Where I can, I try to design and implement projects of my own outside of work. The big one, spanning many years, was Environmental Consumer, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit I founded to help individuals reduce their environmental impact. Projects from this organization, and others, new and very old, are shown below.
Professional Activities
- Founded Environmental Consumer
- Cofounded Climate Mirror
- Cofounded Nevada County Hackers
- Member: Society for Conservation GIS
- 2012 Roosevelt Institute: Pipeline Fellow for climate change
Selected Projects
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January 14, 2017In December 2016, after the Trump administration was elected, but before they took office, I helped start a group of volunteers working to protect climate data from deletion or tampering under the Trump Administration. While it seemed impossible to think... -
November 2, 2012During the 2012 election cycle, I was a fellow with the Roosevelt Institute’s Pipeline program – as part of this fellowship, I built a web application to show electoral support for climate change action to show that climate is an... -
July 3, 2011One major barrier to more effective recycling is consumer confusion on what can be recycled in their bins at home. With Environmental Consumer, I set out to build a database of recycling information for cities in the United States. We...
