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Beyond Words

Inventing Green: Inventor Profiles

Contemporary inventors in diverse fields are committed to "inventing green." Here are a few of their stories . . .

Bear sculpture in Yerevan, Armenia, made of recycled metal parts, by Ara Alekyan
Blog

Discovering Art and Innovation in Armenia

Artist Ara Alekyan creates innovative sculptures out of discarded metal.

Workers installing solar panels on a home in Englewood, Colorado, in 2012
Invention Stories

Solar on the Line

"So long as the sun shines, man will be able to develop power in abundance . . ." —Thomas Edison, 1896

Invention Stories

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green features the stories of historic and contemporary inventors whose work on socially-responsible technologies creates profound change for the common good.

Families at the National Zoo invent ways to clean up the ocean
Blog

Inventing to Clean Up the Ocean

Inventors around the world--and in Spark!Lab--are coming up with new ways to clean up our oceans

Invention Stories

What Now?: Inventing in a Changing Climate

In a guest post from Science City's Chris Steinauer, learn about how Spark!Lab in Kansas City is challenging visitors to invent solutions to environmental issues.

Invention sketch of accessible snowboard
Invention Stories

Inventive Minds: Everyone Is Inventive

Throughout American history, inventors and innovators have used their imaginations to create, improve, and promote inventions and innovations that shape our everyday lives. Explore their stories in the Inventive Minds gallery.

Lemelson Center Books

Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century

Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century (2008) by Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella traces the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral.

Lemelson Center Books

Inventing for the Environment

Inventing for the Environment (2003), edited by Arthur Molella and Joyce Bedi, describes the many ways in which invention affects the environment.

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Invention Stories

Eco-City Update: From Idea to Reality

In India and China, eco-cities are offering solutions to a range of challenges, from natural-disaster recovery to the revitalization of established neighborhoods within existing cities.

Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins, CO
Places of Invention

Inventing for the Environment

This Earth Day, people around the world are submitting photos and comments to the Earth Day website, offering their personal observations on climate change and their dedication to doing something about it. This led me to reflect on a recent visit to Iceland and another place closer to home, Fort Collins, CO.

Invention Stories

Eco-Cities: Can They Work?

Along with Westminster University (UK) and the Johns Hopkins University, the Lemelson Center is co-sponsor of the International Eco-City Initiative. Among the products of the collaboration is a new study of eco-city standards, which attempt to put these new cities to the test.

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Beyond Words

Podcast: John Andrade and Jennifer Orgolini Support Environmental Stewardship

John Andrade and Jennifer Orgolini discuss innovative approaches to beer-making…and place-making.

A stylized drawing of a compact fluorescent light bulb surrounded by a solid orange circle with a green border
Places of Invention

Caofeidian—China's City of the Future or Urban Laboratory?

China declared the eco-city as the country's new urban/industrial strategy.

Prototypes of several batteries invented by Amy Prieto are displayed on a vertical black wooden board
Places of Invention

Invention hot spot: Green energy in Fort Collins, Colorado, today

Places of Invention tells the stories of historic and modern communities where people, resources, and spaces have come together to spark inventiveness.

Diagram of a qanat, or water tunnel, used with a wind tower for cooling
Invention Stories

Notes from the Director: Back to the Eco-Future!

So many of the sustainable environmental technologies of today hold promise but are distinctly futuristic--from nanotechnology-based photovoltaics and engineered biofuels to a full-blown vision of the hydrogen economy.

Explore

From the Collections: Who Invented the Environment?

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Lester Brown
Beyond Words

Podcast: Lester Brown's Agricultural Roots May Solve Today's Environmental Problems

Lester Brown draws on his agricultural past to envision a sustainable future for the global environment.

Lemelson Lightbulb Graphic Identity
Beyond Words

Podcast: Student E-teams Invent a More Sustainable Future

Join us as we talk with student E-teams whose prize-winning inventions deliver clean energy and water to remote communities.

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Beyond Words

Podcast: Lemelson Center Director Emeritus Art Molella on Innovative Urban Planning

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the study of invention and innovation through a discussion about "techno-cities" and "eco-cities."

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