Five young entrepreneurs from Georgia Tech are pursuing development and implementation of a sustainable technological innovation in South America. Among them is Sean Kolk, an undergraduate student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.

"As part of Start-Up Chile's first generation, Sanivation, a group of five entrepreneurs from Georgia Tech" (including INTA alum Sean Kolk), "arrived to Chile in June of 2011 to begin piloting their solar powered sanitation system. Their method harnesses the sun's energy to heat fecal matter to over 50º C, completely decontaminating it and rendering it safe to then be used on crops as an organic soil amendment. It is a cost effective and sustainable system that can be used in some of the world's most vulnerable areas."

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