GenV Campaigns

INTERVIEW: Hemant Sahal on Inventions

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Continuing our interview series with youth who have launched invention ventures through our Invent Your World campaign, we bring you this interview with Hemant Sahal, inventor of the CALLMAT. 1) Your invention venture, CALLMAT, aims to address the problem of water contamination by offering a technology that would remove toxic metal ions and pollutants. Why [...]

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Gopher Tortoise – A Model for Humanity

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Web of Life from Charles Tsai on Vimeo. Forgive this personal post but on this global Blog Action Day, I’d like to share with you a story I did back when I worked for CNN. It was the first in a series of videos about biodiversity, a subject I had just learned about at the [...]

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VENTURE: CALLMAT

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Hemant Sahal, 20, India – When visiting his hometown in rural India, Hemant Sahal was struck by the number of people suffering from heavy metal poisoning. The source of this harmful waste is small-scale industry, which lacks the knowledge and resources to prevent the release of harmful by-products into local water supply. To address this [...]

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Invent Your World Winners

Posted on 03. Jun, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Ashoka GenV is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Ashoka Lemelson Awards for young inventors. Note: click Full Screen option below for best viewing results. Invent Your World Winners View more Microsoft Word documents from Youth Venture. These represent five of the most outstanding invention ventures from the 2009 Invent Your World Challenge [...]

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VOLUNTEER: Climate Crusaders in India

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

The Indian Youth Climate Network is now recruiting passionate youth to be part of the Asian subcontinent delegation to the Copenhagen conference on climate change. Interested youth can apply to be part of the IYCN’s Agents of Change program. The IYCN Agents of Change program takes the IYCN movement from the grass roots to the [...]

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VENTURE: Algae Panel

Posted on 07. May, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Erica Lawson, 17, USA - In 2010, stricter regulations will be applied to the trucking industry, requiring lower emissions of nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons. Several truck manufacturers have proposed adding a tank of urea to each truck to control emissions, but there are many downsides to this technology, such as high cost, added weight, and consumption [...]

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Solar-Powered Cooker Wins Global Award

Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

A global Climate Change Challenge to find the most innovative solution to climate change has yielded a clear winner – Kyoto Box. It’s a $5 cooker that uses two cardboard boxes – one inside another – and an acrylic cover to trap the sun’s power for boiling and cooking. The design is simple enough that [...]

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VENTURE: Biodiesel Club

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Nick Selock, 19, USA – My venture is part of a larger group that works to improve biodiesel production and create a sustainable power source at a farm nearby. We plan to create methane from an anaerobic digester and then take the gas and convert it into methanol. This methanol is an important part of [...]

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VENTURE: Bioclean

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Amandeep Verma, 23, India – When Amandeep went to visit his aunt in his village in northern India, he would watch as she cooked using bio-gas. Using bio-gas to cook is a time consuming process so Amandeep went to work to find a more efficient and clean way to cook. After talking to others in [...]

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VENTURE: Integrated Solar Cooking

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Max Ozimek, 14, USA - I am starting an integrated solar cooking project in Obia-Zeu, Uganda. Integrated solar cooking uses solar cookers, rocket stoves, and haybaskets to reduce the use of firewood as a fuel source. Solar cookers are used to cook cleanly and inexpensively when the sun is shining. Fuel efficient stoves (“rocket stoves”) are [...]

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VENTURE: Algal Biodiesel Project

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Brian Finn, 17, USA - Imagine that pond scum could replace the most widely-used power source on earth. In the Algal Biodiesel Project (ABP) at the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science High School, we aim to do just that. The ABP is a student-run project doing independent research into creating biodiesel fuel from algae. [...]