I recently spoke with David Dyck and Natalio Soliz, my contacts in Belize for the Belize Open Source place. When I was there last June, we decided to move forward with adding a fence to divide the back part into two pastures, clear more of the regrowth bush and plant more Humidicola improved pasture grass. We liquidated our cattle herd to let the new grass come in. We'd been disappointed in how the new planting had come in. But in our recent conversation, David indicated that while not great, it was better than he initially thought. He suggested we restock with a smaller number of cattle to … [Read more...] about 7-18 Belize Open Source Update
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7-6-18 EWB and Composting Toilets talk at Lamorinda Rotary Club
At the Lamorinda Rotary Club, I gave an overview of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) and the San Francisco Professional (SFP) chapter; an overview of global sanitation and composting toilets, and specifics about the EWB-SFP Appropriate Technology Design Team (ATDT) composting latrine project work in in Nicaragua. A few photos are at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmm1j3GP The talk is at: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rTRB4M3JSF4ujYhDka29ymitzOmyXaJB2oxxgXeK1aU/edit?usp=sharing … [Read more...] about 7-6-18 EWB and Composting Toilets talk at Lamorinda Rotary Club
EWB-SFP General Chapter Meeting
At the June meeting, Elizabeth Joyce presented on Engineering Service Corps and Mary Lou Romero on the Kenya team project. … [Read more...] about EWB-SFP General Chapter Meeting
Rotary Global Grants at District 5170 Conference
Presented three posters that showed the completion of 87 composting latrines in Nicaragua and the other approved and in-process Global Grants in the pipeline for the Rotary Club of Livermore and Area 4. For 2018-2019 DDF, the Area 4 clubs have allocated enough to do a Global Grant. The photos show Coyle and Milly Seibel, Area 4 Assistant Governor and Past President of the the Rotary Club of Livermore, who supported the Global Grant for the composting latrines and the formation of the Area 4 World Service Committee. … [Read more...] about Rotary Global Grants at District 5170 Conference
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5-18 Alaska
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Kathy and I traveled with Carolyn and Lloyd Baysdorfer. We flew into Faibanks, then toured Denali by bus and train to Anchorage, then another bus to Seward before getting on Holland America ship to Glacier Bay, Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, and down to Vancouver. Here is link to photos from May 2018 Alaska trip: https://www.flickr.com/gp/coylepdc/50SBf6 I also added the videos to this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7StLcBQy0_cHUim90f709tpAMbnV03eM A lot of these photos and videos aren't that great, but it is clear we all had a blast. … [Read more...] about 5-18 Alaska