News
Announcements
- June 2009: One Earth Designs is blogging for the Global Service Cause on Change.org.
- May 2009: One Earth Designs is chosen to blog about the SolSource 3-in-1 on Change.org.
- May 26, 2009: The SolSource 3-in-1 is featured by World Changing.
- May 2009: OED receives a Legatum Seed Grant for our work on the Global Citizen Water Initiative.
- May 2009: OED receives continued support from the Clinton Global Initiative on the SolSource 3-in-1 and HeatSource Projects.
- May 2009: OED receives grand award from St. Andrews Prize for the Environment, an international award for significant contributions to environmental conservation.
- May 2009: OED teams up with Olin University to present Interaction 2009: A Flash Conference on Global Challenges.
- April 2009: One Earth Designs is awarded a Lemelson-MIT International Technology Award for our HeatSource Textiles which aim to bring mobile, personal heating to Himalayan residents using low-grade candle wax embedded in traditional Himalayan textiles.
- April 2009: One Earth Designs wins the MIT IDEAS competition 2009 for our work on the Global Citizen Water Initiative, a project empowering communities to test their own water sources and implement appropriate treatment technologies.
- April 23, 2009: Discovery Channel Daily Planet Programing features the SolSource Project during its Earth Week celebration series.
- April 3, 2009: One Earth Designs presents at the MIT Museum's International Development Night. 5:30-7:30pm. 265 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA USA.
- March 2009: One Earth Designs is a finalist for St. Andrews Prize for the Environment to support wider field testing and increased implementation of the SolSource 3-in-1; a portable solar cooker, heater, and low-cost thermoelectricity generator.
- March 2009: One Earth Designs isMIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Semi-finalist for our LocalSource Project which aims to create sustainable community businesses from the production and sales of the SolSource 3-in-1 and HeatSource Textiles.
- Sep 2008: One Earth Designs receives Clinton Global Initiative Outstanding Commitment Award for continued work on the SolSource 3-in-1.
- Apr 2008: One Earth Designs receives Muhammad Yunus Innovation Award
Articles Featuring One Earth Designs
- Maximizing Proft Features The SolSource 3-in-1 - http://www.maximizingprogress.org/2009/05/solsource-novel-solar-cooker-w...
- Make Magazine Features One Earth Designs (OED) - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/one_earth_designs.html?CMP=OTC-...
- Spherio features One Earth Designs on MIT Radio - http://www.archive.org/details/SpherioOneEarthDesigns_845
- Wellesley College News Features the SolSource Project - http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2008/062708.html; http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/WellesleyWeek/wweek8-15september.pdf
- MIT News Features the SolSource Project - http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-tibet-tt0604.html
- The WatMap Project on ChangeMakers - http://www.changemakers.net/node/20801
- Solar Cookers International Wiki Features the SolSource Project- http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/SolSource_Tibet ; One Earth Designs participates in discussion on solar cooking in Afghanistan: http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Promoting_solar_cooking_in_Afghanistan
- Utah’s Deseret News features the SolSource Project - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700246278,00.html
- MIT Energy Initiative features SolSource Project early prototype - http://web.mit.edu/mitei/education/spotlights/solar-heater.html
- Wired Science features the SolSource project’s first pre-function concept prototype - http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/mit-students-cr.html
- Heather Ferris writes about OED on her blog, NurtureNature! - http://hcferris.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/one-earth-designs-solsource-fro...
- Innovators Network features SolSource Project- http://www.innovators-network.org/component/option,com_mamblog/Itemid,11...
- Science Metropolis features SolSource Project in the “Future of Innovation? Collaboration” - http://www.sciencemetropolis.com/2008/09/12/the-future-of-innovation-col...
- Britt Bravo mentions One Earth Designs on BlogHer in “Global Engagment Summit: A Light of Hope in a Gray Year” - http://www.blogher.com/global-engagment-summit-light-hope-gray-year?wrap...