This weekend, 30 students from Arizona State University’s Ira A. To tackle a damaging plastic problem that has impacted the lives of rare gelada monkeys, as well as flowers and fauna, in the area’s Simien Mountains National Park. The ASU students are partnering with the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology to leverage solutions to the pollution problem in order to both protect the environment and provide alternate revenue streams for people living around the park. Using mostly locally sourced materials, the ASU team will build machines that they have been prototyping for two years. Video by Steven Filmer/ASU Media RelationsASU News will be following the story of the students as they work to put their prototype into practice.

Source: Ethiopian News May 01, 2024 22:11 UTC