" At present we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product. We can just as easily have an economy that is based on healing the future instead of stealing it. We can either create assets for the future or take the assets of the future. One is called restoration and the other exploitation " - Paul Hawken
Academic Background
Currently a senior at Fordham University studying Environmental Policy and English. Research interests are in how 3D-printing can offer global environmental justice (equal environmental benefits and burdens to all), by using studies in industrial ecology, biomimicry theory, environmental economics, and environmental historical/political data. A founding member of Fordham Divest that campaigns to make Fordham University a fossil free campus.
Publications
Cap and Trading in America, Environmentally Productive or Not? Research done by Valerie Meyer on cap and trade regulation in the United States.
http://natureshardesthuetohold.tumblr.com/ A blog by Valerie Meyer on Environmental Policy
Thesis Research Topic
Title: : Environmental Impacts of Additive Manufacturing
Thesis Poster: Fordham University's Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 15, 2015
Abstract:
Outline:
Introduction: Prototyping the Risks of a 3D Printed Future
- why an Interdisciplinary approach to studying 3D printing is necessary
Chapter 1: The Makers Behind the Movement
- History of Additive Manufacturing
- Recent Exponential Growth of AM
- Open Source
- Drop in Prices
- Major Players in the industry
Chapter 2: Comparing Assembly Lines to Keyboards .
Chapter 3: When Selecting Ink Involves More than Color .
Chapter 4: Paying to Print: Attracting Investors and Capital .
Conclusion: Envisioning the Final Product .