Engineers for a Sustainable World OSU

Middle Eastern Organization Requests First Ever Withdrawal From The "Doomsday" Seed Vault Dug into a remote mountainside deep in the Arctic Circle is one of the most important biological collections in the world. Designed to withstand the effects of any man-made or natural disaster, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault keeps stashes of native crop seeds from almost every nation as a backup in…

Oh hey, carbon neutral diesel fuel!
http://www.sciencealert.com/audi-have-successfully-made-diesel-fuel-from-air-and-water

Audi have successfully made diesel fuel from carbon dioxide and water German car manufacturer Audi has reportedly invented a carbon-neutral diesel fuel , made solely from water, carbon dioxide and renewable energy sources. And the crystal clear 'e-diesel' is already being used to power the Audi A8 owned by the...

This is a pretty impressive feat considering Costa Rica's GDP per capita is less than a quarter of America's: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/costa-rica-goes-75-days-powering-itself-using-only-renewable-energy-10126127.html?cmpid=facebook-post

The developing country that is running on 100% renewable energy Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row.

For those who may have missed the email, we will be meeting in approximately one hour from 6:30PM - 7:30PM in the Enarson Building room 254 to watch our guest speaker Sam White present on Environmental History.

Hope to see ya there. Cheers.