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Lonny Grafman
I am Lonny, the founder of Appropedia, feel free to ask me a question.

Contents 1 Campus Office Information 2 Office Schedule 3 Current Classes 4 Bio 5 Current Activities 5.1 IJSLE 5.2 Appropedia 5.3 Mexico Summer Program 5.4 Pequals.com 5.5 CCAT 5.6 Green Wheels 5.7 Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living 5.8 HEIF

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[edit] Campus Office Information

[edit] Office Schedule

Click here to see all of my available times. (this is temporary until Google Gadgets Calendar for MediaWiki can show multiple calendars simultaneously)

[edit] Current Classes

Engineering 114: Whole Earth Engineering
Engineering 210: Solid Mechanics Statics
Engineering 215: Introduction to Design
Engineering 305: Appropriate Technology
Engineering 308: Technology and the Environment
Engineering 499: Directed Study UD Engr

[edit] 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 summer program in Parras, Mexico; and the executive editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering. In addition, he is the President of Appropedia, the site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development. Lonny seeks ways to increase knowledge of the world through exposure and synthesis and believes that science, culture and language are inextricably linked. He seeks to highlight that connection through service-learning based education while working to improve existing conditions by leveraging local knowledge, materials, wealth and labor through transparency and stakeholder participation.

[edit] Current Activities

[edit] IJSLE

International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering

Executive Editor

http://www.engr.psu.edu/IJSLE/index.htm

"a peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free, semi-annually, over the World Wide Web. 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."

[edit] Appropedia

This site.

Founder

http://www.appropedia.org

A living library of appropriate technology encouraging:

• Original research
• Textbook style topic entries
• Personal/organizational pages for collaboration
• Project writeups
• How-to's
• Common working pages for relevant grants, events, calls for assistance, offerings of assistance, etc

[edit] Mexico Summer Program

Parras de la Fuente Summer Program

Co-Founder

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

A summer immersion program in Spanish and Appropriate Technology.

[edit] Pequals.com

Administrator

http://www.pequals.com

Some appropriate technology student projects, such as natural plastering, rainwater catchment, brown-field reclamation, the Mobile Renewable Energy Trailer, papermaking, solar power, bike power, composting and chicken farming.

[edit] CCAT

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 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."

[edit] Green Wheels

Advisory board member

http://www.green-wheels.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."

[edit] Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living

Board of Directors

http://www.ceedweb.org/humboldtbayhostel/summary.html

"The Developer will construct a lodging facility, the Eureka-Humboldt Bay Hostel and Sustainable Living Center where visitors can experience the ease and beauty of environmentally sustainable living.

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."

[edit] HEIF

HSU Energy Independence Fund

Advisory committee

http://www.humboldt.edu/~sctf/policy.html

"The HSU Energy Independence Fund is an innovative project that will reduce the university's exposure to rising utility costs while decreasing our environmental impact. The fund creates a pool of money generated from a student fee of $10 a student per semester that will make HSU energy independent by funding projects that conserve energy and generate electricity from renewable resources. Through these projects, HSU is projected to be meeting all of its electricity needs with renewable energy by 2043. All projects funded by the HEIF will be designed by students and proposed to the HEIF student majority committee for approval. The committee will collaborate with HSU Physical Services to implement the projects. The completed projects will be owned and maintained by HSU. This process provides unique educational opportunities for HSU students, reduces our energy costs, and will enhance our reputation as a pioneer in campus sustainability."

Discussion tracking
Recent changes to community discussion pages and key policy pages being developed Contributions by Lonny to: User talk pages Article talk pages Category talk pages Appropedia talk pages