{"id":529648,"date":"2022-12-20T20:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-16-year-old-naila-moloo-is-making-waves-as-an-environmental-innovator\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T20:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:21:54","slug":"how-16-year-old-naila-moloo-is-making-waves-as-an-environmental-innovator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-16-year-old-naila-moloo-is-making-waves-as-an-environmental-innovator\/","title":{"rendered":"#How 16-year-old Naila Moloo is making waves as an environmental innovator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df5d79a146\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df5d79a146\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-16-year-old-naila-moloo-is-making-waves-as-an-environmental-innovator\/#%E2%80%9CHow_16-year-old_Naila_Moloo_is_making_waves_as_an_environmental_innovator%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How 16-year-old Naila Moloo is making waves as an environmental innovator&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_16-year-old_Naila_Moloo_is_making_waves_as_an_environmental_innovator%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How 16-year-old Naila Moloo is making waves as an environmental innovator&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Ottawa teen Naila Moloo is developing a newer, sleeker solar panel and a plant-based plastic\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When Naila Moloo <\/span>delivered a TEDx Talk on climate-saving tech last February, the inventions she name-checked were her own. The first was a wee, flexible solar panel; the second, a bioplastic made from duckweed, an aquatic plant. Moloo also discussed the butterfly effect, which posits that the faintest flap of the tiny creature\u2019s wings could cause a tornado halfway around the world.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">It\u2019s a fitting metaphor for Moloo herself, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">who, at 16, is already making waves as an environmental innovator. Her body <\/span>of work\u2014which, along with the plastic and the solar panel, includes two fantasy novels\u2014recently earned her a spot on the Women\u2019s Executive Network\u2019s list of Canada\u2019s Most Powerful Women and, last April, a Woman of the Year honour from the DMZ, a business incubator at Toronto Metropolitan University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Growing up in Ottawa, Moloo was\u2014shocker\u2014a walking straight-A. \u201cIn Grade 5, while working on a project about geothermal energy, I was horrified by fossil-fuel statistics,\u201d says Moloo. \u201cThat planted the seed for me to find my own solutions.\u201d Three years later, Moloo competed in the Canada-Wide <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Fair with a project aimed at reducing teen mobile usage: a cautionary digital wallpaper for cellphones. (Its message: \u201cGet off your phone.\u201d) <span class=\"s2\">Moloo didn\u2019t advance to the finals, but her work <\/span>caught the attention of the Knowledge Soci<span class=\"s2\">ety, or TKS, a 10-month after-school program that runs next-gen Canadian geniuses through a rigorous academic boot camp. Moloo received a full scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Moloo dreamed up her solar cell and <span class=\"s3\">duckweed concepts while navigating TKS\u2019s <\/span>heavy-duty course load. Where most solar panels are quite clunky, Moloo\u2019s portable prototype is small enough to fit on an iPhone. As for the bioplastic, Moloo decided on duckweed, which is relatively <span class=\"s2\">cheap to harvest and can double its bio<\/span>mass every 24 hours. In May of 2021, she successfully pitched the premise to Denmark-based bioplastics company Pond Biomaterials, whose corporate partners include Adidas. Now, she spends her days off school developing her material remotely, in a lab at Carleton University.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">During her <i>other<\/i> off-hours, Moloo plays basketball and preps for her SATs. (No doubt she\u2019ll have her pick of schools.) Still, her growing suite of inventions is always top of mind. \u201cOne day, climate change will be the problem of today\u2019s youth to solve,\u201d she says. As ever, Moloo has a head start.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>This article <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears in print in the December 2022 issue of<\/em> Maclean\u2019s <em>magazine. 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