It's child's play to bring power to the people

City News
Thursday 30/8/2007 Page: 11

BLOCK by block, Brisbane residents last week helped build a two metre-high wind turbine out of Lego in one day. About 3000 Lego blocks were used to build an electricity producing wind turbine with metre-long blades near the Queen Street Mall as part of National Engineering Week.

Identical wind turbines were created in Melbourne and Sydney to raise funds for the construction of micro wind turbines in Nepal to power drinking water pumps and lighting.

The project was organised by Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB), a nonprofit organisation. Queensland chapter president Penny Prasad said the project showed how easy it was to generate power without creating pollution.