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<p>This page will contain information for your Gold medal Human Practices work, which you can also use to nominate your team for the Best Integrated Human Practices page. To make things easier, we have combined the Gold medal page with the Best Integrated Human Practices page since we expect the work to overlap considerably. </p>
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<p>Initially we did a survey to understand what Chileans think of air pollution, then due to the answers we visited and heard the stories and necessities of one of the most air polluted districts of Chile, Puchuncaví, in which the inhabitants wanted to recover the soil fertility and improve their life quality. So, listening and imagining how the life was before the thermoelectric energy plants were installed we got inspired and designed a bioreactor capable of cleaning the air around it, producing soil enriching materials and giving an original and esthetic value to the village.
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Also, we contacted experts related to our projects ideas, for example the CEO of Clean Energy (Carbon capture), SAG (GMOs regulations), Energy Ministry (total CO2 emissions of Chile). On the other hand, since March we have done workshops to high school students and participated on scientific fairs asking people about our project.
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<p>iGEM teams are unique and leading the field because they "go beyond the lab" to imagine their projects in a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.</p>
 
<p>iGEM teams are unique and leading the field because they "go beyond the lab" to imagine their projects in a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.</p>
 
<p>Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest. </p>
 
<p>Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest. </p>

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Gold Medal and Integrated Human Practices

Initially we did a survey to understand what Chileans think of air pollution, then due to the answers we visited and heard the stories and necessities of one of the most air polluted districts of Chile, Puchuncaví, in which the inhabitants wanted to recover the soil fertility and improve their life quality. So, listening and imagining how the life was before the thermoelectric energy plants were installed we got inspired and designed a bioreactor capable of cleaning the air around it, producing soil enriching materials and giving an original and esthetic value to the village. Also, we contacted experts related to our projects ideas, for example the CEO of Clean Energy (Carbon capture), SAG (GMOs regulations), Energy Ministry (total CO2 emissions of Chile). On the other hand, since March we have done workshops to high school students and participated on scientific fairs asking people about our project.

iGEM teams are unique and leading the field because they "go beyond the lab" to imagine their projects in a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.

Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest.

For more information, please see the Human Practices page.

Gold Medal Criterion #1

Expand on your silver medal activity by demonstrating how you have integrated the investigated issues into the design and/or execution of your project.

Best Integrated Human Practices Special Prize

To compete for the Best Integrated Human Practices prize, please describe your work on this page and also fill out the description on the judging form.

You must also delete the message box on the top of this page to be eligible for this prize.

Inspiration

Here are a few examples of excellent Integrated Human Practices work: