Hello EWB-USA Chapters,
Below you will find some useful information about EWB-USA, grants and
project information for this fall. Please take
a quick look at the topics below!
1) Fall Workshops: EWB-USA will
be
having (4) regional fall workshops.
Hurry, early bird registration and hotel deals are about to run out for
some of
the workshops! For more information, please see this webpage: http://www.ewb-usa.org/Workshops.php
2) The new 507 Trip Report format has arrived!: The new 507 Project Design
Compendium is posted online. Please take a look
at it and begin to use it
for your next submittal for an 806 Assessment Presentation, 507
Assessment Trip
Report, 807 Implementation Presentation, and 507 Implementation Trip
Report. Please let us know if you have any
questions or comments by contacting
a project manager: Meg [log in to unmask]
or
MJ [log in to unmask].
a) The Buckminster Fuller Institute announces the launch of the first annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge. This grant might be helpful for some chapters. The award is $100,000! http://designsciencelab.org/node
The World Bank Group and partners launched on September 5 the Lighting
Africa Development Marketplace Grant Competition, which seeks
innovative projects that address the off-grid lighting needs of
Sub-Saharan Africa. Ten to 20 winners will receive grant funding of up
to $200,000 each for ideas on alternative distribution models, new
clean lighting technology, stronger production chains and improvement
of the policy environment, among others. Visit www.lightingafrica.org
for more information.
6) National Office: EWB-USA just hired a new project coordinator for our national office, Colleen O'Holleran. Colleen or Tammy Wergin may be contacting your chapter about project related topics this fall. Click here to learn more about our staff.
Thank you,
Meg VanSciver, MJ Jones, Tammy Wergin &
Colleen
O’Holleran
This is a general e-mail to all the chapters.
-- Meg VanSciver Senior Project Manager Engineers Without Borders - USA 1811 Lefthand Circle, Suite A-1 Longmont, CO 80501 Phone: 303-772-2723x112 Fax: 303-772-2699 www.ewb-usa.org