Turning soot into ink, algae into lighting, and other green ideas
With an eye toward cleaner air and eco-friendly design, innovators tie their creations into Earth’s perpetual processes.
ByChristina Nunez,Hicks Wogan, andSam Lubell
Published April 15, 2021
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Your printer cartridges and air pollution have something in common: carbon. The black particles emitted from burning fossil fuels make good pigment. That’s why a start-up in India makes Air-Ink, turning exhaust harvested from diesel generators into ink for uses from art to packaging. Computer giant Dell is eyeing the sooty brew for printing its product boxes. Christina Nunez
In the eclectic collection of the Victoria and Albert, the museum of art and design in London, only one object out of more than 2.3 million is alive: a chandelier. The fixture not only provides light but also absorbs light and purifies the air in the room. Hanging from the chandelier’s metal branches are 70 veined, synthetic pouches, “lea
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to the world it will be remembered as a rescue executed on a grand scale. but to the families on the ground here it was an infinity of little hours. waiting for the moment when their miner would emerge from underground. christina nunez proposed to her long-time boyfriend, carlos yanez while he was underground. he said yes. next out was mario gomez who dropped to his knees as a prayerful silence fell over the crowd. his wife pulled him to his feet for a hug. and also waiting, was the eldest of his six brothers, renaldo. the emotion with him, he says
is claudio jan nez, has two daughters. single. his partner, christina nunez proposed to him via a letter while he was down there in the mine. so all eagerly awaiting his arrival there. chris, with each rescue, we ve seen a lot of hugs. we ve seen tears. i think probably one of the most memorable was the very first rescue of florence i don t avalos when we all realized that, yes, this truly is happening. this miracle that everybody talked about, and that over 1,000 people worked for and the families have agonized over the last 70 days. it is happening. and it has been a successful operation the whole night. nothing has gone wrong. they ve had to do some maintenance every now and again on the rescue capsule. but that s all expected. they ve had to change out the