STEERING COMMITTEE
Vivian St. Juste Schweizer
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Vivian successfully leads NGO’s. As a victim of severe damages from hurricanes Irma and Maria in the USVI, she used her professional influence to spear-head relief and recovery efforts for her community. A returning Wilmington, NC resident, Vivian joined the Solar Water Relief project team to add her knowledge from a survivor lens and her skill-set of galvanizing for short-term relief and long-term recovery. A professional grant writer and manager, Vivian volunteers to develop resilient and trauma-informed communities. Contact, bridge4resources@gmail.com |
Mack Coyle
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Mack is a lifelong activist advocating for environmental protection, and a businessman advancing economic development which is ecologically congruent. Clean Energy Events, Plastic Ocean Project, Thumos Project, OceanCure, and many other organizations have used his generators to produce their events, advocate for ecology, and fulfill their missions. Engaging in mutual aid, advocating for a safe and clean environment, and developing solidarity with people around the world - these are his touchstones. |
Jeff Watson
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Jeff enjoyed a 31 year career as a mechanical and system design engineer, and project manager, developing various types of satellites and helping design submarine power plants. He holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Thermal Science, respectively, from Georgia Tech. When not pursuing his interests, which include hiking, reading science fiction and being near the ocean, Jeff is turning his attention to developing and implementing solutions to energy and pollution challenges, together with supporting those in need. His main goal is to make the world a better place for our children and grandchildren, by reducing plastics pollution and promoting clean energy use.
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Bill Moore
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Bill Moore has spent the last 20+ years covering the world of electric vehicles for his EVWorld.com website. In 2015, he launched Quikbyke to rent solar-charged electric bikes to tourists.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in theology and minor in communications. Married for 49 years, he currently lives outside of Omaha, Nebraska. Bill was instrumental in the creation of the OPPD/NPPD Power Drive competition. He co-authored the 2012 bill that allowed the use of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles on Nebraska streets. In 2014 he was instrumental in the passage of LB95, allowing the use of qualified electric-assist bicycles on bike paths and trails in state. His travels have taken him to China, Japan, Mexico, Canada and Iceland, often as a guest of carmakers including General Motors, Ford, Toyota, and Venturi. His articles have appeared in Mother Earth News, Discover, Popular Science, and Air & Space Smithsonian. |
Bonnie Monteleone
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Bonnie Monteleone is the Executive Director and Director of Science, Research and Academic Partnerships for the Plastic Ocean Project based in Wilmington, NC. Her research engages citizen science with school-age children to university graduate students and to date has assisted over 100 UNCW students in Directed Independent Studies (DIS)on plastic related research projects.. She co-created the course "Plastic Marine Debris Field Studies" at UNCW and has received several conservation awards for her innovative research and outreach on marine plastic pollution. She is a co-investigator on the NOAA funded research project “Microplastic Ingestion in the Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata.” She established the analytical feasibility study working with a US company that is turning plastics into fuel. Ms. Monteleone is also an accomplished artist who integrates the plastic she has collected from the world's oceans into modern artistic masterpieces.
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STUDENT SUPPORT
These UNCW students are an important part of our public outreach and
implementation efforts to deliver Solar Watermate units to the Bahamas.
Taylor Marquette
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Taylor is a senior at University of North Carolina Wilmington, working toward a bachelor’s degree in biology with a terrestrial and freshwater concentration. She is from a small town in Iowa and moved to Wilmington, NC 3 years ago due to her love for the ocean. As a marine debris intern at Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies she hosted community events making boomerang bags, which reuse old t-shirts and replace plastic bags in fall 2019. Returning to UNCW she works at Plastic Ocean Project producing outreach materials. Through POP the Solar Water Relief project for the Bahamas has been her main focus, working on informational handouts. She is thrilled to be a part of the team and helping with this incredible project.
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Cameron Pressley
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Cameron is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington pursuing a degree in Public and International Affairs with future plans after graduation to pursue a degree in law with a concentration in pharmaceutical and chemical law. Cameron is from Charlotte, North Carolina and moved to the coast of North Carolina in the summer of 2017. Currently, Cameron is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta pre-law organization and is a work-study student working with the Plastic Ocean Project as a policy analyst with focus on the Blue New Deal, while also working with the Solar Water Relief project as an intern working with website development. He is excited to see the change projects such as these will bring to other communities.
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Carolyn Dougherty
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Carolyn recently graduated summa cum laude from The University of North Carolina Wilmington with a B.S. Environmental Science and Minors in Sustainability and Geospatial Technologies. Originally from the suburbs of Washington, D. C., she has a natural passion for environmental policy and also enjoys scientific communication, energy, water quality, sustainability, and environmental planning. During her final semester, she is fully immersing herself in her GIS courses, original projects, and internships. Carolyn was the Research Team Co-Leader (2019-2020) of UNCW's Plastic Ocean Project chapter and revolutionized data collection and analysis methods with ArcGIS platforms. As an intern with Solar Water Relief, Carolyn works with website development, social media presence, communication of technical concepts and site selection for solar water generators.
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partners and collaborators
Clean Energy Events
As a nonprofit partner of Solar Water Relief – Bahamas, Clean Energy Events is a 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to drive the adoption of renewable energy technologies and sustainable practices through public awareness and education in the coastal Carolinas region. We support renewable energy projects, demonstrations, policies, experiments, training, education and outreach in preparation for a just transition to 100% renewable energy sources.
As a nonprofit partner of Solar Water Relief – Bahamas, Clean Energy Events is a 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to drive the adoption of renewable energy technologies and sustainable practices through public awareness and education in the coastal Carolinas region. We support renewable energy projects, demonstrations, policies, experiments, training, education and outreach in preparation for a just transition to 100% renewable energy sources.
Coyle Solar LLC
Coyle Solar designs, manufactures, and distributes solar powered electrical generators and water pumping and purification systems. Our devices are ideal for developing countries, remote construction, agricultural irrigation, emergency electrical backup, and many other applications. Our products require no set-up, are portable, operate quietly, require no refueling, and are completely free of emissions. We use commercially available components to construct highly reliable power and water delivery systems for the twenty-first century.
Coyle Solar designs, manufactures, and distributes solar powered electrical generators and water pumping and purification systems. Our devices are ideal for developing countries, remote construction, agricultural irrigation, emergency electrical backup, and many other applications. Our products require no set-up, are portable, operate quietly, require no refueling, and are completely free of emissions. We use commercially available components to construct highly reliable power and water delivery systems for the twenty-first century.
Plastic Ocean Project
Plastic Ocean Project is committed to reducing the use of single use plastics and the prevention of ocean-bound plastic pollution. Due to the fallout areas of the Bahamas severely hit by Hurricane Dorian, freshwater is in scarcity. But the solution is not shipping millions of single use plastic water bottles which generates a large cargo carbon footprint, coupled with shipping them back to a recycling facility or worse, ending up in the ocean. The solution is portable filtration stations using solar power provided by The Solar Water Relief System and why we get behind this waste-free technology.
Plastic Ocean Project is committed to reducing the use of single use plastics and the prevention of ocean-bound plastic pollution. Due to the fallout areas of the Bahamas severely hit by Hurricane Dorian, freshwater is in scarcity. But the solution is not shipping millions of single use plastic water bottles which generates a large cargo carbon footprint, coupled with shipping them back to a recycling facility or worse, ending up in the ocean. The solution is portable filtration stations using solar power provided by The Solar Water Relief System and why we get behind this waste-free technology.
Collaborators and Friends of Solar Water Relief
https://heartpack.org/
http://www.friendsoftheenvironment.org/
https://onecoastalnation.com/
http://www.evworld.com/
https://heartpack.org/
http://www.friendsoftheenvironment.org/
https://onecoastalnation.com/
http://www.evworld.com/