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Hopefully, in 2020's Christmas, my family will be fueled by renewable energy - solar panels on the roof, windmills in the field at the end of our street (I kid not), possibly geothermal energy (if the prices go down).

In Britain, a nightclub is using a new technology, based on springs and electricity-generating cubes under the floor, to generate power. Designed by Andrew Charalambous, the electricity is made from a process called piezoelectricity and then fed to external batteries used to power the nightclub.



The implications of this invention are great because of its simple adaptability. It could be used in school cafeterias, offices, on busy street corners, in food courts - the possibilities are… Continue

For this "Learn" blogpost, I decided to research hunger statistics in Canada, and I was shocked. You never know the extent of misery until you see either the hard numbers, or the harsh sights - as someone who's been taking roughly the same itinerary from my house to my school for the past 6 years, I see the same homeless people everyday and don't get a true feeling of hunger and poverty in my city, much less in my country. This is true for a great margin of the population, people like me who… Continue

One of my role-models, regarding her actions and perseverance, is Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi. Before winning the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she wins her country's general elections as head of the National League for Democracy with a 82% majority. She is however not allowed to rule: the military junta in power, which declared the elections, nullifies the results and does not hand over power. Suu Kyi is then put into house arrest in Rangoon,… Continue