Two Johns Hopkins Student Teams Will Present ‘Green’
Projects on D.C.’s National Mall
Could algae that feast on wastewater produce clean bio-fuels
and a healthful supply of fish food? Can impoverished African community
gardeners learn to use and maintain a simple centuries-old, non-electric water
pump to grow more vegetables?
Two Johns Hopkins student teams are working hard to move
these “green” ideas off the drawing board and into the real world. Both teams
will showcase their progress at the 2013 National Sustainable Design Expo,
scheduled April 18 and 19, in Washington, D.C. The event, which will be open to
the public on the National Mall, is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, which provided $15,000 initial grants to each of the Johns
Hopkins teams and to more than 40 other students groups that will also
participate.
During the Expo, student teams will compete for follow-up
grants of up to $90,000 to bring their concepts closer to real-world
applications. The awards are part of an EPA program called P3: People,
Prosperity and Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability.