org'' |
Revision as of 00:11, 1 March 2011
One Earth Designs (OED) is a social enterprise located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Xining, western China. OED is an environmental technology company collaborating with Himalayan communities to promote environmental health and incubate local innovation and entrepreneurship. One of their primary projects is the SolSource 3-in-1, a portable, affordable, parabolic-type solar concentrator. Other work includes research into low-cost water testing, heat-retaining phase-change technology, and general support of education initiatives in the Himalayan Plateau.
OED has been widely recognized for its innovation by such prestigious awards as: the U.S. EPA’s People, Prosperity & the Planet Award, MIT’s IDEAS and $100K Social Entrepreneurship Competitions, the Muhammad Yunus Innovation Award, and the Lemelson Foundation’s International Technology Award.
News and recent developments
- February 2011: A team led by inventor Scot Frank has landed a spot in an entrepreneurial boot camp hosted by a group called the Unreasonable Institute. With the help of sixty world-class investors and entrepreneurs at this summer’s institute in Boulder, Colo., Frank hopes to bring the SolSource 3-in-1 stove to a mass market. Worldwide, pollution from combustion stoves used indoors sickens and kills more than 1 million every year. Many victims are children. More Information...
Articles in the media
- January 2011: Young Utah engineer tackles world’s toughest problems - The Salt Lake Tribune
- August 2009: Research Projects for People Prosperity and the Planet - EPA
- June 2009: Global Service Blog - Change.Org
- June 2009: Seed Grant Awards - Legatum Center
- May 2009: SolSource 3-in-1: An Alternative Energy Solution - WordChanging
- May 2009: The SolSource Wins, 2009 - St Andrews Prize for the Environment
- April 2009: 2009 Awards - MIT IDEAS
- April 2009: SolSource Demonstration - Discovery Channel Daily Planet Interview
- March 2009: One Earth Designs - Make Magazine Blog
- October 2008: Five to Watch - Featured in Boston Globe
- July 2008: Utah native utilizing sun's rays in Asia - Deseret News
- June 2008: Harnessing the Tibetan sun - MIT News
See also
- SolSource 3-in-1
- Catlin Powers
- Scot Frank