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The Gates Foundation is challenging universities across the globe to create safe and sustainable sanitation solutions for the developing world.
Last month, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a global strategy to “reinvent the toilet”. In an effort to prevent millions of deaths each year related to poor sanitation, the Gates Foundation is funding 8 universities worldwide with $3 million.
The goal is to design stand-alone toilets that don’t require the extensive sewage infrastructure and volumes of water used by traditional western toilets.
The foundation and its partners are working to develop new tools and technologies that address every aspect of sanitation—from the development of waterless, hygienic toilets that do not rely on sewer connections to pit emptying to waste processing and recycling.
Many of the solutions being developed involve cutting-edge technology that could turn human waste into fuel to power local communities, fertilizer to improve crops, or even safe drinking water. (Source: Gates Foundation)
Karen MacKay is an industrial designer and glass artist currently focusing her work on urban agriculture solutions and habits for urban wildlife. Karen’s interest in art began as early as her first memories. Throughout high school and college she explored various mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture and glass blowing. In 2002 Karen graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a BA in Philosophy and recently graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master of Industrial Design. Since an early age, Karen has maintained a passionate relationship with both art and nature. She loves to spend time in the outdoors, usually with her dog Abbey. As a designer, her expertise in sustainable design integrates her passion for all things natural and her insatiable desire to create. Karen has worked as a sustainability consultant to various design and architecture firms and is currently continuing to develop a vertical farming device for in-home use.
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