Toronto High School Students Win GE Green Innovation Award for Banana Glue
April 13 2012 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 13, 2012 /CNW/ - GE Canada today announced
the winners for the first GE Green Innovation Award. The
award was created to recognize outstanding achievement at the high
school level on a scientific project with 'green' objectives that
help improve environmental performance. "This award is designed to
reward and inspire future scientists and engineers to continue
focusing on green and environmentally friendly products and
solutions to some of today's toughest problems." said Agostino
Renna, VP Growth & Market Strategy, GE Canada. "We were
impressed by the incredible level of imagination, sophistication
and environmental consideration that we saw at this year's Toronto
Science Fair. " The winners for the 2012 Green Innovation Award are
Gultekin Barhudarova and Zeynep Tosun, two Grade 12 students from
Toronto's Nile Academy. Their award winning project is titled
"Sticky and Safe Mess: From Banana to Glue". The students
have developed a safe and organic glue from common bananas, which
proved to be more adhesive and environmentally friendly than the
traditional white glue used by young children and students across
Canada. "We came up with the idea by simply playing with a variety
of different foods and realized that banana peels have a naturally
sticky sap. We then wondered what could be made from the sap, and
after a series of experiments developed natural, organic glue that
can be easily created by anyone with bananas in their home", said
the winners. The student's award will be presented at the opening
ceremonies of this year's Green Living Show, at the Direct Energy
Centre in Toronto, April 13-15. Their award winning project
will be showcased as part of the Show's "Green Innovations &
Inventions Exhibition". About GE GE works on things that matter.
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