Talking Prompts (#11) – “The Age of Glass”

Ambassador for Glass … Talking Prompts (#11)

Towards a UN Declaration: International Year of Glass 2022

Category: “The Age of Glass”

This month, potentially by 15 December, we are hoping the UN will ratify a submission promoting an International Year of Glass for 2022 to underline the technological, scientific and economic importance of glass – globally.

Check out this highly inspirational video published as part of the formal submission. It includes many, many excellent examples of the application and benefits of glass today, for example:

• Low-cost spectacles (at 5mins 10 secs)
• Space discovery (6:12)
• Water treatment (9:45)
• Insulation and ‘aerogel’ (10:30)
• Supporting ecosystems in vertical cities (12:06)
• Energy generation (13:17)
• Glass fibre in construction (14:10)
• Internet and communication (14:40)
• Glass in healthcare: ‘bioglass’, wound repair (16:22)
• Glass features with different periodic table elements (19:50)

As the video concludes: one material; a world of possibility.

Thoroughly recommended viewing for all Ambassadors for Glass!

Source:  www.iyog2022.org