Be the Good ~ Henry Glogau
All you have to do is turn on the news for literally 30 seconds to find out all of the terrible, harrowing and disturbing things that are happening in our world. Everyday I try to find something good that someone is doing in our universe to tell my family about. Because we need to hear about the good things to offset all of the bad.
And then I decided to tell you all about it too. Maybe you need a lift in your day, a chuckle that isn’t at anyones expense, or you just need to take a break from the reality that is our everyday lives. I hope that this might make your day a little brighter.
SOLAR DESALINATION SKYLIGHT | Designers: Henry Glogau, New Zealand – Austria
I believe that if every person on our planet spent as much time trying to make our world a better place as they did scrolling the news, or Twitter and Facebook, our world would look a lot different. Case in point: Henry Glogau. He created a solar-powered lighting fixture that desalinates water. I know!
He created it specifically for people living in the towns along Chile’s coast line because they have an abundance of water, but they can’t drink it because of the salt content. Their windows are often boarded up for security reasons which means they may not have light due to the unreliable electricity. This is helpful for both problems.
One of his fixtures can purify 440 milliliters (14.87 ounces) of water a day and the leftover brine will be sifted into a battery which will in turn power an LED strip. That is so cool, useful and amazing.
Before you start pointing out some of the flaws with this system, might I gently suggest that you congratulate him for his amazing invention and look around and see what you can come up with to make someones life better? I’m all for playing devil’s advocate, I do this all the time with my family, sometimes to their dismay, but I also feel like if you’re not helping with a solution you should just step out of the way. Harsh, I know.
You can read the original article here.
And when all else fails……go and watch a couple of cute animal videos. They never fail to bring a smile to my face. I hope you are having an excellent week.
You can find all of the other Be the Good articles that I’ve found here.