eric verploegen

[Engineering for Change @engineer4change]

Clay Pot Coolers: Keep Produce Fresh Without Electricity... ntroducing the Guide to Assembling, Using, and Maintaining Clay Pot Coolers, the result of a collaboration by @dlab_mit, the @go_vegetables, and Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER). https://t.co/IpAdT6nhaM

[MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab @jwafs_mit]

Thank you for joining us for our 2020 World Food Day Twitter Film Festival! We’d like to thank everyone who submitted a video and our amazing panel of judges for helping to make this possible. Be sure to keep an eye out for our World Water Day video competition in March 2021.

[MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab @jwafs_mit]

Want to check out all of the winning videos and learn more about the competition? Visit the J-WAFS website! You’ll also be able to find other funding opportunities and information on all of the food and agriculture related research going at J-WAFS. https://t.co/iIqgMEESze

[MIT D-Lab @dlab_mit]

"How can we scale evaporative cooling techniques and improve upon the existing ways that people have been using it for centuries?" Find out more about D-Lab Evaporative Cooling research and Happy #WorldFoodDay! @MITMechE @MITarchitecture @jwafs_mit https://t.co/8CJwT92Myb

[MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab @jwafs_mit]

🌽🌎Today, on World Food Day, @MIT is highlighting J-WAFS funded research that brought together @dlab_mit, @MITarchitecture, @MITMechE, and @uonbi to develop #evaporativecooling technology that enhances food storage capabilities for farmers in Kenya: https://t.co/iAEsOg3YAa

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

For small farmers, getting fresh crops to market is a delicate balancing act. With support from @jwafs_mit, researchers at MIT and in Kenya are working on a storage facility that uses the evaporative cooling properties of water to keep crops fresh longer. https://t.co/ju3hc00XA1

[MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab @jwafs_mit]

The winner of our judges choice award for “Creative Communication”: Better than a Fridge! Alejandro Diaz of @MITEECS and @dlab_mit is helping to develop evaporative cooling technology to provide affordable storage of perishable foods. https://t.co/D8UttqNmRo

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@JeffDarlington Oh man that’s amazing!

[MIT D-Lab @dlab_mit]

Thanks to Community Jameel for their support of JWAFS and this evaporative cooling work spearheaded by MIT D-Lab research scientist Eric Verploegen @ericverp with @MITMechE Prof Dan Frey (D-Lab Faculty Director for Research) & @MITarchitecture Prof Glicksman!

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

Simple solutions you can count on one hand.

An engineer from @dlab_mit shares 5 impactful ways to promote cold storage and prevent food waste in Africa:

https://t.co/3yBIfPRY9n

#offgrid #ruraldevelopment #foodsystems #globaldev

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

23% of food is in sub-Saharan Africa is lost or wasted.

Could a new spin on an old-school solution be the fix?

https://t.co/2YAbHWValc

@dlab_mit #sustainability #evaporativecooling #lowtech #globaldev #SDG2

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

Affordable, Scalable, Overlooked: Evaporative Cooling Can Fight Food Loss – Why isn’t the Development Sector Embracing It?

https://t.co/ooAHYRtDJT

#globaldev @dlab_mit #offgridenergy #coldstorage #foodsecurity #ruraldevelopment

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@AE_4H https://t.co/AOiCWtcFVP

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@ScalingOffGrid @GridlessAfrica @SE4All @USADF @CLASPappliances @GlobalLEAPaward https://t.co/FNTR6DTNBX

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@SEforALLorg, recent report from MIT D-Lab on low-cost cooling technologies for fruits and vegetables #CoolingForAll. Contact @ericverp (Eric Verploegen, [email protected]) for more details. https://t.co/AOiCWtcFVP

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@SEforALLorg, recent report from MIT D-Lab on low-cost cooling technologies for fruits and vegetables #CoolingForAll. Contact @ericverp (Eric Verploegen, [email protected]) for more details. https://t.co/AOiCWtcFVP

[Technology Exchange Lab @the_techxlab]

https://t.co/u3bqoR5HcK Enjoy this great article published by @MIT about studies undertaken by @dlab_mit and @CITEatMIT to evaluate evaporative cooling technologies designed to lengthen shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@dlab_mit @SunConnectNews @mitenergy @MIT_alumni Thanks to @SunConnectNews for including our work in the Off-Grid Energy Industry Yearbook!

More details on D-Lab's Energy Assessment Toolkit can be found here:
https://t.co/DHpPzORzHn

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@nytopinion to be realistic, honest, and accurate, best to referred to preferred alternative energy sources as "cleaner" or "low carbon"

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@nytopinion I am a huge fan of solar and wind energy as a lower carbon alternative to fossil fuel, but nothing happens "for free".

[eric verploegen @ericverp]

@nytopinion It is misleading to call anything a "zero-carbon" energy source. How does solar panels and wind turbines get manufactured?