William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer

Broschiertes Buch

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

Illustrator: Mealer, Bryan

Beschreibung

Die Geschichte eines unternehmerischen Teenagers in Malawi, der aus Müll, den er rund um sein Dorf gesammelt hat, eine Windmühle baute und damit Strom - und eine Zukunft - für sich und seine Familie schaffte.

Autor

William Kamkwamba is a New York Times bestselling author and innovator who designs development projects, including safe water delivery and educational access. William tells his journey of how he achieved his dream of bringing electricity, light, and the promise of a better life to his family and his village in his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, co-authored with Bryan Mealer. Since its debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind has sold more than 1 million copies and has been translated into nearly twenty languages worldwide. It has been published in two additional editions, a young reader’s version and a children’s book. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Environmental Studies, William began work as a Global Fellow for the design firm IDEO.org. He is an entrepreneur, TED Fellow, and has worked with the WiderNet Project to develop appropriate technologies curriculums focused on bridging the gap between “knowing” and “doing” for young people in Malawi and across the world. William splits his time between the U.S. and Malawi and is currently working full-time with the Moving Windmills Project to bring the Moving Windmills Innovation Center to life in Kasungu, Malawi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins UK
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 133mm x 201mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 244g
• ISBN-13: 9780061730337
• ISBN-10: 0061730335
• Artikelnr.: 29026399

Rezensionen

"William Kamkwamba's achievements with wind energy should serve as a model of what one person, with an inspired idea, can do to tackle the crisis we face. His book tells a moving and exciting story." Al Gore, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate