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Update: more drinking water than expected!
Yesterday in our laboratory tests, drinking water production increased to such an extent that we were completely overwhelmed by the results. Even at this stage of the testing I already can announce: Yes! We have found a new method that can contribute to one of world’s toughest challenges. There remain expected variables in application circumstances, but overall the outcome is
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New tests can start in the next weeks
The inspection of the Desert Laboratory at Cofely Refrigeration In a couple of weeks we start testing some new ideas how to generate water and ice out of thin air in desert conditions. We built a desert laboratory that copies world’s most extreme desert conditions and yesterday we inspected the installations. The Cofely Refrigeration Desert Team Ir. Tom Lubbinge,
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State Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs visits project SunGlacier
Sharon Dijksma, Dutch State Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs attended a meeting with the technology experts of the SunGlacier Project at Cofely Refrigeration, Zoetermeer. She was very enthusiastic about all our ideas.
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The Climate Balloon Theory
A balloon helps explain our climate As an artist I don’t feel as confined by boundaries of science when considering natural phenomena, because it’s more my purpose to see things in a certain way, rather than to offer concrete explanations and/or solutions. But with my long-time interest in nature and the radical changes in
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SunGlacier to Poland, IceBerg Riders on VPRO.
Saturday, September 7th, project SunGlacier will be presented in Warsaw, Poland, as a contribution to the PRZE MIANY FESTIWAL. (more information on: http://www.przemianyfestiwal.pl/en/e/short-films-big-ideas/?subpage=lectures) At 4:00 pm the film ‘IceBerg Riders’ – the start of the SunGlacier Project – will be shown, followed by a complete presentation of the SunGlacier Project. On Dutch TV channel HollandDoc 24
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Unbelievably Positive at TEDx
For anyone wanting to believe the unbelievable, yes, that was me on stage in the video presenting at a TEDx event in Amsterdam earlier this month! “Extreme weather needs extreme solutions” was my central theme when I had the pleasure of explaining my projects and sharing excerpts from my films. In short, my cool(E)motion project promoted
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“Responsible” Now!
The predictability of climate change patterns is like a slot machine. We can only guess exactly what will happen when, where and to what extent. But one certainty is that everyone will be affected by changes in some way. (Illustration by Ap) Scientists can’t yet determine the outcome of our planet’s climate, so we only
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Why Are We Freezing in the Desert?
When working on a project as challenging and unusual as building a glacier in the desert, it’s important to be able to answer core questions: Why we are doing this? What can be gained? We are not concerned with debating why the Earth’s climate is changing; for SunGlacier it’s important to focus on the fact
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