The idea of the first SunGlacier sculpture is to build a water drop-inspired structure, placed on a base of solar panels which generate the power needed to produce water out of air. The water will be released from the top of the sculpture and then drip down onto the solar panels. To investigate the mechanics […]
The first SunGlacier Sculpture Meer lezen »
To support the Wetskills initiative, I visited last week the rapidly growing mega-city Ahmedabad, West India (7.2 million inhabitants) and visited the Adalaj Stepwall. When the city was founded, the climate was arid as nowadays, so people decided to build water storages underground to collect rain water during seasonal monsoons. Dependent on which period, people had to
Water solutions in ancient times Meer lezen »
This is it! This week we have started building a unique Art Project with potential applications for off-grid water resources in a changing climate. The SunGlacier project aims to offer solutions built within an intriguing design as it inspires more creative innovations for adaptation. Since the start of the SunGlacier project I have been surrounded
The SunGlacier V01 Protoype – we started! Meer lezen »
We began project SunGlacier with the intention of sending a positive and optimistic signal to all in the climate debate. It has since evolved into a project focused on ways to apply climate changes for our own benefit. If temperatures rise, the air contains more water. For instance: A dry and hot desert can contain
Let’s start plan B Meer lezen »
My journey through California. By Ap Verheggen The sky was clear when we flew in to Los Angeles. Even from my bird’s eye perspective, the dimension of the deserts that we crossed overwhelmed me. I asked myself how somebody could survive in this harsh landscape. But when the plane descended on its path to LAX,
They simply forgot that they live in a desert Meer lezen »
At the COP 20 climate talks in Lima, water – water was everywhere but the world found it hard to think. Nearly everyone agreed on the urgency of water solutions, as supplies have begun to shrink. SunGlacier Director of Communications, Matt Luna, attended the second week of the COP and talked with participants about water solutions
A COP tale of optimism and ancient wisdom Meer lezen »
Consider for a moment the country of Peru, host of the COP 20 this December, where effects of climate change are dramatic: melting glaciers, decreasing natural wetlands and inadequate water management systems. About 2 million people in the Lima area are without access to clean running water, and the number grows to 8 million in the country.
Solar water generation in Peru Meer lezen »
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/business/energy-environment/sculptor-turns-to-possibilities-of-the-desert.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
SunGlacier in the New York Times Meer lezen »
Climate change is forcing new thought on innovations in facing drier conditions in vast areas of the globe. In the SunGlacier project, we have spent more than two years researching ways of capturing these changes for our advantage, with surprising results. SunGlacier is an art project that pushes the borders of theory and present technology.
An unbelievable marriage of art and technology Meer lezen »