by Alvina Salim | Mar 19, 2021 | Alvina, Biodesign Challenge 2021, Blog
In the last meeting, we identified four areas to consider in our planning: community gardens, urban green space, participatory design, and road salt alternatives. In today’s meeting, we chose the primary focus: a year-round community garden that filters water...
by Rose Lam | Mar 12, 2021 | Biodesign Challenge 2021, Blog, Rose
For the past several weeks, we have explored many subjects within the realm of biodesign. Now, it’s time to narrow down our areas of interest into a central project. At today’s meeting, each of us brought one or more project proposals or ideas to discuss. Each idea...
by Charlie Kidder | Feb 19, 2021 | Biodesign Challenge 2021, Blog, Charlie
In a world made of concrete and various impermeable surfaces, a patch of green can mean much more than a slice of grass. Green is natural and it’s vital for human health. It can be a beacon of community or a symbol of awe and its importance to cities is a tragically...
by Kyle Wong | Jan 22, 2021 | Biodesign Challenge 2021, Blog, Kyle
Today was the first meeting for the 2021 Biodesign Challenge. To get started, we watched the videos of the winning teams from last year. We discussed our thoughts on their projects and took notes on winning qualities they had in common. After learning about what the...
by Caroline Frischmon | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog, Caroline, Remediation, Summer internships
As the world went online and many internship opportunities dried up this spring, I had the good fortune of connecting with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) through the Science Communication Lab (SCL). The two organizations formed a “MPCA-SCL hybrid”...
by Caroline Frischmon | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog, Caroline, Remediation
By Caroline Frischmon Did you know that the biggest contributor to landfills in the U.S. is wasted food? We don’t eat about 40% of what’s produced in the country each year, but there’s a better solution than landfilling all this food. Anaerobic digestion turns the...
