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== Campus Office Information ==
*'''University:''' [http://www.humboldt.edu/ Humboldt State University]
*'''Department:''' [http://www.humboldt.edu/engineering/ Environmental Resources Engineering]
*'''U.S. Phone:''' +1 (707) 826-3649 x1
*'''School Email:''' lonny[[Image:atsymbol.png]]humboldt[[Image:dot.png]]edu
*'''Other Email:''' lonny[[Image:atsymbol.png]]appropedia[[Image:dot.png]]org or just [[special:emailuser/Lonny|click]] (must be logged in) to email me.   
*'''Office Location:''' I am in Harry Griffith Hall 119B on the southwest corner of Harpst and B Streets.
''Feel free to leave comments at the [[User_talk:Lonny|discussion]] tab above''

== Office Schedule ==

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==Courses taught and Developed==
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[[Humboldt State University]] and Partner Universities in [[HSU Parras|Parras, Mexico]]; [[HSU Chiapas|Chiapas, Mexico]]; and [[HSU Dominicana|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]]:
* [[Engr114 Whole Earth Engineering|Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering]]
** also variants ''Whole Earth Engineering for the Desert'' and ''Whole Earth Engineering in Southern Mexico''
* Engineering 210: Solid Mechanics Statics
* [[Engr215 Introduction to Design|Engineering 215: Introduction to Design]] 
* Engineering 280: Environmental Issues in Parras
* Engineering 280: Environmental Issues in Southern Mexico
* Engineering 280: Directed Study in Parras
* Engineering 280: Directed Study in Chiapas
* [[Engr305 Appropriate Technology|Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology]] 
** also variants ''Appropriate Technology in the Desert'', ''Appropriate Technology in Southern Mexico'', and ''Appropriate Technology in Dominican Republic''
* [[Engr308 Technology and the Environment|Engineering 308: Technology and the Environment]]
* [[Engr370 Energy, Technology and Society|Engineering 370: Energy, Technology and Society]]
* Environmental Science 370: Energy, Technology and Society 
* Engineering 371: Energy Systems and Technology
* Engineering 480: Appropriate Technology Projects in [[HSU Chiapas|Chiapas]] 
* Engineering 480: Appropriate Technology Projects in [[HSU Parras|Parras]] 
* Engineering 480: Special topics in [[HSU Dominicana|Dominican Republic]]
* Engineering 499: Upper Division Directed Study 
* Environmental Studies 123: ENST 123. CCAT Practicum: Variable Topics (teacher mentor)

* [[Engr535 Development Technology|Engineering 535: Development Technology]] (Co-taught)

University of Nevada Reno in partnership with the University of the Basque Country:
* [[PSC110 Introduction to Renewable Energy|Political Science 110: Introduction to Renewable Energy]] 

Humboldt County in partnership with College of the Redwoods and the California Conservation Corps:
* [[Green Building Pre-Apprenticeship Program]]

Permaculture design course components and many other deep engagements:
* Klamath Knot Permaculture
* [[Asheville Wise Water Management Workshop]]
* Foodineering - Food and engineering curriculum for middle school

==Bio==
Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the founder of the Practivistas summer abroad, full immersion, Spanish language and resilient community technology program in Dominican Republic; the Advisor for the epi-apocalyptic city art projects, Waterpod, Flock House, and WetLand; the Executive Editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering; the CEO of Propelsion, a design and creativity incubator in Humboldt County; and the Founder and President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. He is also a board member of engaged community organizations such as Locally Delicious, Thrivable, and Ashevillage Institute.

Lonny has taught courses at universities in four countries and facilitated interactive workshops in dozens of locations. He has worked, and led teams, on hundreds of domestic and international projects across a broad spectrum of sustainability - from solar power to improved cookstoves, from micro-hydro power to rainwater catchment, from earthen construction to plastic bottle schoolrooms. Throughout all of these technology implementations, he has found the most vital component to be community.

==Current Activities==
===Humboldt State University===
:Instructor

http://www2.humboldt.edu/engineering/

''Developing and teaching courses in sustainable design, appropriate technology, international development, the environment, and energy.''

===Nexi===
:Chief Product Officer

http://www.meetnexi.com

''Energy Made Visible''

===Appropedia Foundation===
:President

http://www.appropedia.org 

''Promoting, facilitating and bolstering the sharing of knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.''

===IJSLE===
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
:Executive Editor

http://ijsle.org

''"a free peer-reviewed electronic journal. The Journal welcomes manuscripts based on original work of students and researchers with a specific focus or implication for service learning in engineering, engineering entrepreneurship in service, or related service learning pedagogy."''

===Design Your Future===
:Co-Creator with [[User:BethEschenbach|Prof. Beth Eschenbach]]

http://www.dyfference.org

''Teaching university, service learning based, sustainable engineering design in high school to engage students in the design process and encourage their entry into higher education.  Developing sustainable design as context for curriculum.''

===Practivistas===
:Founder, director, teacher

http://www.practivistas.com

''A summer immersion program in Spanish and Appropriate Technology since 2005. Founded, directed and taught, as well as co-founded and co-directed, programs in [[HSU Parras Program|Parras de la Fuente, Mexico]]; [[HSU Chiapas Program|San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico]]; and [[HSU Dominicana Program|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]].''

===Swale===
;Project Manager

http://swaleny.org

''"What if healthy, fresh food could be a free public service, and not just an expensive commodity? That’s the question we really want to ask with Swale. Swale, a collaborative floating food project, is dedicated to rethinking and challenging New York City's connection to our environment. Built on a 130-foot by 40-foot floating platform, Swale contains an edible forest garden. Functioning as both a sculpture and a tool, Swale provides free healthy food at the intersection of public art and service. With Swale, we want to reinforce water as a commons, and work towards fresh food as a commons too."''


===Campus Center for Appropriate Technology===
:Steering Committee member

http://www.humboldt.edu/ccat

''"The mission of CCAT is to demonstrate appropriate technology in a residential setting, to provide hands-on experiential learning opportunities to Humboldt State University and the surrounding community, to collect and disseminate information about appropriate technology, to examine the ethical and social consequences of technology, and to dispel the myth that living lightly on the earth is difficult or burdensome. CCAT is dedicated to sustainability and seeks to help others live likewise."''

===Waterpod===
:Sustainability and Appropriate Technology Advisor, Volunteer Coordinator

http://thewaterpod.org

''"Waterpod™  is a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It floated in 2009 from the Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens, navigate down the East River, explore the waters of New York Harbor, docking at several Manhattan piers on the Hudson River before continuing onward. The Waterpod™ demonstrated future pathways for water-based innovations. As a sustainable, navigable living space, the Waterpod™ showcases the critical importance of the environment and art, serving as a model for new living, d.i.y. technologies, art, and dialogue."''

===Flock House===
:Sustainability Advisor

http://flockhouse.org

''"Part fantastic and part practical living, mobile Flock House living systems are interstertial, are both autonomous and dependent on their local community and human relationships to care for, share amongst, collaborate, and corroborate with. As living systems, they are bridges for informal cross-discipline, cross-boundary, and cross-border notions of perimeter, property, and polity. Flock House represents migratory structures as part of a city’s ecology."''

===Thrivable===
:Advisor

http://thrivable.net/about/#Advisors

''"Thrivable is a solution-focused consulting and training network helping individuals and organizations to cultivate abundance by developing agility, resilience, and adaptability."''

===Locally Delicious===
:Board of Advisors

http://www.locally-delicious.org/

''"Six women from the northern coast of California referring to themselves as "Heirloom Tomatoes" understand those changes and challenges and have put together a handbook for eating local with the intent of inspiring others to do the same."  Now it is an organization doing even more. The second edition of the book is out and more projects are underway.''

==Select Projects==
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File:Aprologo-shiny-clearest.png | <big>'''''[[Welcome_to_Appropedia|Appropedia]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role

File:Waterpod2.jpg|<big>'''''[[Waterpod]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• 2010: Advisor and Volunteer Coordinator


File:Flock House Bronx Museum w Kids.jpg|<big>'''''[[Flock House]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• 2012: Advisor and Resident

File:Practivistas 2012 Back Wall Frankie.jpg|<big>'''''[[HSU Dominicana Program|Practivistas Dominicana]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• 2011-2012: Founder and Director

File:Microhydrochiapas.jpg | <big>'''''[[ Practivistas Chiapas]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role


File:Groupparrasadobe08.jpg | <big>'''''[[ Practivistas Parras]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role


File:Ashevillagecarpetpoollip.JPG | <big>'''''[[Asheville Wise Water]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role

File:Imageneeded.png | <big>'''''[[Green_Building_Pre-Apprenticeship_Program]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role



File:Laureltree.jpg | <big>'''''[[E215_Introduction_to_Design_projects|Engr 215]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role

File:Bottle wall.jpg | <big>'''''[[Engr305_Appropriate_Technology_Projects|Engr 305]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role
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==Other Recent, Active, Organizational Work==
* [http://www.locally-delicious.org/ Locally Delicious]
* [http://www.humboldtplanitgreen.com/ Humboldt PlanItGreen]
* [http://www.paihama.com Paihama]
* [http://http://www.opensustainabilitynetwork.org/ Open Sustainability Network Camp- San Francisco]
* Open Sustainability Network - Mid Missouri
* YUCAN - San Francisco
* [http://www.tofushop.com/ Tofu Shop Specialty Foods, Inc.]
* [[Community Created Humboldt]]
* [http://www.theglobalsummit.org/ Global Summit]
* Beneficial Tea Company

==Select Recent Presentations==
* [http://prezi.com/fnjf2fqgibkv/hsu-dominicana-program-2011/ Flock House and a Dominican Schoolroom: Local Resources for Building Resilient Homes, Schoolrooms, and Communities] (Poe Park, Bronx, New York) [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/poepark/events/2012/07/27/flock-house-and-a-dominican-schoolroom-local-resources-for-building-resilient-homes-schoolrooms-and-communities]
* [http://prezi.com/ypv9igvujnba/more-sustainable-construction/ First Annual Sustainable Building Conference 2012] (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) [http://www.noticiassin.com/2012/07/expertos-debaten-en-rd-sobre-construccion-sostenible/] [http://www.chiapasesnoticia.com.mx/nota.php?id=9019]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/Lonny/otros-mundos-tecnologas-apropiadas Otros Mundos Appropriate Technologies (Spanish) August 3, 2010] (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico)
* [http://blogs.appropedia.org/index.php?s=smack+mellon Resident Artist in the Flock House (June 23-24, 2010)] (Brooklyn, New York, USA) 
* [http://blogs.appropedia.org/2010/03/08/studentsandappropedia/ Appropedia and Students 2010] (A few Universities including at Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)
* [http://www.dyfference.org/rcea-kits-windbelts-and-power-drill-generators-dyf-teacher-institute/ Energy Education Boxes] May 2010 (Arcata, CA, USA)
* [[Community Created Humboldt/Jan 23 10]] (Arcata, CA, USA)
* [[Open Sustainability Humboldt/Veterans Day 2009]] (Eureka, CA, USA)
* Open Sustainability Network - Mid Missouri 2009 (Columbia, Missouri, USA)
* [http://www.betterlivingshow.org Brighter Lights, Better Living Expo] 2009 (Portland, Oregon, USA)
* [http://www.congresodesiertoparras.uadec.mx/index.html International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Poetry, Poetics and Travel Literature on Deserts of the World 2008] (Parras, Mexico)
* [[OSNCamp_2008|OSNCamp 2008]] (San Francisco, CA, USA)
* IPIDAT 2008 (Zaragosa, Spain), 2009 (Indian Point, Maine, USA)
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=51690946 SLAM Fest 2008] (Arcata, CA, USA)
* [http://www.nciia.org/conf08/schedule/day/fri/index.html#grafman NCIIA 2008] (Houston, Texas, USA)

Select slide-shows can be seen at http://www.slideshare.net/lonny.

==Select Interviews and Mentions==
===Articles===
* [http://www.newyorkgreenadvocate.com/#!Happy-4th-of-July-Swale-A-Floating-Food-Forest-Coming-To-NYC-Is-A-Birthday-Gift-On-Americas-Independence-Day/c1sn2/575574430cf23167914ad738 New York Green Advocate]
* [http://emag.archiexpo.com/article-long/n-y-c-floating-food-forest/ ArchiExpo Floating Food Forest]
* [http://lib.calpoly.edu/outloud/2015/04/brainstorming-appropriate-technologies-for-cal-poly-at-open-science-cafe/ Brainstorming] and [http://lib.calpoly.edu/outloud/2015/04/reflecting-on-appropriate-technologies-open-science-cafe/ Reflecting] at CalPoly
* [http://thrivable.net/2015/11/expressing-thrivability-lonny-grafman/ Expressing Thrivability]
* [https://creativecommons.org/2016/03/07/world-without-waste-appropedia-and-the-sustainability-commons/ Create Commons - World Without Waste]
* [http://passionatevoices.org/2016/02/19/episode-4-lonny-grafman/ Passionate Voices] (long interview)
* [http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2016/05/04/make-art-not-war-moma-teens-collaborate-with-artist-mary-mattingly MOMA - Make art not war] (just a mention)
* [http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=57347594cf1bb8c0659d40ced&id=7046f67d79 DIVVII How one mentor was reminded to look at the big picture]
* [http://highway1.io/china-trip-recap-canary-instruments/ Highway1 China Recap]
* [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120718/dumbo/artist-lives-futuristic-pod-for-flock-house-project Artist Lives in Futuristic Pod for Flock House Project]
* [https://issuu.com/humboldtstateuniversity/docs/optimized_humboldtmagazine_fall2015 Humboldt Magazine - Fall 2015 - Distinguished Alumni Award]
* [http://inhabitat.com/tag/lonny-grafman/ Inhabitat Interview - Sustainability Advisor Lonny Grafman on the Waterpod]
* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7263/full/461478a.html Nature Magazine - A floating island of sustainability]
* [http://thrivable.net/2010/11/savoring-optimism-interview-with-lonny-grafman/ Savoring Optimism Interview - Interview with Lonny Grafman]
* [http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2009/06/25/water-world/ The Journal - Water World]
* [http://www.northcoastjournal.com/calendar/events/emlocally-deliciousem-book-signing/ Quoted in The Journal - Locally Delicious]
* [http://magazine.humboldt.edu/fall11/to-ban-or-not-to-ban/ Humboldt Magazine - Plastic Bags]
* [http://magazine.humboldt.edu/fall11/appropedia/ Humboldt Magazine - Appropedia]
* [http://now.humboldt.edu/news/engineering-students-put-their-skills-to-work-in-dominican-republic-nicarag/ Humboldt Now - Dominican Republic]
* [http://now.humboldt.edu/news/hsu-students-engineer-a-smooth-ridin-smoothie-rider/ Humboldt Now - Bike blender]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-seelig/creativity_b_1453018.html Huffington Post - Creativity: The Elephant in the Room]

===Audio===
* [http://yournec.org/ENR/ENR112113 Northcoast Environmental Center - Appropedia and Practivistas]
* [http://artonair.org/show/the-flock-house-project-lonny-grafman-of-appropediaorg Art on Air - The Flock House and Dominicana Project]
* [http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/32531 Media Squat with Douglas Rushkoff - Lonny Grafman and the Yes Men], or [http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=32531&archive=54765 directly streaming] (starts around 5:30)
* [[User:Lonny/Ernest_Hancock_interview_August_2011|Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock Interview - Lonny Grafman]]
* [http://greenwaypartners.net/2010/12/09/econews-report-lonny-grafman-on-appropriate-technology/ Greenway’s David Narum and Kirk Cohune interview - Lonny Grafman]
* [http://agroinnovations.com/index.php/en_us/multimedia/blogs/tag/appropriate-technology/ Episode #25: Appropedia Roundtable Part I]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/AgroinnovationsPodcastAppropediaRoundtablePartIi Agroinnovations Podcast: Appropedia Roundtable Part II]

===Video===
* [http://bcove.me/i4w49uul Short video from the Flock House]
* [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/story/engineering-is-innovation Epicenter: Engineering is Innovation]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opyob-9a9H8 Diseño sostenible ambiental: Lonny Grafman en UNIBE (1/2)]
* [https://vimeo.com/127639044 Appropriate Technologies, Near and Far @ CalPoly]
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===Books===
Here are some books that I have been part of creating and/or that I am in... i.e. I did not write these great books! 
* ''InGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity'' by Tina Seelig ISBN 978-0062020703
* ''[http://www.slideshare.net/NurtureGirl/thrivability-a-collaborative-sketch-3406586 Thrivability: A collaborative Sketch]'' curated by Jean Russel
* ''The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas'' by David Burkus ISBN 978-1118611142
* ''Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs'' by Joshua Pearce ISBN 978-0124104860
* ''[http://www.academia.edu/1519231/Convergence_Philosophies_and_Pedagogies_for_Developing_the_Next_Generation_of_Humanitarian_Engineers_and_Social_Entrepreneurs Convergence: Philosophies and Pedagogies for Developing the Next Generation of Humanitarian Engineers and Social Entrepreneurs]'' by IJSLE 
* ''Locally Delicious: Recipes and Resources for Eating on the North Coast'' by Locally Delicious ISBN 978-0982942604
* ''Lunchbox Envy: An Adventure in Healthy Eating for Kids and Families'' by Locally Delicious ISBN 978-0982942611
 
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