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Introduce Yourself!
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Hi everyone!
My name is Alison and I'm organizing this course. I live in Portland, OR and work behind the scenes at P2PU! I know a lot about this project, so feel free to ask me any P2PU questions you have!
I'm running this course as part of a larger personal learning prject called "a handmade masters" (http://www.grungefarmer.org/handmade-masters.html). My undergrad degree is in marine & freshwater biology, and although I like academia, I prefer alternatives because they are more exciting and creative.
My hopes for this course are to review my knowledge of freshwater systems and potable treatment. Freshwater and potable water are two separate things!
I hope that everyone else will introduce themselves in this thread (by commenting), too.
- Who are you?
- Where are you from? What do you do for work/study? For fun?
- What are your personal learning goals for this course -- Why do drinking water issues interest you? What do you hope to know when the course is over?
Once we get everyone introduced we can see if our schedules work for skype/tele-conference, but I think everyone is too international, so we may have to communicate by chat and forums. (You can use the chat anytime to see if other participants are online!)
So excited to be studying with you all!
Best Regards,
ALISON
P.S. Please fill in your profiles and add a picture!
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He all,
Mark here currently in Vancouver, Canada. I've a background in civil engineering and i've always had an interest in the subject which is why I chose this course.
I think in the near future access to potable water is going to a major global issue. It already is in some parts of the world. It is important we consider the problems we and other countries will face in the times ahead.
It's courses like this that will help us come up with new ideas and new solutions. If we all think about a problem long enough eventually someone will have a 'Eureka' moment. Maybe it'll be within this group. :)
Happy Studying,
Mark
Hi fellow classmates
My name is Elaine and I live in Toronto Ontario Canada.I work in electronics for a major transit organization but my heart is solidly in the bush.
I am getting close to retirement and am really interested in working with rainwater gathering systems.I would like to
be able to create one for my tiny cabin near Apsley.
Every place I have lived, water has been a challenge.
I have been blessed by some incredible experiences with Native Traditions and my Spirit name is related to water.
So any work that that I can do with water is interesting and fun.
I do hope our group has that "eureka moment"
Thanks for taking on the course Alison.
Elaine
Hello,
My name is Gonçalo, i'm from Portugal and currently studying Informatics Engineering.
The main reason why i've applied to this course was curiosity. I love to learn more about the surrounding world and like Mark said water will be a major issue in the near future, so why not to learn more about it?
greetings
Hi,
I am Henry and have a degree in political science.
I applied to this course because there may be some application with regard understanding the importance of resources in the planning of cities and states. I also want to gain some knowledge of the science behind water treatment.
Hello,
My name is Sandeep. I applied for this course to learn more about water treatment as I want to help the community where I teach underprivileged children.
1. Hi guys! My name is Eva
2. I am originally from Peru. Currently, I am the Founder of Recurso (www.recursointernational.org) an NGO dedicated to improving the human condition by empowering youth across the nation to provide direct sustainable development and aid. Recurso’s three areas of concentration are: health, water, and education. This includes promoting primary education, quality health care, dental hygiene education, the building of schools and providing school supplies to our global community partners.
As for fun, I love yoga, running, cooking, and traveling around the world.I consider myself an everlasting nomad.
3. I joined this course to learn more about the process to purify water. Our team at Recurso is trying to learn more about water and sanitation because we are trying to install water filters and make wells so people in the province of Trujillo have access to water instead of having to walk an hour and a half everyday back and forth to reach the river, the only source of water for them at this moment in time.I hope that this course will give me the tools to be able to see what is needed in order for pure water to be easily accessible to very marginalized cities in Trujillo, Peru. Last but not least, I hope to learn from each one of you guys,
Much Recurso Love,
Eva...;)
Hi Eva,
the Recurso project is amazing. I'm impressed with all the connections you have made, especially with the global health program and am so glad you are seeing success. You should get in touch with the P2PU/Citizen Circles School of Social Innovation (SoSI): http://p2pu.org/sosi/
They are amazing folks and you might be able to build a mutual resource with them - especially if Recurso needs to do any training. Look them up! Alan Webb (http://p2pu.org/users/alancwebb) and Laura White (http://p2pu.org/users/lew3425) run SoSI at P2PU. They are wonderful people.
Hey everyone, it seems like we have a very cool study group! I think this course will be small (I imagine no more than 7-8 people) which is great!
There's some things everyone should know about P2PU courses before we start discussing the material. P2PU has three values that make courses different from traditional universities:
(1) OPENNESS: If you look at the bottom of the page, you'll see an icon that reads "CC-BY-SA". This is the site's open content license. We use CC-BY-SA instead of "all rights reserved" (C) because we want people to reuse and share everything we do. Learn more here: http://p2pu.org/license
(2) COMMUNITY: You are now a P2PU community member! You can get involved with anything at P2PU outside this course, behind the scenes, or even lead your own course in the future. P2PU is run by volunteers and we decide everything by rough consensus.
(3) PEER LEARNING: I'm not a teacher and you are not students! We are all peers studying potable water treatment and we have activities and discussions to help us learn it better. Everyone in this course should feel empowered to suggest better activities, add to the syllabus, and make things better!
If you haven't introduced yourself yet, please do. Also there's still a lot of gray squares in the course members box. Please update your profiles.
Best,
ALISON
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Hi, I am Kim and I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sorry for the delay in introducing myself. It has been an exciting week for me.
I am involved in the Transition Town movement and our core group has been organizing an event for tomorrow - it is kind of our first, most organized event.
Anyway, I am interested in this course as living in an urban environment, I am looking for ways to water urban gardens and farms without using regular city water (and for a time when it might not be readily available). I live in an area with a decent amount of precipitation (definitely lots of snow in the winter) but we are often told how we should not use the water from our rain barrels to water food crops because of the hazards of having non living roofs (which is another thing I would like to change on the houses around here). Anyway, it is just good to be able to harness water and make it usable instead of having it run off into the drain system and go to the river. It is such a waste and is a bit ridiculous when you think about how many people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water nearby or in their homes.
Hi Kim - you should definitely tell us more about the transition town movement. It's fascinating.
What are the core challenges? What are the primary/achievable goals of a transition town?
Is "transition town" just a western phenomenon? Maybe our eastern hemisphere participants might know..
Hi, I joined the group two days ago. My name is Leonardo, I am from Colombia. I studied electronic eng. and I work as a teacher. I like this course because I am helping other people to make better use of natural resources. I hope I can learn a lot and also wishing to be helpful in some way.
Hey, my name is Eli. I live in Syracuse, NY and am an environmental scientist. I have a degree in Forest Health. Living in a post-industrial urban community, I am strongly interested in urban systems, especially the ecological and agricultural.