In an effort to combat the world's environmental issues, scientists, researchers, and architects have been coming up with innovative fixes, such as PaveGen Tiles and GE's Prism.

1. Green Future
Part 1 of 2 in Green
Future Series

2. Innovation is Here!
• In order to combat
the world’s more
problematic
environmental issues,
scientists,
researchers, and
architects have been
coming up with
exciting and
innovating fixes.

3. PaveGen
• British company
PaveGen has created
sidewalk tiles that
harvest renewable
energy from every
footstep.

4. Sidewalks = Powerplants
• They use a technology,
which converts kinetic
energy to electricity.
• The electricity is stored
and later used for things
like pedestrian lighting
and wayfinding
advertising.
• This technology is best
suited for highly
populated urban
environments.

5. PaveGen Tiles
• Pavegen tiles are made
from recycled materials
and are designed to
withstand harsh weather
environments.
• It also gives people the
chance to interact with
renewable energy,
making it all the more
interesting and fun!
• For more information check out
Pavegen’s website.

6. Nuclear Waste = Nuclear Power
• One major issue
scientists are dealing
with is what to do
with nuclear waste?
• An easy solution is to
use it to create
nuclear power.

7. Nuclear Power
• Nuclear power is one
of the cleanest energy
sources out there.
• But the topic raises a
lot of concern amongst
the public especially
after the 2011
Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster.

8. GE’s PRISM
• However, the General
Electric’s PRISM recently
created a reactor that is
carbon-free and can be
run on nuclear fuel from
water-cooled reactors,
basically turning waste
into energy.
• Find out more about GE’s
PRISM check out their
website.

9. For more information on topics like this visit our
Resource at www.Microempowering.org