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35 Sustainable Technology for Future!

A. Fill in the blanks to understand the concept of Sustainable Technology in a better

way. Take help from the clue box given.

1. Sustainability means living a life of dignity in harmony with .

2. Sustainability is an attempt to merge and economy into one system.

3. Sustainability means resources at a rate equal to or greater than the
rate at which they are consumed.

4. Sustainability means living within the resources of the planet without

the environment now or in the future.

5. Sustainability means creating an system which provides for a
superior quality of life while renewing the environment and its resources.

B. Let’s be inspired by kids who have invented technologies to help in the conservation
of the environment.

1. Designed the Versatile System

He was only 15 years old when he designed the Alga Powered Energy
System. He devised the Versatile System, a mix of new and existing

technology that uses algae to treat waste, produces methane and bio-
oil as fuel, grows food, and traps greenhouse gases.

2. Invented the Water Watcher

In 2008, she, then 12 years old, won the grand prize in ‘By Kids For
Kids’ Going Green Challenge’ with a smart device that measures and
monitors water use in the shower. Her gadget, which can be attached

to any faucet, lights up and beeps with every half-gallon of water that
gushes forth.

A. (a) renewing, (b) economic, (c) damaging, (d) ecology, (e) nature
B. (i) Elizabeth Rintels, (ii) Javier Fernandez-Han

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