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|I am Lonny, the [[Appropedia:About#People who make Appropedia possible|founder]] of Appropedia.org, feel free to [[User talk:Lonny|ask me a question]].
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== Campus Office Information ==
== Campus Office Information ==
 
*'''University:''' [http://www.humboldt.edu/ Cal Poly Humboldt]
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*'''Department:''' [https://engineering.humboldt.edu/ School of Engineering]
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*'''U.S. Phone:''' +1 (707) 826-3649 x1
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*'''School Email:''' lonny at humboldt dot edu or [[special:emailuser/Lonny|click]] (must be logged in) to email me.
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''Feel free to leave comments at the [[User_talk:Lonny|discussion]] tab above.''
40.873846, -124.078892, Lonny's Office, HGH 118B, [http://www.humboldt.edu/~ere_dept/undergrad/cat/subcat/maps/hghall.php HGH Faculty Map]
40.873992, -124.079504, Child Development Lab
40.874722, -124.078335, Science D
40.875671, -124.078442, Jenkin's Hall
40.877164, -124.077498, Founder's Hall
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|'''University:''' [http://www.humboldt.edu/ Humboldt State University]
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|'''Department:''' [http://www.humboldt.edu/~ere_dept/ Environmental Resources Engineering]
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|'''U.S. Phone:''' +1 (707) 826-3649 x1
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|'''Mexico Phone:''' +52 (628) 104-8407
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|'''School Email:''' lonny[[Image:atsymbol.png]]humboldt[[Image:dot.png]]edu
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|'''Other Email:''' lonny[[Image:atsymbol.png]]appropedia[[Image:dot.png]]org or just [[special:emailuser/Lonny|click]] (must be logged in) to email me.  
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|'''Office Location:''' I am in Harry Griffith Hall 118B on the southwest corner of Harpst and B Streets - see bottom right marker on the interactive google map.
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== Office Schedule ==
== Office Schedule ==


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==Courses taught==
==Courses Taught and Developed==
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[[Humboldt State University]] and Partner Universities in [[Parras]], Mexico and Chiapas, Mexico
[[Cal Poly Humboldt]] and Partner Universities in [[HSU Parras|Parras, Mexico]]; [[HSU Chiapas|Chiapas, Mexico]]; [[HSU Dominicana|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]], and [[Rural Youth Volunteers in India|New Delhi, India]].
* [[Engr114 Whole Earth Engineering|Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering]]
* [[Engr114 Whole Earth Engineering|Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering]]
* Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering for the Desert  
** also variants ''Whole Earth Engineering for the Desert'' and ''Whole Earth Engineering in Southern Mexico''
* Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering in Southern Mexico
* Engineering 123: Engineering Fabrication
* Engineering 210: Solid Mechanics Statics
* Engineering 210: Solid Mechanics Statics
* [[Engr215 Introduction to Design|Engineering 215: Introduction to Design]]  
* [[Engr205 Introduction to Design|Engineering 205: Introduction to Design]]  
* Engineering 225: Computational Methods for Environmental Engineering I
* Engineering 280: Environmental Issues in Parras
* Engineering 280: Environmental Issues in Parras
* Engineering 280: Environmental Issues in Southern Mexico
* Engineering 280: Environmental Issues in Southern Mexico
* Engineering 280: Directed Study in Parras
* Engineering 280: Directed Study in Parras
* Engineering 280: Directed Study in Chiapas
* Engineering 280: Directed Study in Chiapas
* [[Engr305 Appropriate Technology|Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology]]
* [[Engr305 Appropriate Technology|Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology]]  
* Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology in the Desert
** also variants ''Appropriate Technology in the Desert'', ''Appropriate Technology in Southern Mexico'', and ''Appropriate Technology in Dominican Republic''
* Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology in Southern Mexico
* [[Engr308 Technology and the Environment|Engineering 308: Technology and the Environment]]
* [[Engr308 Technology and the Environment|Engineering 308: Technology and the Environment]]
* Engineering 331: Thermodynamics & Energy Systems I
* [[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 Chiapas|Chiapas]]  
* Engineering 480: Appropriate Technology Projects in [[Parras]]  
* Engineering 480: Appropriate Technology Projects in [[HSU Parras|Parras]]
* Engineering 480: Special topics in [[HSU Dominicana|Dominican Republic]]
* Engineering 499: Upper Division Directed Study  
* Engineering 499: Upper Division Directed Study  
* Environmental Studies 123: CCAT Practicum: Variable Topics (teacher mentor)
* Environmental Studies 371: Resilient Community Innovation
* [[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, e.g.:
* Klamath Knot Permaculture
* [[Asheville Wise Water Management Workshop]]
* Foodineering - Food and engineering curriculum for middle school


University of Nevada Reno in partnership with the University of Bilbao, Spain:
Entrepreneurship and Innovation course components, e.g.:
* [[PSC110 Introduction to Renewable Energy|Political Science 110: Introduction to Renewable Energy]] (current)
* Manufacturing Innovation - Small Business Development Center
* Innovation - LATAM Business School
* Entrepreneurship curriculum development for various organizations and schools


==Bio==
==Bio==
Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the co-founder and instructor in a summer abroad, full immersion, Spanish language and appropriate technology program in Parras, Mexico; and the executive editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering.  In addition, he is the President of The Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.
Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Cal Poly Humboldt; the founder of the Practivistas full immersion, abroad, resilient community technology program; the Advisor and Project Manager (and at times fundraiser) for the epi-apocalyptic city art projects Waterpod, Flock House, WetLand, and Swale; the director of the Northern California Hub of BlueTechValley, supporting energy saving entrepreneurs; the director of the AWEsome Business Competition for groups working on Agriculture, Water and Energy in Northern California; and the Founder and President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.
 
Lonny has taught university courses and workshops in dozens of countries. 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.


Academically, Lonny seeks ways to increase knowledge of the world through exposure and synthesis, highlighting that science, culture and language are inextricably linked. He seeks to demonstrate this connection through service-learning based education, working to improve existing conditions by leveraging local knowledge, materials, wealth and labor through transparency and stakeholder participation. Professionally, Lonny supports and develops tools to thrive, catalyzing and strengthening networks of positive change, to help us be better ancestors.
His first books, ''To Catch the Rain'' and ''Atrapando la lluvia'', cover inspiring stories of communities coming together to catch their own rain, and how you can do it too. His newest book, co-authored with Dr. Joshua Pearce, is ''To Catch the Sun'' covering inspiring stories of communities harvesting their own solar power and how you can do it too.


==Current Activities==
==Current Activities==
===Cal Poly Humboldt===
:Instructor


===IJSLE===
https://engineering.humboldt.edu/people/lonny-grafman
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."''
''Developing and teaching service learning courses in sustainable design, appropriate technology, international development, the environment, and energy.''


===the Appropedia Foundation===
===Appropedia Foundation===
:President
:President


http://www.appropedia.org  
https://www.appropedia.org  


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


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


http://www.dyfference.org
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.''
''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.''


===Parras de la Fuente Summer Program===
===Practivistas===
:Co-Founder, teacher
:Founder, director, teacher
 
http://www.practivistas.com


http://www.humboldt.edu/~parras/
''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]].''


''A summer immersion program in Spanish and Appropriate Technology since 2005.''
===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===
===Campus Center for Appropriate Technology===
:Advisor, Steering Committee member
:Steering Committee member


http://www.humboldt.edu/~ccat
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."''
''"The mission of CCAT is to demonstrate appropriate technology in a residential setting, to provide hands-on experiential learning opportunities to Cal Poly Humboldt 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."''


===Green Wheels===
===Waterpod===
:Advisory board member
:Sustainability and Appropriate Technology Advisor, Volunteer Coordinator


http://www.green-wheels.org/
http://thewaterpod.org


''"We're making the North Coast friendly for walking, biking and mass transit, to reduce carbon emissions, sprawl, and congestion, and make a stronger economy and improve health."''
''"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."''


===Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living===
===Flock House===
:Board of Directors
:Sustainability Advisor


http://eco-hostel.org
http://flockhouse.org


''Constructing "a lodging facility, the Humboldt Bay Eco-Hostel, and Sustainable Living Center where visitors can experience the ease and beauty of environmentally [[sustainable living]].
''"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."''


The Center will serve as a portal for visitors to access the natural and heritage assets of our region.  The Project will be an inspiration to thousands of new visitors to the Northcoast.  These visitors will include both those who stay at the Hostel and those who lodge at other establishments but visit the hostel site and grounds.  Expenditures on lodging, meals and other goods and services will make a significant contribution to the well being of the local economy.''"
==Select Projects==
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===Full Belly Project===
File:Aprologo-shiny-clearest.png | <big>'''''[[Welcome_to_Appropedia|Appropedia]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role
:Board of Advisors


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


''"The Full Belly Project, a non-profit dedicated to developing simple income generating devices to improve life for the world’s poorest, was today named a 2008 Tech Awards Laureate, The Full Belly Project is one of 25 global innovators recognized each year for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark global change. The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation, and presented by Applied Materials, Inc., selected The Full Belly Project from among hundreds of nominations representing 68 countries."''


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


http://thewaterpod.org


''"Waterpod™  is a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It will depart May 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™ demonstrates 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."''
File:Groupparrasadobe08.jpg | <big>'''''[[ Practivistas Parras]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role


===Thrivable===
:Advisor


http://thrivable.net/about/#Advisors
File:Ashevillagecarpetpoollip.JPG | <big>'''''[[Asheville Wise Water]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role


''"Thrivable is a solution-focused consulting and training network helping individuals and organizations to cultivate abundance by developing agility, resilience, and adaptability."''
File:Imageneeded.png | <big>'''''[[Green_Building_Pre-Apprenticeship_Program]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role


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


==Other Recent, Active, Organizational Work==
File:Bottle wall.jpg | <big>'''''[[Engr305_Appropriate_Technology_Projects|Engr 305]]'''''</big> <br>• Description <br>• Impacts  <br>• Year: Role
* [http://www.humboldtplanitgreen.com/ Humboldt PlanItGreen]
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* [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==
==Select Recent Presentations==
* [https://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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121219031655/http://www.nycgovparks.org:80/parks/poepark/events/2012/07/27/flock-house-and-a-dominican-schoolroom-local-resources-for-building-resilient-homes-schoolrooms-and-communities]
* [https://prezi.com/ypv9igvujnba/more-sustainable-construction/ First Annual Sustainable Building Conference 2012] (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) [https://web.archive.org/web/20171009003821/https://noticiassin.com/2012/07/expertos-debaten-en-rd-sobre-construccion-sostenible/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20171013070819/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://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/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)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180529024137/http://blogs.appropedia.org:80/2010/03/08/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)
* [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)
* [[Community Created Humboldt/Jan 23 10]] (Arcata, CA, USA)
* [[Open Sustainability Humboldt/Veterans Day 2009]] (Eureka, CA, USA)
* [[Open Sustainability Humboldt/Veterans Day 2009]] (Eureka, CA, USA)
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* IPIDAT 2008 (Zaragosa, Spain), 2009 (Indian Point, Maine, 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://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)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111115111012/http://nciia.org/conf08/schedule/day/fri/index.html NCIIA 2008] (Houston, Texas, USA)
 
Select slide-shows can be seen at http://www.slideshare.net/lonny.
 
==Select Interviews and Mentions==
 
=== Recent Podcasts ===
 
* [https://greendreamer.com/podcast/lonny-grafman-to-catch-the-rain-appropedia/ Green Dreamer Podcast] - Building community resilience with decentralized resources and systems
* [https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-good-problem/lonny-grafman-community-yNJT5-8ab2V/ The Good Problem] - Community Centred Design
* [https://sustainableworldradio.com/building-a-more-resilient-world/ Sustainable World Radio] - Building a More Resilient World
* [https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/103075/precipice-with-annie-levin-a-conversation-with-lonny-grafman Voice America - Precipice] - A Conversation with Lonny Grafman
* [https://practicallyzerowaste.ca/076-%e2%80%a2-savouring-resources/ Practical(ly) Zero Waste] - Savoring Resources
* [https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/301-appropedia-lonny-grafman/ Organic Gardner Podcast]- Appropedia and To Catch the Rain
 
===Articles===
* [https://www.femininbio.com/developpement-personnel/actualites-et-nouveautes/lonny-grafman-comment-recuperer-leau-de-pluie-57206 Femininbio - J'ai recontré Lonny Grafman, le geek qui récupère et réutilise l'eau de pluie]
* [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]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191120065555/http://emag.archiexpo.com:80/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/ Creative 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]
* [https://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]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231230633/http://inhabitat.com/interview-sustainability-advisor-lonny-grafman-on-the-waterpod/ Inhabitat Interview - Sustainability Advisor Lonny Grafman on the Waterpod]
* [https://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===
* [https://www.wnyc.org/story/what-happens-next-future-home/ The Takeaway] - What Happens Next: The Future of Home
* [https://www.khsu.org/post/my-favorite-lecture-community-based-innovation KHSU - My Favorite Lecture]- Community-Based Innovation
* [http://yournec.org/ENR/ENR112113 Northcoast Environmental Center - Appropedia and Practivistas]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313065027/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]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121221053655/http://greenwaypartners.net:80/2010/12/09/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]
* [https://www.archive.org/details/AgroinnovationsPodcastAppropediaRoundtablePartIi Agroinnovations Podcast: Appropedia Roundtable Part II]
 
===Video===
* [https://classic.qz.com/what-happens-next/1108388/solar-power-will-bring-the-next-billion-people-electricity/ RetroReport and Quartz] -The Future of Home: Solar
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9u7j3r1_LoQXFlC80UREQQ Youtube] - Personal channel
* [https://bcove.me/i4w49uul Short video from the Flock House]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180609042048/http://epicenter.stanford.edu:80/story/engineering-is-innovation Epicenter: Engineering is Innovation]
* [https://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.
* ''To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rainwater, and how you can do it too'' by Lonny Grafman ISBN 978-1947112049 (available at http://www.tocatchtherain.org/)
* ''Atrapando la lluvia: Historias inspiradoras de comunidades que se unieron para recolectar su propia agua pluvial, y cómo usted también puede hacerlo'' by Lonny Grafman ISBN 978-1947112100
* ''To Catch the Sun: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, and how you can do it too!'' by Lonny Grafman and Joshua Pearce ISBN 978-1947112629 (available at https://www.tocatchthesun.com)
* The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World by Nilofer Merchant ISBN 978-0525429135
* ''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
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171108224834/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


Select slide-shows can be seen at http://www.slideshare.net/lonny.
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Lonny Grafman
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Campus Office Information

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Office Schedule

Courses Taught and Developed

Cal Poly Humboldt and Partner Universities in Parras, Mexico; Chiapas, Mexico; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and New Delhi, India.

  • Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering
    • also variants Whole Earth Engineering for the Desert and Whole Earth Engineering in Southern Mexico
  • Engineering 123: Engineering Fabrication
  • Engineering 210: Solid Mechanics Statics
  • Engineering 205: Introduction to Design
  • Engineering 225: Computational Methods for Environmental Engineering I
  • 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
  • Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology
    • also variants Appropriate Technology in the Desert, Appropriate Technology in Southern Mexico, and Appropriate Technology in Dominican Republic
  • Engineering 308: Technology and the Environment
  • Engineering 331: Thermodynamics & Energy Systems I
  • 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 Chiapas
  • Engineering 480: Appropriate Technology Projects in Parras
  • Engineering 480: Special topics in Dominican Republic
  • Engineering 499: Upper Division Directed Study
  • Environmental Studies 123: CCAT Practicum: Variable Topics (teacher mentor)
  • Environmental Studies 371: Resilient Community Innovation

University of Nevada Reno in partnership with the University of the Basque Country:

Humboldt County in partnership with College of the Redwoods and the California Conservation Corps:

Permaculture design course components and many other deep engagements, e.g.:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation course components, e.g.:

  • Manufacturing Innovation - Small Business Development Center
  • Innovation - LATAM Business School
  • Entrepreneurship curriculum development for various organizations and schools

Bio

Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Cal Poly Humboldt; the founder of the Practivistas full immersion, abroad, resilient community technology program; the Advisor and Project Manager (and at times fundraiser) for the epi-apocalyptic city art projects Waterpod, Flock House, WetLand, and Swale; the director of the Northern California Hub of BlueTechValley, supporting energy saving entrepreneurs; the director of the AWEsome Business Competition for groups working on Agriculture, Water and Energy in Northern California; and the Founder and President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

Lonny has taught university courses and workshops in dozens of countries. 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.

His first books, To Catch the Rain and Atrapando la lluvia, cover inspiring stories of communities coming together to catch their own rain, and how you can do it too. His newest book, co-authored with Dr. Joshua Pearce, is To Catch the Sun covering inspiring stories of communities harvesting their own solar power and how you can do it too.

Current Activities

Cal Poly Humboldt

Instructor

https://engineering.humboldt.edu/people/lonny-grafman

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

Appropedia Foundation

President

https://www.appropedia.org

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

Design Your Future

Co-Creator with 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 Parras de la Fuente, Mexico; San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico; and 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 Cal Poly Humboldt 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."

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Books

Here are some books that I have been part of creating and/or that I am in.

  • To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rainwater, and how you can do it too by Lonny Grafman ISBN 978-1947112049 (available at http://www.tocatchtherain.org/)
  • Atrapando la lluvia: Historias inspiradoras de comunidades que se unieron para recolectar su propia agua pluvial, y cómo usted también puede hacerlo by Lonny Grafman ISBN 978-1947112100
  • To Catch the Sun: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, and how you can do it too! by Lonny Grafman and Joshua Pearce ISBN 978-1947112629 (available at https://www.tocatchthesun.com)
  • The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World by Nilofer Merchant ISBN 978-0525429135
  • InGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity by Tina Seelig ISBN 978-0062020703
  • 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
  • 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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