land mine | Green Prophet https://www.greenprophet.com/tag/land-mine/ Sustainable news for the Middle East Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:16:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-logo_center_black_big-2-32x32.png land mine | Green Prophet https://www.greenprophet.com/tag/land-mine/ 32 32 Mine sweepers powered by the wind https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/02/wind-powered-bamboo-mine-sweeper/ https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/02/wind-powered-bamboo-mine-sweeper/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:06:07 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=66355 green design, sustainable design, social design, bamboo, biodegradable plastic, Afghanistan, Design Indaba, Cape Town, Massoud Hassani, land mine, bamboo, wind power

There are more land mines in Afghanistan than there are people, so Massoud Hassani turned a childhood toy into an extraordinary wind-powered bamboo mine sweeper that destroys and tracks them.

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