Adarsh Ambati, age 16, of California, has been utilizing his talents to design new technologies to help conserve nature! He designed a moisture sensor-based smart sprinkler system that integrates real-time weather forecast data and soil moisture levels to provide optimum levels of water for huge water savings. He also designed a very low-cost, rapid diagnostic to detect the presence of […]
All The Small (ECO) Things
There’s this nice thing that comes from doing sustainable things: it almost always has positive effects in other, related areas as well. Some examples: But there are certain things that I do that have a positive impact on the planet…But only a tiny insignificant amount, and yet I continue to do not because it’s good for the planet, but purely […]
TSL:SFN – Follow-Up w/ Veeral Hardev
If you missed the first episode with Veeral, go back and check it out! Veeral Hardev is the VP of Strategy at Ubiquitous Energy, a company that is becoming the world leader in transparent solar technology, aka clear solar panels! Last time he was on the show, he decided to take on a sustainability challenge. Let’s hear how it went, […]
The Sustainable Baby Chronicles #1: Thoughts on sustainability after a one month of being a baby-dad.
Learning To Dad-mode My newborn baby son, Jin, just turned one-month old. He’s doing great: he’s eating a ton, he’s super healthy, he sleeps a lot, and he’s learning so much about the world. We love him more than anything! Me, on the other hand, well…I’m…surviving: I never sleep more than 2 hours at a time, I half-zombie walk through […]
TSL:SFN – Follow-Up w/ Sonja & Charlotte Michaluk
Sonja Michaluk is back, but this time with backup from her sister Charlotte! Winner of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for her work protecting wetlands and drinking water sources using a novel bioassessment method she created, Sonja came up with a sustainability challenge to take on with her sister in our first recording, and is back to talk […]