Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2023
A membrane to replace mercury in Amazon gold mining operations, pre-fabricated units that convert vacant commercial buildings into affordable...
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The Best Vacation Spots in the World According to E4C
Engineering for Change runs by the good graces of a small team of nine people who live on four continents and, at least until the pandemic, we had well-used...
Engineers Are Needed for ISO Standards Development to Advanc...
Starting with a new Management System Standard in development now, engineers are needed to lend expertise to standards designed to advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Jacob Færgemand is...
Research Brief: The Circular Economy in Housing
Construction and the built environment represent a large target for cutting pollution and increasing sustainability. The sector consumes 40 percent of global resources, according to a report by UNEP’s...
Apply Now to E4Cs 2023 Summer Fellowship
E4C’s Fellows work on Impact Projects with interdisciplinary teams and develop their professional and technical skills by investigating, optimizing, and designing to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals....
E4C Visualized: Design for Coral Conservation
Engineers working to restore coral populations in the Caribbean are designing gamete collectors. Gametes, or bundles of egg and sperm released by coral colonies for reproduction, can be used...
The ASME ISHOW 2023 Social Venture Accelerator Is Now Taking...
ASME ISHOW 2023 includes three events with the following application deadlines: February 7 – ISHOW India, open to entrepreneurs in India and the Asia Pacific region April 14 – ISHOW Kenya,...
COP27: The Global South Needs us to Translate Roadmaps into Action
The business of COP 27 took place on buses, in queues and in chance encounters wandering among the pavilions....
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Four Innovations Win Support to Fix Mining in the Amazon
Artisanal, small-scale gold miners are poisoning water and soil in the Amazon, but four new technologies in development now...
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Machine Learning May Be the Key to Sustainable Structural Engineering
The construction sector is the world’s largest resource hog and waste generator. The sector consumes about 40 percent of...
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COP27: A Fund for Vulnerable Nations and Trillions for Carbon Cuts
Two stark messages announced at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 underlined the middling progress the world has...
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Cuba’s Next-Level Do-It-Yourself Movement
Cuba has had a sophisticated do-it-yourself movement developed by a well-educated populace cut off from access to parts and...
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Making Ink Out of Polluted Air
E4C Fellow Arijit Goswami revisits a creative carbon-capture startup that proposes to convert tailpipe exhaust into ink and sell...
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Arctic Climate Experts: Cutting Black Carbon Emissions from Shipping Should Be Easy
If you’ve seen sooty snow banks on the side of the road, you may have an idea of the...
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Using the Ocean to Fight Climate Change Raises Serious Environmental Justice and Technical Questions
Heat waves, droughts and extreme weather are endangering people and ecosystems somewhere in the world almost every day. These...
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Design for Coastal Cleanup in Colombia
Research in the Pacific coast of Colombia revealed conservation challenges that may have solutions in human-centered design. The journey...
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Here’s How to Engage STEM Students in Global Development
To meet the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and poor energy access, the world needs a workforce...
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