Robert Tierney, a retired RAF pilot has been doing some backyard tinkering. With an old radiator, blackboard paint and silver cooking foil he’s made a solar hot water system for under £250. To put this into perspective, a commercial system costs upwards of £4,000. This DIY invention combines great all-consuming use of materials as well as looking at better ways of plugging into better energy. There’s quite a lot of information out there on DIY solar heaters, so check it out!
(Spotted in the Telegraph)
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
