On The News This Morning

countrynaturals 8/10/2016, 10:41 am

Johannesburg schoolgirl Kiara Nirghin, 16, recently won the Google Science Fair's Community Impact Award for the Middle East and Africa with her submission \"No More Thirsty Crops." Using orange peel and avocado skins, the precocious student created a super absorbent polymer (SAP) capable of storing reserves of water hundreds of times its own weight, forming reservoirs that would allow farmers to maintain their crops at minimal cost. The polymer has the added benefit of sustainability as it uses recycled and biodegradable waste products. wrote: Johannesburg schoolgirl Kiara Nirghin, 16, recently won the Google Science Fair's Community Impact Award for the Middle East and Africa with her submission "No More Thirsty Crops."

Using orange peel and avocado skins, the precocious student created a super absorbent polymer (SAP) capable of storing reserves of water hundreds of times its own weight, forming reservoirs that would allow farmers to maintain their crops at minimal cost. The polymer has the added benefit of sustainability as it uses recycled and biodegradable waste products.

audrey.jeanne.roberts 8/10/2016, 3:27 pm

That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing the article.

countrynaturals 8/10/2016, 5:37 pm

audrey.jeanne.roberts wrote:That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing the article.

Wouldn't it be nice if all teenagers were like this one? I love you

**Kelejan** 8/11/2016, 12:09 am

Agree whole-heartedly.

**AtlantaMarie** 8/11/2016, 7:10 am

Me too... Be interesting to watch long-term to see how it works out.

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