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Hello there!
Hello there!


My name is David Reber, AKA morpheus2485.
My name is David Reber,  
 
I am a Civil/Environmental Engineering Student at San Francisco State University. I will Graduate this May 2009 and I am [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/649/67b job hunting]. I have been very busy over the last year working with [bridgenicaragua.org BRIDGE Nicaragua] which is preparing to build a library in Morrito Nicaragua.
 
== Personal Links ==
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[http://dvereber.blogspot.com/ My Photo Log]
 
[http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Reber/705463897 Facebook]
 
[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/649/67b Linked In]
 
[http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~dreber/resume.pdf Resume (pdf)]
 
[[User:David.reber/notes | My Notes]]


I am a Civil Engineering Student at San Francisco State University. I am hoping to get out in 3 semesters. I am also hoping to get my feet wet with a developing country project this summer and go full time with development work when I have finished my bachelor's degree.  To this end, if you know of any projects an engineering student could help out with, I can pay my own way.
== Links of Interest ==
[bridgenicaragua.org BRIDGE Nicaragua] my main project these days and I would LOVE to have your help


Anyway, my business here on appropedia, besides getting to know some of you fine folks, is to try to convince authors of out of print books to place their work under the GFDL, we can then use scanners and OCR technology like Project Gutenberg does to get this information onto the Internet.  For now, I am beginning a letter writing campaign to try to get permission from authors.
http://www.ewb-international.org/ this site has links to so many amazing pages


I see this letter writing campaign having several uses.  1) we can resurrect information that would otherwise be relatively inaccessible in an out of print book.  2) We advertise appropedia to those who would be most likely to use it (people who have written books on appropriate technology) and 3) we can build up the content of appropedia in a relatively easy way (certainly easier than writing the books ourselves).
http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/index.htm is basically Appropedia's fore-runner in non wiki form.  This information is probably better indexed and readable.  However being book scans, it doesn't change and grow and is bound by those old fashioned ideas called copyrights.


There are of course hurdles. Firstly, we have to get current contact information for people for whom we have only a name. Secondly, people may be opposed to loosing control of their intellectual property.  However I think that a lot of the authors of these books had noble motivations for writing them in the first place and it is my hope that at least some will jump at the opportunity to allow their work to reach a wider audience.
http://www.approvideo.org/blogs/ excellent list of videos to watch when you just want to veg


The following is the list of authors I want to contact.  I'm sure that there are better locations for this information, but I'll move it later.  For now I want to get to work.


check WATCH database
== Recommended books ==
follow the instructions at
I have tried to order these by level of recommendation (most recommended at the top) but as I only post the best books I read, such an assessment is almost impossible.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html#caution
* Muhammad Yunus "Creating a World Without Poverty"
: This book was totally awesome - Yunus's ideas of social businesses were new to me and I will probably bring one or two social businesses into the world in the next few years
* Tracy Kidder "Mountains Beyond Mountains"
:Follows the life of Paul Farmer who builds a medical clinic in Haiti. An excellent example of what dedication can accomplish.
* Jeffrey Sachs "The End of Poverty"
: Discussion on how public policy and international relations can be leveraged to alleviate poverty
* Greg Mortenson "Three Cups of Tea"
: The story of one man's journey through the middle east to build schools - incredible story and enough to convince anyone interested in development to avoid working in Pakistan


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== What I would like to see in the world by 2070 ==
<br>Author: Nicholas Jequier
<br>Book: Appropriate Technology: Problems and Promises
<br>Subjects: Collection of papers discussing the merits of AT
<br>Copyright: 1976
<br>Publisher:ATPVIA
<br>E-mail:
<br>Phone:
<br>Notes:
<br>1993 - out of print


<br>
It is 2009 and I am 24. I will probably live until I  am 85. This is what I would like to see in the world by the year 2070.
<br>Author: M. Carr
<br>Book: The A.T. Reader: Theory and Practice in Appropriate Technology
<br>Subjects: Over 100 articles analyzing the theories of AT
<br>Copyright: 1985
<br>Publisher: VITA and TOOL
<br>E-mail:
<br>Phone:
<br>Notes:


* No more poverty. I need not say more.


ATPVIA: Appropriate Technology Project, Volunteers in Asia, PO Box 4543, Stanford, Ca 94309
* Unlimited education for everyone.  For as long as you would like to diligently study, you are allowed.  If you are 2 years old or 80, and if you want to study anything imaginable, you should be fully supported.  The free evolution of thought is of immeasurable value


VITA Volunteers in technical Assistance P.O. Box 12028, Arlington, VA 22209
* No hate crimes.  Between the rise of education and paychecks, people will increasingly come to see that we have more in common than divides us.


TOOL
* Global sustainability.  Technologies and attitudes will continue to evolve in such a direction that by 2070, we give more to the earth than we take.


* Free Health Care for everybody - another no brainer


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what would you like to see?

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Hello there!

My name is David Reber,

I am a Civil/Environmental Engineering Student at San Francisco State University. I will Graduate this May 2009 and I am job hunting. I have been very busy over the last year working with [bridgenicaragua.org BRIDGE Nicaragua] which is preparing to build a library in Morrito Nicaragua.

Personal Links

Ranked according to how active I am

My Photo Log

Facebook

Linked In

Resume (pdf)

My Notes

Links of Interest

[bridgenicaragua.org BRIDGE Nicaragua] my main project these days and I would LOVE to have your help

http://www.ewb-international.org/ this site has links to so many amazing pages

http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/index.htm is basically Appropedia's fore-runner in non wiki form. This information is probably better indexed and readable. However being book scans, it doesn't change and grow and is bound by those old fashioned ideas called copyrights.

http://www.approvideo.org/blogs/ excellent list of videos to watch when you just want to veg


Recommended books

I have tried to order these by level of recommendation (most recommended at the top) but as I only post the best books I read, such an assessment is almost impossible.

  • Muhammad Yunus "Creating a World Without Poverty"
This book was totally awesome - Yunus's ideas of social businesses were new to me and I will probably bring one or two social businesses into the world in the next few years
  • Tracy Kidder "Mountains Beyond Mountains"
Follows the life of Paul Farmer who builds a medical clinic in Haiti. An excellent example of what dedication can accomplish.
  • Jeffrey Sachs "The End of Poverty"
Discussion on how public policy and international relations can be leveraged to alleviate poverty
  • Greg Mortenson "Three Cups of Tea"
The story of one man's journey through the middle east to build schools - incredible story and enough to convince anyone interested in development to avoid working in Pakistan

What I would like to see in the world by 2070

It is 2009 and I am 24. I will probably live until I am 85. This is what I would like to see in the world by the year 2070.

  • No more poverty. I need not say more.
  • Unlimited education for everyone. For as long as you would like to diligently study, you are allowed. If you are 2 years old or 80, and if you want to study anything imaginable, you should be fully supported. The free evolution of thought is of immeasurable value
  • No hate crimes. Between the rise of education and paychecks, people will increasingly come to see that we have more in common than divides us.
  • Global sustainability. Technologies and attitudes will continue to evolve in such a direction that by 2070, we give more to the earth than we take.
  • Free Health Care for everybody - another no brainer

what would you like to see?

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