By Josh Kearns Crowdsourcing is by now thoroughly established as an internet meme. How do I know this? Because I’m aware of it. Compared to today’s hip and uber-connected Millennials, I’m a hopelessly antiquarian Gen-Xer. I do not and hope to never own a smart phone. (My career aspiration is to eventually go “full Wendell …
Crowd Funded Low-Tech Cyanide Mitigation, Anyone? Read More »
Biochemists and microbiologists: Aqueous Solutions has a mission for you. By Josh Kearns I recently visited two village training centers deep in the wilds of Tenasserim district (Thailand-Burma border region), where colleagues and I conducted follow-up inspections on water treatment systems installed by local trainees during recent months. (Check out our Facebook page for photos from …
(Bio-) Chemists Without Borders: Help Aqueous Solutions Hack Field E. coli Testing! Read More »
Part I: Contemplation of the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) Author’s note This post is a bit longer (and headier) than previous posts, but herein I open a very complex and somewhat controversial constellation of subjects, and attempt to treat matters in a cross-disciplinary manner and at the root-level. My intention in blogging for Chemists …
A Chemist’s Critique of Economics and “Sustainable Development” Read More »
By Josh Kearns Readers of this blog probably don’t have to be told that the proliferation of synthetic chemicals over the past century has hugely impacted drinking water sources around the world. But you might be shocked to learn that these toxic contaminants are completely ignored by international, governmental and non-governmental agencies concerned with expanding …
Making “Low-Tech” Biochar Adsorbent For Decentralized Water Treatment Read More »