Here's me inside a greenhouse beside the Nunavut Research Institute in Iqaluit, NU, Canada

Who Am I?

I am above all else a sailor, next and more relevant to this website I am a Chemical Engineering Graduate from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (Sci'10). I was born and raised in Toronto, ON, Canada but with today's globalization I consider myself a citizen of the World, I am currently working in Mexico for a sail loft to develop the skill sets needed to sail around the world. Lastly, I am a true believer in Service Learning and Web 2.0 - and it's power to improve our world.

My Interests

My interests with respect to Appropedia are not too ambitious, I simply want to leave Earth in a better state then I found it in 1987. What do I think needs fixing? General environmental destruction, the pollution of natural water and air, and foods that indirectly/directly damages the environment (pesticides and fertilizers, hormone contaminated meats, GM foods,etc...). Other obvious problems that I would like to solve are: Species extinction and decreased ecological biodiversity, overpopulation and mass natural resource consumption.

Why Appropedia?

I have been inspired to sign onto Appropedia through the 4th Year Mechanical Engineering course "Engineering for Sustainable Development", a course taught by Dr. Joshua Pearce at Queen's University, I took this during Winter of 2010. To see our schedule and/or the course layout, CLICK mech425 or Mech425 schedule.

THE Project

I want to sail around the world, I want to live within sustainable limits, I want to help others realize their potential - live and satisfy real needs all over the world. I want to help connect people all over the world - to improve how we live, and help connect my actions - and those of people in the first world - with the results felt by other people and the unapparent consequences to the environment.

How will I do this?

1. Acquire and retrofit a Catamaran. 2. Set up my own 'farm on a boat', catch fish - purify my own water. 3. Set up my own renewable energy power system on the boat.


Other Requirements

I will need sponsorship to finance this, I will need help with the research, development and installation of these mechanisms. I'll need a team around me helping to coordinate where I am to go - safety, weather, etc...

Finally, I want to move to different places around the world and help everyone have basic water and good food. I have met professors who believe, that even with my limited knowledge as a chemical engineer - I can help other people better their quality of life. And lastly - with the following TED talk I believe, that more people in this world we can together come up with a better solution: http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html

Appropedia Contributions/Mech 425 Course Projects

1. Attain Copyright of the AT Sourcebook and post PDF for the 'Local Self Reliance' section.

Summarized Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs - by Bruce Stokes, 1978. Competed by myself and my teammates:

2. Energy monitoring

Our second team project is Green IT on .

3. CAPSTONE PROJECT was Construction of an Affordable Greenhouse


Check them out, quite well done if I may say so myself - Einstein would definitely be envious.


Other Appropriate Technology Projects from the Mech 425 group can be found here: Mech425 AT Project


Other Engineering Projects and Green Interests Completed in 4th Year

I am currently working on the following projects in my final year at Queen's University:

  • Technology, Engineering and Management (TEAM: APSC 400) -confidential-

http://team.appsci.queensu.ca/index.php

  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship (COMM 405) - Business Plan for Solar Power Entrepreneurship in Ontario
  • Sustainable Development (mech425) - Green IT "Behavioural Energy Monitoring"
  • Transport Phenomena (CHEE 412) - Mathematical Modeling of Evacuated (vacuum) Solar Cells for Water Purification

My Company: GreenTownes

Myself and my 2 partners, an MBA Candidate and a Software Engineer started GreenTownes: a solar

SUPPORT

SOME LINKS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL GETTING AROUND APPROPEDIA http://www.cutepdf.com/

http://www.appropedia.org/Special:Upload

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