Innovation in Sustainable Development (ensuring development occurs within ecological limits) will depend significantly o

1. CP551 Sustainable Development Innovation in Sustainable Development (ensuring development occurs within ecological limits) will depend significantly on the action of engineers. The Natural Edge Project

2. Module 5: Science, Technology, Innovations and Sustainable Development.

3. You are given a grant opportunity to invent something. It could be anything; big or small, useful or useless, beneficial or destructive. What would you invent? (Write down on a paper in one sentence.)

4. Technology Dissemination Portfolio Strategy The Lemelson Foundation (improving lives through invention) For as little as 2 $, a family can obtain a drip irrigation kit and improve family nutrition by cultivating a 200 square-foot kitchen garden. http://www.lemelson.org/pdf/technologydisseminationstrategy.pdf

5. Technology Dissemination Portfolio Strategy The Lemelson Foundation (improving lives through invention) A Kenyan makes a living delivering clean water to restaurants, schools and homes. He can carry twice as much water with the XAccess Longtail bicycle. http://www.lemelson.org/pdf/technologydisseminationstrategy.pdf

6. Technology Dissemination Portfolio Strategy The Lemelson Foundation (improving lives through invention) Children in Mozambique pump water for their village while at play on one of Roundabout’s innovative carousel pumps. http://www.lemelson.org/pdf/technologydisseminationstrategy.pdf

7. Technology Dissemination Portfolio Strategy The Lemelson Foundation (improving lives through invention) A SEWA Bank employee (right) and a vegetable vendor discuss the benefits of using SELCO’s safe and affordable solar-powered lanterns for his night-market business in Ahmedabad, India. http://www.lemelson.org/pdf/technologydisseminationstrategy.pdf

8. Kick-Start:with the mission is to get millions of people out of poverty quickly, cost-effectively and sustainably. MoneyMaker irrigation pump can pump water from sources 7 m below the surface of the pump and draw water up to 14 m above ground through pressurization. It can be used to irrigate up to 2 acres of land. Inventor of MoneyMaker, Dr. Martin Fisher, holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering and has won the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for sustainability for his invention . http://www.kickstart.org/products/super-moneymaker/

9. Kick-Start:with the mission is to get millions of people out of poverty quickly, cost-effectively and sustainably. • Impacts of MoneyMaker Pumps: • - 45,000 pumps in use by poor farmers • - 29,000 new waged jobs created • - $37 million per year in new profits and wages generated by the pumps • - More than 50% of pumps managed by women entrepreneurs • - 4 manufacturers producing pumps • - over 400 retailers selling pumps in Kenya, Tanzania and Mali http://kickstart.org/tech/technologies/micro-irrigation.html

10. Kick-Start:with the mission is to get millions of people out of poverty quickly, cost-effectively and sustainably. Oilseed Press extracts oil from sunflower, sesame, and other oil seeds. Gravity Bucket Filter produces clear, cold-pressed, nutritious cooking oil ready for sale or consumption. The seedcake is a value added by-product as a high protein animal feed supplement. http://kickstart.org/tech/technologies/oilprocessing.html

11. Kick-Start:with the mission is to get millions of people out of poverty quickly, cost-effectively and sustainably. • Oilseed Press and Gravity Bucket Filter impact in Kenya from 1993 to 2003: • - 3 manufacturers making oilseed presses • - Over 1,050 presses sold • - Over 700 oilseed pressing businesses created or expanded • - Over 1,500 new jobs in oil pressing businesses • - Over 8,000 new jobs in related activities • - Increased sunflower cultivation in Kenya • - Improved nutrition for people and livestock http://kickstart.org/tech/technologies/oilprocessing.html

12. Green Roof of Chicago City Hall The plants are mostly low-maintenance perennials. Honeybees on the roof produce more than 150 pounds of honey every year! It is not accessible to the public.

13. Green Roof of Kandalama Hotel Located in Dambulla 5000 sq ft green roof It got green walls Designed by Geoffrey Bawa It is not accessible to the public. Source: http://www.greenroofs.com/

14. Green Roof of Kandalama Hotel Located in Dambulla 5000 sq ft green roof It got green walls Designed by Geoffrey Bawa It is not accessible to the public. Source: http://www.greenroofs.com/

15. Green Roof of Kandalama Hotel Located in Dambulla 5000 sq ft green roof It got green walls Designed by Geoffrey Bawa It is not accessible to the public. Source: http://www.greenroofs.com/

16. Green Roof of Kandalama Hotel Located in Dambulla 5000 sq ft green roof It got green walls Designed by Geoffrey Bawa It is not accessible to the public. Source: http://www.greenroofs.com/

17. Recycled attractive products Lampshade made from a Salvation Army sweater and a discarded apple juice bottle. It is beautiful, smart and straight forward – simply a good design. By Sara Ebert

18. Defining Innovation: Introduction of a new idea, product, service, or practice which is intended to be useful; to satisfy a perceived market need. An essential element for innovation is its application in a commercially successful way. economically, ecologically and socially Source: The Natural Edge Project, http://www.naturaledgeproject.net

19. Talking of innovation…. Engineers must design more efficient internal combustion engines capable of running on alternative fuels such as alcohol, and new research into battery power should be undertaken… Wind motors and solar engines hold great promise and would reduce the level of CO2 emissions. Forests must be planted… - Prof. Svante August Arrhenius, 1925

20. Thomas Newcomen’s Steam Piston Engine In 1712, Thomas Savery’ steam engine was improved. Steam entering the cylinder gave the upwards stroke of the piston. Cold water injected into the cylinder condensed the steam and created a vacuum. The atmospheric pressure gave the downward stroke of the piston. Thermal efficiency is about 0.05% Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_invention#Paleolithic_Era

21. Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot’s Steam Car invented In 1769 Thermal efficiency = ??% Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_invention#Paleolithic_Era

22. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.

23. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Iron Water power Mechanization Textiles Commerce Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.

24. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Steam power Railroad Steel cotton Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.

25. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Electricity Chemicals Internal combustion engine Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.

26. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Petrochemicals Electronics Aviation Space Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.

27. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Digital Networks Biotechnology Software Information technology Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.

28. 6th wave 5th wave 4th wave Innovation 3rd wave 2nd wave 1st wave 1785 1845 1900 1950 1990 2020 Waves of Innovation since 1785 Sustainability Radical resource productivity Whole system design Biomimicry Green chemistry Industrial ecology Renewable energy Green nanotechnology Source: Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2005), p 17.