Changes: One Earth Designs

Revision as of 21:53, 2 May 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

Sol Source 3-in-1 photo 2-8-11 — Latest version of the SolSource 3-in-1 solar appliance, Feb. 2011.

February 2011: A photo of the latest version of the SolSource 3-in-1 parabolic cooker.
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

External links

Contact

Email: info@OneEarthDesigns.org
Web: http://www.oneearthdesigns.org/contact/

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