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90th Birthday Gala for Maurice L. (Maury) Albertson

corey — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:18:38 +0000

SCE members know that Maury Albertson has been a fixture in the sustainable development community for a long time. His many life-time achievements mark him as a truly remarkable individual.

In recognition of his 90th birthday, Village Earth is honoring Maury at a Gala fundraiser starting at 6 pm August 23 at the Horsetooth Marriott in Fort Collins. Maury founded Village Earth in 1993 to pursue sustainable development in the developing world.

Dr. Bernard Amadei, professor of Engineering at the University of Colorado and founder of Engineers without Borders, will be the Gala speaker. After-dinner dance music will be provided by After the Fire.

Tickets are $60 each and can be purchased online, or by phone or mail. More information is available here, at the Village Earth web site.

EWB-USA Mountain Region Workshop in Denver

corey — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:24:29 +0000

PHOTO CONTEST

Photo Contest Winner from University of Kansas

PRESENTATIONS

Ned Breslin- Water for People (NBreslin@waterforpeople.org)

Cathy Leslie- Introduction (Cathy.Leslie@ewb-usa.org)

Deborah Nelson- Health and Safety (Deborah.Nelson@colorado.edu)

Bryan Baker- GPS and GIS (bbaker@frontierprecision.com)

Doug Frisbie- Rotary (Doug.Frisbie@ewb-usa.org)

Heidy Dormody- Fundraising (Heidi.Dormody@ewb-usa.org)

Julia McDowell- Sustainable Village (julia@sustainablevillage.com)

Matt Moore- Pre-trip Preparation (Matt.Moore@ch2m.com)

Laura Girard- Networking (Girardl@AyresAssociates.com)

Tiffany Martindale- Project Quality and Process (Tiffany.Martindale@ewb-usa.org)

Jacob Castillo- Powermundo- Stoves (jacobtcastillo@gmail.com)

Dan Bartman and Dan Fink- Wind Power (windturbine@otherpower.com)

Chris Fahlin- Adopt a Village (FahlinCJ@cdm.com)

EWB Photo Video

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

- CH2M Hill

- CDM

- Ayers and Associates

- Muller Engineering

QUESTIONS?

Please contact Candice Hein at Candice.Hein@ch2m.com or (720)286-3011 with any questions.

EWB-USA Updates, 5/20/2008

corey — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:55:35 +0000

Here are some important announcements from the National office related to:

May 27th at 5PM CT for Water resource evaluation and testing…
Fundraising Tip…
TAC Submissions Incentive…

Dear Chapters in the Mountain Region,

Here are some important announcements from the National office:

1) May 27th at 5PM CT for Water resource evaluation and testing
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In this webinar, we will discuss the basic factors to be considered
when performing an assessment for a water project including:
area/population to be served, demand, selection of source (ground,
surface, rain), transmission, and economics. We will also discuss the
basics of water quality testing, options for treatment, filtration,
purification, pumping/transport, and storage.

2) Fundraising Tip
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Remember that you can provide links on blogs, emails, MySpace or Facebook pages to your project and/or chapter page on the EWB-USA website. Both locations provide a Donate button for interested contributors. Funds donated through our website are subject to a 5% administrative fee which covers the cost of processing the credit card and maintaining your account. While other fundraising sites (Network for Good, Global Giving) allow donations as well, they cost you more – typically 4-5% from them, and then our administrative fee on top of it. So think carefully about where you want to direct your donors!

3) TAC Submissions Incentive
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We want to clarify the requirements for receiving the $50 Assessment incentive and $100 Implementation incentive for chapters that submit paperwork for projects:
A) The 507 must be submitted by the TAC deadline. Deadlines are listed on this webpage: http://ewb-usa.org/TAC&Travel.php. You should email the 507 to the Projects Coordinator at .
B) 605’s from travel team members must be submitted before the TAC deadline (if you’re not sure who will be on your travel team this far ahead of your travel date, simply have all potential travel team members sign a 605). You should fax or email these forms to your Region’s Chapter Relations Manager.
C) 608’s from each travel team member must be submitted within 4 weeks of the TAC deadline. These should be faxed or emailed to your Region’s Chapter Relations Manager.

Thank you for taking the time to review these announcements and pass them on to your chapter accordingly. If you feel that someone else in your chapter should be added to the Monthly Email to Chapters list, please let me know.

Warm Regards,

Colleen O’Holleran
Chapter Relations Manager, Mountain and South East Regions

Phone: 720-204-3197
Fax: 303-772-2699

Join the EWB-USA LinkedIn Group

corey — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:32:07 +0000

There is now an EWB-USA group on LinkedIn. Use this link to join: http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?grou…

EWB-USA and Bernard Amadei Featured In Time Magazine

corey — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:32:00 +0000

Bernard Amadei is the kind of engineer who believes in fate, and here’s why. In 1997 he needed to have some landscaping done at his home near the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he has worked as a professor of civil engineering for more than 20 years. He picked a company out of the Yellow Pages… Read more…

EWB-USA Founder Bernard Amadei Radio Interview

corey — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:24:41 +0000

University of Colorado Professor Bernard Amadei founded Engineers Without Borders – USA to help developing countries. Amadei has won the Heinz Award in the Environment and speaks with KCFR’s Ryan Warner. Click here to listen.

Malingua Pamba is the EWB-USA Project of the Month

corey — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:28:28 +0000

EWB-USA is featuring the Denver chapter’s work in Malingua Pamba, Ecuador as their Project of the Month! Congratulations to all the dedicated, hard-working folks of EWB Denver, and our superstar NGO partner Pamelita Gilbert. Read all about it on the EWB-USA website.

Register for the Mountain Region Workshop

corey — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:26:00 +0000

The Mountain Region Workshop is coming up October 24th- 26th in Denver, CO. See the event details page. Click here to register.

EWB Story in the Rocky Mountain News

corey — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:55:49 +0000

NAMSALING, Ilam, Nepal - In the terraced tea fields of eastern Nepal, as mist rises through lush stands of bamboo, dozens of Hindu faithful climb the staggering 1,034 steps to a mountaintop shrine.Worshipers labor up the incline to make sacrificial offerings of goats and pigeons, or to give small coins and trinkets. The air is pungent with burning incense. Nepalese women in flowing pink and blue gowns sing morning prayers.

Frances Fierst, a member of Colorado-based Engineers Without Borders, is climbing, too, preparing to make a different kind of offering at the temple of the goddess Pathivara Mai…

(This excerpt if from an extensive writeup of the work by Bernard Amadei and the Boulder chapters in Nepal, done recently by the Rocky Mountain News.)

Read the full story here.