It is said that to help save the planet, every little gesture counts. Fortunately, to help us make these gestures, there are people all over the world who are dedicated heart and soul to carrying out research in order to develop innovative and ecological technologies. This is true of Simon-Nicolas Deschênes and Jean-Mathieu Santerre, two students in electromechanical engineering at the Université du Québec à Rimouski who, thanks to their perseverance, have succeeded in transforming a standard gasoline-powered generator so that it produces less pollution. Thanks to their project, called Éco-Énergie, the modified generator now has the advantage of producing its full electrical power while reducing pollutant emissions by approximately 90%. Inspired by technology based on the Pantone principle, which consists of recuperating the heat produced by the exhaust of the generator’s engine to process the fuel, Éco-Énergie costs very little to run because the fuel is subsequently made up of 75 % water. The two students, who were the first in the world to apply the technology scientifically, have demonstrated that, through dedication, it is possible to protect the environment and, at the same time, generate concrete financial spin-offs.