by ksawye1 | Jan 7, 2021 | all, Community Development, EPICS 404 Projects, Sustainability
Countdown CES – Ghana Plastic Upcycling Meeting time Tuesday 6PM Project description According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, “without significant action, there may be more plastic than fish in the ocean, by weight, by 2050.” In Ghana, West Africa, only 2%...
by ksawye1 | Jan 7, 2021 | all, Community Development, EPICS 404 Projects, Sustainability
33 Buckets Rainwater Harvesting Meeting time Monday 3:05pm Project description The challenge of our project is we need to create a way for the ~250 families of Cusibamba, Peru to have access to water during their dry season which lasts several months. Cusibamba is a...
by sbbecerr | Sep 15, 2020 | all, Education, Sustainability
EWB – Shonto Irrigation Meeting Time Wednesday 7pm Project Description The mission of the Shonto Irrigation Project is to enable the Shonto community, a small community located within the Navajo Nation, to resume historically practiced sustainable...
by sbbecerr | Sep 15, 2020 | all, Sustainability
EWB – International Kenya Meeting Time Wednesday 7pm Project Description Currently the infrastructure for water collection is a water pan that the locals have dug. This system dries up seasonally, so it is not an effective primary water source throughout the...
by sbbecerr | Sep 15, 2020 | all, Sustainability
Electric Car Project Meeting Time Wednesday 4:35pm + Thursday 6pm Project Description Our stakeholder Ben Lewis has put us up for a challenge. The focus of the team is on the problem that the conversion from a gas vehicle to an electric vehicle is expensive,...
by sbbecerr | Sep 14, 2020 | all, Sustainability
Nepal Pyrolyzer Heat Recirculation Meeting Time Monday 6PM Project Description We are working with communities in Nepal which harvest the invasive species Lantana Camara and convert it to biochar using kilns. Our goal is to develop kiln modifications to...