POP Projects

SoC aims to raise funds and awareness for marine life and their environments, focusing on dugongs, turtles, plastic pollution and climate change. The team has run fundraisers within Australia and speaks at events and schools regularly. The founder, Stephanie Evans, has also attended dugong health checks, turtle releases, attended and been a squad lead for OHBC (Ocean Heroes Boot Camp), been an Ocean Youth Ambassador, spoken at local council meetings, etc. This initiative looks to educate thousands of youth in Sydney so that they have a greater moral authority within their communities; fundraise for research to generate a greater understanding of environmental issues; mentor hundreds of youth-driven projects globally.

Photovoltaic systems is a power supply designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It was taken up as a green electricity project by POP Germany in 2019, installed on the rooftops of the school, Julius-Stursberg-Gymnasium and has been successfully running since August 2020. The school roof has 952 solar modules with a peak output of 212 kilowatt-peak. The annual production is 230,000 kWh, which equates to the supply of approximately 66 homes. Data on the photovoltaic panels will be updated regularly by the team at http://www.pop-movement.com

The primary objective of the project is to use Bio Enzyme solution as an eco-friendly disinfecting fumigation product at hospitals in order to reduce hospital acquired infections. The second objective is to manage wet waste (fruits, vegetables and plant based waste). Instead this waste will be used in making the solution. Additionally, in terms of the impact, the primary impact would be on creating a healthy and infection-free environment. Secondly, by developing this product creates an income-generating opportunity for the local farmers and juice makers that the team will be working with.

The project proposes the idea of developing corn cobs in the production of embers, with the objective of fighting against deforestation in search of wood and embers for cooking food. The suggested roadmap to achieve the same includes mobilizing communities of North Kivu in the fight against deforestation, training farmers in the transformation of corn cobs into embers from compaction and to develop braziers that consume less embers. The implementation work has already begun with a production site for economical braziers made available, two compaction machines are available for the manufacturing of embers based on corn cobs and four public nursery sites have been set up around the Virunga and Kahuzi Byega National Park in Kivu. Additionally awareness sessions on the use of renewable energies are being carried out along with large and small scale reforestation.

The project which focuses on researching and generating ideas on how technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) can help to create climate resilience, prevention of pandemics, lift people out of poverty and sustain their prosperity when confronted with global pandemics or climate change disruptions. The goal is to implement AI-based systems at a larger scale, for global impact, by collaborating with more people and organizations. The vision is to turn this project into a social movement where people can empower and educate themselves and others about the way technologies can help climate advocacy by creating a global platform where knowledge and help is always available from experts that welcome the exploration of any new idea. The project also has the potential to drastically reduce the divide that exists between nature-loving climate activists and technology-loving problem solvers, while they work together towards the same goal of saving humanity from the worst.

The project focuses on generating sustainable production systems of essential oils, which allows the economic regeneration of indigenous people. Through this, the frequent deforestation and plundering of plant and animal species can be mitigated. The objective of the project is to generate socioeconomic development protocols through the manufacture of essential oils and to take advantage of the technological development carried out through the design and construction of mobile and modular essential oil manufacturing machines

The study consists of the evaluation of 22 renewable energy analysis software currently on the market to measure the competitive viability of a new software. Through this study, the reader has information that allows to identify the benefits of solar energy for heat generation.

Biofortifiers seek to improve the nutrient density of food crops, taking advantage of organic residues. This project focuses on the cultivation of radishes through the production of biofortificants mainly with bagasse, potato peel, banana peel, egg peel etc.

There is a growing demand to develop electrical energy methods at low cost and in a sustainable way. A new clean energy source, abiotic alkaline cells is expected to be a next generation power device with many advantages such as low pollution and high efficiency. Abiotic alkaline cells are systems that allow the generation of electrical energy using organic compounds, strong bases, and mediators that aid in the transfer of electrons. The residual biomass from agricultural processes has not been explored so far as a substrate for this type of cells. Agricultural residues are substrates with the presence of polymeric carbohydrates that, under basic conditions, generate monomeric aldoses, susceptible to oxidation, generating electrons. The aldoses generated under basic conditions are oxidized to carboxylic acids, which when decarboxylated, transfer electrons to the medium. So it is of interest to know the effect of the concentration of potassium hydroxide, the residue of Mangifera indica cv Haden, and the mediator (methyl viologen), in the generation of electrical energy in an abiotic cell with agricultural residues as substrate. They will define the appropriate conditions to obtain the maximum current density, power density, output voltage, and continuous generation of renewable electrical energy with a sustainable approach