AudioExploration: Going Green - Interview with Gavin D.J. Harper
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 AccessScience speaks with sustainable technology author Gavin D.J. Harper. Harper writes, speaks, blogs, and reports on sustainable transportation, biofuels, hydrogen fuel cells, ambient energy sources, and sustainable building technologies in the UK. He has been a regular contributor to Green Building Magazine, and EcoGeek, and has written several science and technology books for the McGraw-Hill Evil Genius series of do-it-yourself projects for science & technology enthusiasts. Harper has worked with the NGO ATEIK, on promoting sustainable building technology in Lithuania and was a contributing author to the ZeroCarbonBritain report published by the Centre for Alternative Technology and Public Interest Research Charity. A Science and Engineering ambassador for the STEMNET group, his study and research have included the fields of Design & Innovation, Technology, Architecture with Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies, and Renewable Energy Systems Technology. Harper holds an Economic and Social Research Council Ph.D studentship and is currently investigating clustering in the hydrogen & fuel cell business sector.
- Listen to an audio interview with Harper below.
- A sample project from Harper's book Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius" appears in a link below as a downloadable pdf.
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Credits: Phone interview with Gavin D.J. Harper from his home in Cardiff, UK. Interview and podcast production for AccessScience AudioExploration: Go Green by Jessa Forte Netting. Sound engineering by Neil Strachan of Tin Balloon Productions, New York, NY. Music courtesy of the Sacrosanct Wednesdays.
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Berry Juice Solar Cell:
Build your own Photochemical Solar Cell…with berry juice! (PDF)
- From Gavin D.J. Harper, "Solar Projects for the Evil Genius," pp.105-111, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY (2008).
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