{"id":39465,"key":"Engr205_Friends_of_the_Dunes","title":"Engr205 Friends of the Dunes","latest":{"id":1208256,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T23:48:49Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:FOTD logo moss.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{Organization data\n| type = Nonprofit organization\n| website = http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/\n}}\n\n[[File:FOTDmastheadphoto.jpg|thumb|Humboldt Coastal Nature Center at 220 Stamps Lane, Manila, CA.]]\n\n[http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/ Friends of the Dunes] is a \"not-for-profit that has been involving the community in the conservation of coastal environments since 1982. Based in Humboldt County California, FOD is best known for coastal ecosystem restoration, education programs and guided walks. In its role as a land trust, FOD acquired 113 acres of coastal dune property now known as the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center (HCNC). Efforts are currently underway to transform the HCNC's Stamps House into an interpretive center and home base for FOD programs.\"\n\nMission: ''\"Friends of the Dunes is dedicated to conserving the natural diversity of coastal environments through community supported education and stewardship programs.\"''\n\n== Projects ==\n\nThe Spring 2012 semester of [[ENGR215 Introduction to Design]] worked with [http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/ Friends of the Dunes] to design and build projects that support the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center at 220 Stamps Lane, Manila, CA.\n\n<gallery caption=\"Spring 2012 ENGR 215 Intro to Design Projects - Humboldt Coastal Nature Center\">\nFile:AerialView.JPG |<big><center>'''[[Little Blue Dune Buggy|Solar Powered Trail Lighting System]]'''</center></big> Solar trail lighting\nFile:Completewheel.JPG|<big><center>'''[[FOTD Carbon Footprint Wheel|Carbon Footprint Wheel]]'''</center></big> Educational carbon footprint display\nFile:Living green roof final product.jpg|<big><center>'''[[FOTD living green roof#Western Awning Green Roof|Living Green Roof]]'''</center></big> Green roof educational model\nFile:Panel Build Step 12.jpg|<big><center>'''[[FOTD Acoustic Dampening|Acoustic Panels]]'''</center></big> Acoustic panels utilizing re-purposed materials\nFile:Warmnbright signlayout.jpg|<big><center>'''[[FOTD living green, warm and bright display|Living Green Display]]'''</center></big> Interactive display promoting environmental consciousness\nFile:Team6placein3chambers.jpg|<big><center>'''[[FOTD rapid compost|Rapid Composter]]'''</center></big> Rapid composting system\nFile:Stretcher4.JPG|<big><center>'''[[FOTD stretchbarrow|The Stretchbarrow]]'''</center></big> Hybrid stretcher/wheelbarrow\nFile:Sandycoveamphitheaterfinal.jpg|<big><center>'''[[FOTD the sandy cove|The Sandy Cove]]'''</center></big> Amphitheater constructed of urbanite\nFile:IMAG0032.jpg|<big><center>'''[[FOTD Pump Powered Dune Movement Simulator|Pump Powered Dune Movement Simulator]]'''</center></big> Interactive sand dune model\nFile:Baler.JPG|<big><center>'''[[FOTD Beachgrass Baler|Beachgrass Baler]]'''</center></big> Tool to bale beach grass\n</gallery>\n\n== Press ==\n\n* [http://www.times-standard.com/ci_21136524 Times-Standard]\n* [http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/news/dunesberry/dunesberry_2012.31.2.summer.pdf Friends of the Dunes Newsletter]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| sdg = SDG04 Quality education, SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities\n| organizations = Engr205 Introduction to Design\n| description = Appropedia tells the story of Friends of the Dunes, a coastal nonprofit that’s protected Humboldt’s shores since 1982.\n}}"}