Green Success Stories puts Yousef Farraj, CEO and Founder of SOLRA-PV, in The Green Spotlight. Yousef describes the hazardous waste and environmental impact of society’s widespread reliance on disposable batteries in IoT devices. His company, SOLRA-PV, aims to change all that via their indoor photovoltaic panel that harnesses artificial light and generates power from that for wires sensors and low tech devices. He sees a future in which self-powered electronics will be the norm, and GreenEnergy Corners will fill electronics stores.
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Trash That Doesn’t Stink: Appreciating Derf Backderf’s “Trashed”
How much trash do we produce? How did our ancestors deal with it? Where does it go now? How do you make a cool, funny, interesting read about it? All these questions, and more, are answered by Derf Backderf, in his graphic novel Trashed.