1. Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
and
Engineers
Without
Borders-­‐USA
(EWB-­‐USA)
in
northern
Belize
Patrick
Coyle
EWB-­‐SFP,
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development,
Public
Laboratory
for
LLNL-­‐
November
26,
2013

2. Agenda
• Belize
Open
Source
40-­‐acre
site
looking
toward
August
Pine
Ridge
village
• Overview:
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
• Overview:
• Engineers
Without
Borders-­‐
USA
(EWB-­‐USA)
• Engineers
Without
Borders
—
San
Francisco
Professional
Chapter
(EWB-­‐SFP)
• Status
update:
Five
EWB
chapter
projects
in
northern
Belize
• Belize
kite
aerial
photo-­‐mapping
results
• More
photos

3. What
is
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development?
•
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development,
as
a
501(c)(3)
non-­‐profit,
• promotes
environmentally
and
socially
sustainable
development
• invites
collaboraTon
on
an
open
source
approach
to
develop
and
parTcipate
in
a
land-­‐based
learning
and
community
outreach
center
on
a
working
farm
on
40
acres
in
northwestern
Belize
• partners
with
EWB-­‐USA
to
collaborate
with
EWB
chapters
on
projects

4. Summary:
HOME
donaTons
leveraged
with
matching
Year
HOME
Pledges
DonaTons
EWB
Matched
August
Pine
Muffles
Ridge
school
College
2013
$1768
$1500*
$1500*
$500*
2012
$2060
$1500
$1500
$500
-­‐
2011
$2800
$1500
$1500
$500
$500
2010
$500
$500
$500
$500
Total
$7128
$5000
$5000
$2000
*Projected:
Matching
Starts
12/2
$500
Total
Donated
$12500

5. AcTviTes:
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
•
•
Donate
HOME
donaTons
to
EWB
chapters
working
in
Belize,
matched
with
year-­‐end
funds
from
EWB-­‐USA
Donated
• to
Muffles
school:
$500
for
emergency
construcTon
of
new
sepTc
tank
• to
August
Pine
Ridge
school:
• $500
for
public
address
system
• $500
for
teachers’
texts
and
filing
cabinet
for
new
classrooms
• $500
to
replace
termite
damaged
wooden
classroom
windows
with
metal
hurricane
shubers
• TBD
project
scope
for
this
year

6. AcTviTes:
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
(cont.)
•
•
•
•
Raised
funds
and
built
first
visitors’
accommodaTons
at
BOSSD
for
the
CSU
EWB
team
during
their
visits
to
construct
the
new
classroom
building
in
August
Pine
Ridge
ConTnuing
to
seek
a
US
Rotary
club
to
partner
with
Belize
Orange
Walk
Rotary
and
the
CSU
EWB
August
Pine
Ridge
project
IniTated
DIY
aerial
photo-­‐mapping
program:
engaged
schools
and
made
iniTal
set
of
maps
Developing
programs
to
use
the
Belize
property

7. EWB-­‐USA
vision
and
mission
Agenda
• Updates
and
status:
Belize
Open
Our
Vision
is
a
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
world
in
which
• Engineers
Without
Borders-­‐USA
all
communiTes
(EWB-­‐USA)
have
the
• Engineers
Without
Borders
o
meet
capacity
t—
San
Francisco
Professional
Chapter
their
basic
(EWB-­‐SFP)
human
needs
• Updates
and
status:
Three
EWB
chapter
projects
in
northern
Belize
• Belize
photos
Supports
community-­‐driven
development
programs
• Road
past
Belize
Open
Source
worldwide
through
the
design
and
implementaTon
of
40-­‐acre
site
toward
August
Pine
Ridge
village
sustainable
engineering
projects,
while
fostering
responsible
leadership

8. EWB-­‐USA
Growth
2000
8
Members
1
Chapter
1
Project
2013
13,800
Members
250+
Chapters
389+
Programs
47
countries

9. EWB-­‐SFP
NaTon’s
1st
Professional
Chapter
• Established
in
2004
• 150+
acTve
volunteers
• 6
infrastructure
projects
• 5
Appropriate
Technology
Design
Team
(A.T.D.T)
projects
• ExecuTve
Commibee
and
support
commibees
provide
chapter
management,
fundraising,
and
publicity

10. EWB-­‐SFP
Projects
and
LocaTons
Kenya
Water
Supply
El
Salvador
Water
&
SanitaJon,
plasJc
recycling
Fiji
Water
System
Ghana
&
West
Africa
Cashew
Waste
UJlizaJon
Guatemala
Wind
Turbine
HaiJ
Community
Health
Clinic
and
Solar
Power
Honduras
Bridge
ConstrucJon
&
Water
DistribuJon
Nicaragua
ComposJng
Toilet,
water
distribuJon
–
solar
pump
Philippines
Rock
Crusher
Tanzania
Water
DistribuJon
&
Health
Clinic

11. EWB
Project
Process
and
Commitment
•
•
•
•
Projects
have
a
non-­‐governmental
organizaTon
(NGO)
or
community
based
organizaTon
(CBO)
partner
acTng
as
a
liaison
to
the
community
Three
project
phases:
1. Assessment
2. Design
and
ImplementaTon
3. Monitoring
and
EvaluaTon
Long-­‐term
infrastructure
projects
have
a
minimum
5-­‐year
commitment
to
the
community
Appropriate
technology
projects
vary
in
length
depending
on
the
requirements
of
the
NGO
and
community

12. What’s
the
connecTon?
•
•
•
•
•
Coyle
is
founder
and
a
Director
of
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development,
a
501(c)(3)
non-­‐profit
Co-­‐lead
for
EWB-­‐SFP
Appropriate
Technology
Design
Team
and
VP-­‐Internal
for
EWB
West
Coast
Region
Serves
on
EWB-­‐USA
West
Coast
Technical
Advisory
Team
and
leads
monthly
team
reviews
of
project
applicaTons
Authored
EWB
applicaTon
for
the
August
Pine
Ridge
Community
Improvement
Program
–
the
new
classroom
building
has
now
been
completed
by
EWB-­‐Cleveland
State
Public
Lab
organizer:
presented
at
EWB
Regional
Workshops
and
EWB
InternaTonal
on
“Simple,
Inexpensive
Aerial
Photomapping
with
Balloons
or
Kites”
and
mapped
sites
with
students
in
Belize

13. Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
and
EWB
chapters
•
We’ve
supported
five
EWB
chapters
working
in
northern
Belize
• Cleveland
State
University,
August
Pine
Ridge
• Iowa
State
University,
Trinidad
• Lamar
University,
Chunox
in
the
Corozol
District
• Texas
A&M,
San
Mateo
on
Ambergris
Caye
• Oregon
State
University,
Valley
of
Peace
(new)
The
focus
of
this
talk
is
the
EWB
Cleveland
State
University
August
Pine
Ridge
classroom
building
project
which
is
now
complete.
The
team
is
looking
at
the
next
needs
to
address

14. Where
is
Belize?

15. Belize
up
close
•
•
•
•
Belize
is
small:
About
175
miles,
north-­‐south,
by
80
miles
wide
It
has
diverse
land
regions:
cayes,
barrier
reef,
beaches,
tropical
rain
forests,
caves
with
rivers
running
into
them,
mountain
pine
ridge,
and
savannahs
(where
we
are)
Belize
is
small
enough
and
transportaTon
is
good
enough
that
a
stop
at
Belize
Open
Source
can
be
included
as
part
of
your
iTnerary,
along
with
whatever
else
you
choose
to
do
in
Belize
If
you
visit
Belize
and
volunteer
with
BOSSD,
a
reasonable
porTon
of
your
trip
expenses
can
be
tax
deducTble

16. How
to
get
involved
•
•
•
•
Contact
me:
• pat@coyles.com
• Belize
Open
Source:
hbp://belizeopensource.org
SFP-­‐EWB:
hbp://ewb-­‐sfp.org/
EWB-­‐USA:
hbp://www.ewb-­‐usa.org/
• Individual
chapters
and
projects
are
accessible
through
the
EWB-­‐USA
website
Public
Lab:
hbp://publiclab.org/

17. How
to
donate
for
matching
I’ll
be
donaTng
to
the
3
chapters
sTll
working
in
Belize
–
websites
are
ready
to
take
donaTons
for
matching
December
2nd
• hbps://ssl.charityweb.net/ewbusa/pfp/
fundraisingforbelize.htm
•
hbps://ssl.charityweb.net/ewbusa/pfp/
lamaruniversityinbelize.htm
•
hbps://ssl.charityweb.net/ewbusa/pfp/
ewboregonstatechapter.htm

18. Iowa
State
University

19. Engineering
Without
Borders
Iowa
State
University
Chapter
Solar
Fruit
Dehydrator
Project
Trinidad
and
Kings
College,
Orange
Walk,
Belize

20. Building
Stage
• In
March
of
2010
our
program
built
three
solar
fruit
dehydrators
and
leX
them
each
in
a
different
locaJon.
– One
was
leX
with
Trinidad
government
school,
our
primary
partner
insJtuJon.
– Another
was
leX
at
Kings
College
high
school.
– The
third
constructed
dryer,
along
with
raw
material
for
construcJng
a
4th
dryer,
was
demonstrated
for
and
given
to
representaJves
from
the
Orange
Walk
Rotary
InternaJonal
organizaJon.
• Each
dryer
recipient
was
provided
with
a
manual
for
the
construcJon
and
the
use
of
the
dehydrator.

21. Back
in
the
States
• Earlier
this
semester
our
group
built
another
fruit
dryer
at
our
college
so
we
could
pracJce
and
get
an
idea
of
maintenance
issues
we
might
face.
• We
plan
to
rewrite
the
direcJons
to
improve
user
friendliness.
• On
the
next
slide
is
some
pictures
of
the
construcJon
of
our
dryer.

23. Future
Plans
• Monitoring
trip
over
Thanksgiving
• Observe
dryer
use
and
collect
data
on
drying
Jmes
and
system
metrics
such
as
air
flow
and
internal
temperature
• Equipment
will
be
leX
in-­‐community
to
allow
a
user
to
conJnue
tesJng
and
observe
variaJons
with
weather
pa_erns
• Inspect
community
computer
lab
in
nearby
community
(Coyle
note:
this
is
in
the
new
classroom
building
in
August
Pine
Ridge,
next
village
down
the
road)
for
potenJal
implementaJon
in
Trinidad
• Our
year-­‐end
goal
is
$5000—will
allow
freedom
of
future
travel
to
expand
or
wind
down
program
based
on
needs

24. Thank
you
for
your
support
for
our
project.
Dan
Voss
Samantha
Sauerbrei
Kelsey
Regan
Mark
Sanocki
Laura
Jarboe
EWB-­‐ISU
Trinidad
Travel
Team

25. …building
partnerships…
25

26. …making
friends…
26

27. 27

28. Our
partner
community
and
insJtuJon
Trinidad
Kings College

29. AcJviJes
Projects:
• Build and test three solar driers for three primary
schools
• Create construction, operation, and maintenance
plans for drier
• Construct town sign and school sign in Trinidad
• Assess feeding program and school garden for
Kings College
• Initiate contact and assess needs at Kings College
• Assess two stove designs, determine cooking
needs
• Hygiene education – clean hands
Cultural Experience

30. School
Garden
and
NutriJon

31. Future
DirecJon:
Chemistry
Program
Needs:
-­‐
Experiments
that
don’t
require
special
chemicals
-­‐
More
space
-­‐
Be_er
equipment

32. Solar
Fruit
Dryer

33. Trinidad:
Town
Sign

34. MeeJng
Rotary
in
Orange
Walk
Belize

35. Next
Steps
Continued and proposed projects:
• Coordinate
with
Humana-­‐Belize
(NGO)
for
seeds
and
local
resources
for
tools
to
equip
Kings
College
for
school
garden
• Create
a
textbook
drive
for
Kings
College
• Assess
and
iniJate
stove
program
business
(30-­‐50
stoves
/
week)
• Design
and
construct
bus
stop
for
Trinidad
Village
• Coordinate
with
Rotary
in
Orange
Walk
to
expand
Solar
Dryer
project
• TBD
–
depending
on
assessment
coming
up
Iowa
State
University
reported
they
were
unable
to
idenTfy
a
suitable
scope
of
work
for
their
next
project
with
the
community
and
have
closed
out
their
program
in
Belize

36. Lamar
University,
village
of
Chunox
in
the
Corozol
District
•
Implement
a
restroom
facility
for
the
St.
Viatore
vocaTonal
high
school
• Performed
test
to
determine
water
quality,
soil
type,
soil
percolaTon,
water
table,
land
survey
(for
a
percolaTon
field),
located
a
site
for
the
bathrooms
• Formed
Memorandum
of
Understanding
with
the
school
–
• we
will
provide
materials
and
design
•
the
school
will
provide
labor,
some
lodging
and
meals
• Currently
working
on
alternaTves
Analysis:
our
preferred
alternaTve
is
a
standard
flush
toilet.
The
effluent
waste
will
be
treated
by
a
percolaTon
field

37. About Lamar
University Chapter
•
•
•
•
Established in 2008
Consists of over 20 current members
Started our first project in 2009
Traveled to Belize for the first time in 2010

38. §
We have raised about $25,000.
§ We are fundraising and preparing
grant applications for the balance of
the estimated $50k total.
§ Final design is complete and
approved by EWB-USA - just need
the funding.

39. LocaJon
Official
Address:
St.
Viator
High
School
1.5
mi.
beyond
Chunox
Village
Chunox
–
Sarteneja
Road
P.O.
Box
330
Corozal
Town

40. Ferry

41. St.
Viator
VocaJonal
High
School

44. Cafeteria

45. Water
Supply
•
Water
line
from
Chunox
•
Chunox
uses
reverse
osmosis
on
community
water
•
There
is
no
water
filtration
on
site
•
Supplies
Cafeteria
•
School
Well,
pond
•
Supplies
shower,
animals,
and
crops

47. Pit
Latrine
Bathrooms

49. Texas
A&M
University;
San
Mateo
•
•
•
•
San
Mateo
is
an
impoverished
community,
listed
by
the
Belize
Red
Cross
as
the
most
impoverished/at
risk
community
in
the
country
The
land
in
actuality
is
a
Tdal
estuary
densely
populated
with
mangroves,
which
is
more
ouen
than
not
under
several
feet
of
water
Approximately
150-­‐180
“homes”
exist
in
San
Mateo
on
sTlts
with
no
running
water,
electricity
or
sanitaTon.
Each
“home”
is
reached
by
walking
a
series
of
elevated
“London
bridges,”
a
precarious
system
of
scrap
lumber
walkways
generally
no
wider
than
22”
with
no
handrails
The
community
is
in
desperate
need
of
affordable,
potable
running
water,
development
of
a
sanitaTon
system,
pathway
improvement,
roadways,
and
a
land
fill,
among
other
needs.
EWB-­‐USA,
TAMU
intends
to
undertake
some
of
these
projects

50. Randy Nelson, project lead, wrote,
We'd be happy to work with you and share information and experiences in
Belize as our project develops.
To give you an update on our project, we are currently preparing for an
assessment trip to San Mateo in January.
We expect that we will be working with the community to develop a source of
fresh water, but we're keeping a somewhat open mind since this will be our
first trip.
Our tentative schedule is to try to complete our first project by next Christmas,
but that is very much dependent on this first assessment trip. We'll be better
able to give you a timeline once we get back.
As for fundraising, we are trying to raise $20,000 for the implementation next
year. I'm attaching a few photos of the community, and I can send more if
you'd like.

51. Belize
Water
Sanitation
Project
San
Mateo,
Belize
Christopher
Kirkland
and
Briana
Herrmann

52. The
Team!

53. The
Community

54. Water
Update
• Many
changes
to
the
community
have
been
made
over
the
summer
leaving
a
need
for
a
water
filtration
system
no
longer
necessary
• The
local
Rotary
Club
of
Belize
has
provided
the
community
with
200
Sawyer
water
filters,
which
is
sufficient
enough
to
provide
each
home
with
clean
drinking
water
• Training
for
these
filters
is
currently
in
progress.
During
our
assessment
trip
this
January
2013
we
hope
to
be
able
to
participate
in
helping
distribute
the
filters
to
members
of
the
community

55. A
New
Need
•
•
Contamination
of
the
community's
water
lines
through
leaked
sewage
has
caused
unsanitary
living
conditions.
Additionally,
waste
from
vault
toilets
has
run
out
into
the
stagnant
water
surrounding
the
community
(see
photo).
The
previous
assessment
trip
confirmed
coliform
contamination
in
the
water
lines
as
a
result
of
this
practice.
A
septic
tank
for
the
community
of
San
Mateo
will
provide
the
residents
with
an
improved
means
to
dispose
of
their
waste
which
will
overall
provide
clean
water
to
their
homes
and
standing
water
throughout
the
community.
This
will
reduce
the
amounts
of
fatalities
and
diseases
that
are
currently
found
within
the
community.

56. Household
Septic
System
• We
are
currently
arranging
plans
for
our
assessment
trip
this
January
2013
to
scope
the
site
for
a
potential
household
septic
system
• A
local
sanitation
engineer
has
provided
us
with
a
septic
tank
design
that
was
intended
for
mainland
conditions.
However,
due
to
San
Mateo's
environmental
challenges,
this
design
will
not
suffice
under
the
areas
mangrove
swamp.
Therefore,
we
anticipate
a
mound
septic
system
Texas
A&M
has
closed
out
their
program
in
Belize,
primarily
due
to
lack
of
community
capacity
to
successfully
partner
with
EWB

59. San
Mateo

60. New
this
year
Jordan
Machtelinckx,
Belize
Program
Coordinator,
wrote:
• We
are
currently
solidifying
our
partnership
with
the
community
of
the
Valley
of
Peace
outside
Belmopan,
and
our
third
partner
organizaJon,
the
Ministry
of
Agriculture
(located
in
Central
Farm).
• We
are
currently
working
together
on
the
documentaJon
to
get
the
project
approved
by
EWB
USA
so
that
we
can
begin
our
assessment
work
for
future
implementaJons.
• The
project
will
pertain
to
agricultural
water
supply.

61. • Specifically,
the
community
would
like
to
construct
a
system
to
capture
water
from
the
nearby
Belize
River
and
divert
it
to
a
storage
tank.
From
there
they
envision
a
gravity
distribuJon
system
to
get
the
water
to
the
nearby
farm
plots,
slightly
downhill.
This
would
provide
sufficient
water
for
year-­‐round
irrigaJon
and
thus
greater
crop
yield
and
resale
potenJal
in
the
nearby
markets
of
Belmopan
and
San
Ignacio.
• The
greatest
design
consideraJon
is
how
to
get
water
up
gradient
from
the
river
to
the
tank:
gas-­‐powered
pumps
are
very
expensive
to
operate.
Hydro-­‐ram
technologies
have
been
menJoned,
but
the
feasibility
of
this
opJon
depends
greatly
on
the
environments
and
available
energy
gradients
in
the
flowing
water
-­‐
we'll
need
to
address
these
factors
in
our
iniJal
assessments.

62. August Pine Ridge, Belize
School Building Update

63. Cleveland
State
EWB
project
•
The
new
school
building
provides
addiTonal
space
for
the
current
overcrowded
school
that
serves
approximately
450
students
and
serves
as
a
hurricane
shelter
for
the
general
community
• A
project-­‐specific
assessment
trip
was
completed
in
May
2010
and
the
floor
plan
for
the
school
was
finalized
and
approved
by
the
community
• Data
on
building
material
quality
and
availability
was
gathered
along
with
material
prices
• Detailed
site
soil
samples
were
collected
and
shipped
to
CSU’s
campus
for
laboratory
tests.
Soil
characterisTcs
were
incorporated
into
the
school
building’s
foundaTon
design
• Soil
characterisTcs
for
a
leach
field
for
the
school
building’s
sepTc
system
were
evaluated

64. Cleveland
State
EWB
(cont.)
•
•
The
skill
level
of
local
labor
for
construcTon
was
assessed
A
Belizean
Civil
Engineering
firm
agreed
to
help
the
chapter
with
construcTon
in
Belize,
paperwork
required
by
the
Central
Building
Authority
(CBA)
to
secure
construcTon
approval
and
building
codes
used
in-­‐country
A
Final
Design
Report
(FDR)
with
all
necessary
design
calculaTons
and
construcTon
documents
was
submibed
to
EWB-­‐
USA
for
review
and
implementaTon
was
approved

65. Floor
plan
–
classroom
building

66. Cleveland
State
EWB
funding
•
The
preliminary
esTmate
for
construcTon,
furnishing
and
ouwixng
the
school
was
~$150k
USD
• The
community
agreed
to
raise
$100k
in
cash
and/or
in-­‐kind
contribuTons
(including
labor)
• The
CSU
Chapter
agreed
to
raise
up
to
$50k
(Coyle/
BOSSD
helped
in
modest
amounts)
• The
community
applied
for
funds
to
the
Belize
Natural
Energy
Trust
(a
fund
organized
by
an
oil
company)
for
$50k
and
to
the
Social
Improvement
Fund
(an
internaTonal
development
fund
in
the
Caribbean)
• (as
of
early
August
‘12,
the
cost
to
date
was
~$134k,
with
$61k
from
Belize
and
$73k
from
CSU
EWB)
• ConstrucTon
began
in
April,
2011
and
was
completed
in
2012

67. CSU Project Manager/ Site Engineer and APR School Project Committee
Chairman Julio Magaña at the completion of the project.

68. Classroom tiled and ready for use. The door is only open when the
building is utilized as a hurricane shelter by the community. Similar
doors allow passage throughout the building in safety.

69. Not everybody could be listed. We wish to also thank BASF, Parker Hannifin
Company, and Belize Open Source, to name a few more.

70. While in Belize the leaking roof on the existing school was repaired.
No more leaks. The black of the roof is the build up of ash from the
burning of sugar cane. Because of the slope on the new school, each
passing rain helps to keep the roof clean.

71. Anemometer installed on the
roof of the other school
building. Data collected by
the students of APR is
emailed to CSU engineering
students working closely
with Dr. Majid Rashidi and
his wind amplification turbine
system to properly size the
wind turbines.

72. CSU Students Amy Kalabon (left) and Alice Summerville (Right) level stone for the
leach field on the school property.

73. Completion of pipe runs to septic
tanks behind the school. At this
time the tanks are sealed and the
pipes all covered.

74. Distribution box walls poured, top was added the next day and everything is now
covered with fill material.

75. The leach field with all the pipes set awaiting the final cover of 18 inches of
soil.

76. TBD description.

77. TBD description.

78. TBD description.

79. TBD description.

80. TBD description.

81. TBD description.

82. TBD description.

83. CSU
next
steps
Norb Delatte, faculty advisor indicated the team expects to travel
in mid-March ‘14:
• Water treatment remains a priority, but has been delayed as the
team addresses humidity problems in the new classroom
building. Improved ventilation and other options are being
considered.
• The team continues work with the water board and the
community project committee to develop water treatment
options, including a pilot point-of-use system. Received a $10k
grant toward the system vs a preliminary estimate of $50k.

84. CSU
next
steps
• The team was awarded the 2013 NCEES Engineering Award
for Connecting Professional Practice and Education, $25,000
grand prize for its submission, Design, Funding, and
Construction of the August Pine Ridge School/Hurricane Shelter
in Belize – the funds will be used to repay repay part of the
university loans for construction costs.
• The August Pine Ridge Water Board has done a pilot program
with water meters to prepare for metering and use-based fees to
encourage water conservation and reduce operating costs.
• Students continue working with Dr. Majid Rashidi and his wind
amplification turbine system to examine the feasibility of wind
energy. Solar is also being considered.

85. Status:
grassroots
aerial
photomapping
program
in
Belize
•
•
•
During
9-­‐day
trip
in
February
’13,
engaged
schools
to
develop
capabiliTes
and
make
iniTal
set
of
maps
(Belize
Open
Source
property,
August
Pine
Ridge
school
classrooms
and
surrounding
community,
and
Muffles
College)
Posted
Research
Notes
on
Public
Lab,
in
context
of
a
plan
to:
• develop
capabiliTes,
• archive,
access
and
communicate
with
the
images,
• implement
training
through
classes
in
local
schools,
• conTnue
with
ongoing
workshops
for
future
visitors
to
extend
techniques
and
map
more
of
the
country's
sites
of
interest
with
emphasis
on
community
needs
and
benefits
to
local
users,
as
well
as
some
the
gorgeous
sites
August
Pine
Ridge
school
and
Muffles
College
Environmental
Sciences
program
parTcipated.
Jeff
Warren
and
Stewart
Long,
Public
Laboratory
for
Open
Technology
and
Science,
have
parTcipated
in
planning

86. Blanca Torres, principal of the August Pine Ridge school, wrote, “The aerial photo
mapping seems very interesting. I shared with my children and sisters the images
of our village … and they just loved them. … I welcome these opportunities where
I can involve my students in new learning experiences. I am very interested in
exposing them through your mapping project. We feel pride in having our
community appear in internet pages and more if we are involved in getting those
images.”

87. August
Pine
Ridge
RC
school
mapping
session

88. TBD description.

89. TBD description.

90. In progress and completed new classroom building
Richard Obratil, former Chapter President, Project Manager/Site Engineer
EWB-Cleveland State University Chapter, wrote, “... here is a picture of the
building…”

91. Muffles
Junior
College,
Belize
mapping
sessions

92. Muffles
Junior
College,
Belize
mapping
sessions

93. Muffles
Junior
College,
Belize
mapping
• Did two hands-on
sessions
mapping
training and
sessions with Rafael
Castillo, the faculty
advisor, and the
Environmental Club at
the Muffles Junior
College campus near
Orange Walk Town
• Left them with a
complete KAP mapping
kit
• Put a sustainable
mapping capability in
place at Muffles which
can serve the
Environmental Science
program

94. Site:
Belize
Open
Source
Sustainable
Development
• This
40-­‐acre
rural
property
is
located
in
northwestern
Belize
near
the
Mexican
and
Guatemala
borders
about
16
miles
from
Orange
Walk
Town,
between
the
villages
of
August
Pine
Ridge
and
San
• Google
Maps
shows
it,
but
unTl
Felipe
and
3.5
miles
to
the
recently,
two
more
clicks
in
and
Rio
Hondo
Belize/Mexico
you
ran
out
of
pixels
–
it’s
border
beber
now
belizeopensource.org

95. Belize
Open
Source
mapping
session

96. Belize
Open
Source
mapping
session
Images
were
from
Canon
A1200
in
juice
boble
rig
shooTng
in
conTnuous
mode
(Qstarz
gps
tracker
flown
as
well)

97. Belize
Open
Source
mapping
session
Images
from
Delta
LevitaTon

98. Belize
Open
Source
mapping
session
Natalio
Soliz
flying
the
kite

99. CSU
and
my
photos

122. TBD description.

151. CSU
prior
photos