In the interest of keeping you informed, I offer the final chapter in the mtvU GE Ecomagination Challenge. As you may (or may not) recall, students were asked to propose projects that would green their respective campuses. Out of more than 100 entries, 10 finalists were chosen, and then you voted to help pick the winner (you did vote, didn’t you?).
Well, the results are in, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Biodiesel@MIT project has won a $25,000 grant and an Earth Day concert (this weekend) by Angels and Airwaves. Congrats, y’all!
The eight-person Biodiesel@MIT team proposed the construction and management of a solar-powered processor to convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel. Below, a short video about the project:
