COA NEWS COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC SUMMER/FALL 2002 BAR HARBOR, MAINE COA Biologists and Intel Scientists Use Sensor Technology to Monitor Elusive Seabirds in Maine For scientists at College of the Atlantic ecology." several biology students. studying the Leach's Storm Petrel, moni- The raw information provided by the Biologists believe the 237-acre toring the shy seabird's nest activity has motes will help biologists understand why island, located 12 miles from Acadia meant sticking a cumbersome remote the Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma National Park, may be home to one of camera or a daring arm into burrows. But leucorhoa) favors Great Duck Island over the largest petrel breeding colonies in since Monday, August 5, these biologists thousands of other islands off the coast of the eastern United States. The storm - and petrel buffs around the world - have Maine. "This is particularly important in petrel is particularly challenging to study been able to monitor a popular breeding conservation questions," said Anderson. because it spends most of its life offshore, site in real time through the returning to land only during the Internet while sitting comfortably sensitive breeding period from the in front of their computers. end of May through October. On Wireless sensor technology land, the petrels stay hidden dur- developed at the Intel Research ing the day to avoid predators, Laboratory with assistance from typically emerging after 10:00 p.m. the University of California, The motes were placed in six Berkeley, is making this powerful burrows and the surrounding method of habitat monitoring brush, covering an area just larger than half a football field. "From possible. Over the summer, researchers from the Intel lab and the biological side of things, sam- from UC Berkeley teamed with ple size is very important," said Anderson. "The more individuals COA biologists to install a net- work of more than 20 miniatur- you can look at, the more you know about the health of the ized sensors, or motes, on nearby colony." Great Duck Island. The idea for the project began Each device, slightly bigger through Anderson's friendship than the two AA batteries power- with Alan Mainwaring, a research ing it, is now beaming back raw scientist at the Intel Research lab- data about the conditions in the oratory in Berkeley. "We were burrows and the island's microcli- looking for an application to field mate that the public can view at test the motes, and John needed a http://www.greatduckisland.net. reliable way to monitor the petrels "There is nothing else like Maine Public Radio's Naomi Schalit interviews John Anderson on this sensor network available for Great Duck Island for a segment on "Maine Things Considered" throughout the year," said in late June. The mote sensor can be seen to the right of Anderson. Mainwaring. conservation biologists, nothing With Anderson's input, that can provide good quality data researchers at Intel and Berkeley in such dense numbers," said John "We want to know which islands are designed the motes to detect light, baro- Anderson, associate dean of advanced important for the seabirds, and why. We metric pressure, relative humidity and studies and conservation biologist at may learn that the microhabitat of Great temperature conditions. An infrared heat COA. Anderson and students have been Duck Island is unique and in need of pro- sensor detects whether the nest is occu- studying seabird colonies on Great Duck tection." pied by a seabird and whether the bird Island for the past four years. "What's Up to now, obtaining an accurate has company. Motes within the burrows really exciting about this is that we can count of the elusive seabirds involved and around the brush send readings out get a feel for what happens on the island expensive, carefully planned trips to the to a single gateway sensor above ground, when humans aren't there," he said. island with a pen, paper and a portable which then relays collected information "This kind of sensor network will have video system - dubbed the "petrel peeper" to a laptop computer locked away at a a profound effect on how we do field - that was transported by wheelbarrow or lighthouse on the island. The laptop, Continued on page 2 Sensor Technology, from page 1 COA News The Newsletter of powered by photovoltaic cells, connects College of the Atlantic to the Internet via satellite. The petrel project is one of the Summer/Fall 2002 first real world applications for wireless sensors developed by the Intel Research PRESIDENT Laboratory. The lab, a cooperative Steven K. Katona research project between Intel and UC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Berkeley, was opened in the spring of Eleanor Grace Courtemanche 2001 and is led by professor David Culler. The aim of the project is to develop sen- EDITOR sors that can organize themselves into ad Carroll Gordon hoc networks and provide information Director of Public Relations about the physical world to information CONTRIBUTORS systems. The sensors are called "motes" Rebecca Buyers-Basso '81 because they may one day be as small as John Anderson shows COA student Mike Dorothy Wills Knapp dust motes. Shepherd how to use the "Petrel Peeper." Hans Mulder, co-director of the CHAIRMAN OF THE Intel Research Lab at Berkeley says "we months, while the relay sensor which BOARD OF TRUSTEES are about ten years away from having consumers more power is rigged to a John N. Kelly sensors that cost less than a dollar." He solar panel. envisions a day when thousands of inex- Mainwaring pointed out that COA News is published twice a year pensive sensors will be embedded in walls motes placed in an office building or and is circulated to alumni, to provide feedback on the structural home do not need to contend with rain, students, parents and friends of College of the Atlantic. integrity of a building after an earth- sand or a curious seabird's beak. He said quake. Sensor nets could give rise to pre- the motes in the burrows are protected cision agriculture where every grapevine from dirt and moisture by a 10-micron has a sensor that tracks moisture, humidi- thick polymer coating that is biologically ty, temperature and sunlight. Sensors on inert. An acrylic, cylindrical casing pro- machines in a manufacturing plant could tects the motes above ground. detect a rise in temperature or excessive The researchers will be monitor- THE COLLEGE OF vibration and signal that a repair needs ing the data and improving on the system THE ATLANTIC to be done before a part breaks. over the next several months. They plan VISION STATEMENT "The unique requirements of to return to Great Duck Island in April The faculty, students, monitoring wildlife really pushed the to deploy more motes before the start of trustees, staff and alumni engineering of the motes in new direc- next year's breeding season. 16 tions," said Culler. Biologists aren't able of College of the Atlantic to visit research sites more than a few envision a world where times a year, and they avoid doing SO to people value creativity, lessen the negative ecological impact of Read more about intellectual achievement, repeated human presence. It therefore and the diversity of nature became especially important to reduce Alan Mainwaring and human cultures. With the motes' power consumption SO the on page 11. respect and compassion, sensors would last between visits. The individuals will construct motes in the burrows can run continu- meaningful lives for ously on two AA batteries for six themselves, gain appreciation for the relationships among all forms Inside COA News of life, and safeguard the New Faces at COA p. 3 Technology Innovator: Jay McNally '84 p. 10 heritage of future generations. Watershed Signs Posted p. 3 Brass Week 2002 p. 10 Graduation 2002 pp 4-6 Allied Whale Celebrates Thirty VISIT THE COA WEBSITE Distinguished Lecturer 2002 p. 6 Years Þ. 11 www.coa.edu Touring Adventures: The Big Dig Ecological Entrepreneurship Series by Rebecca Buyers-Basso '81 p. 7 Set for the Fall p. 11 "Summertime 'an the livin' is The Lobster Quadrille Chronicled p. 12 easy" pp. 8-9 COA News 2 SUMMER/FALL 2002 New Faces at COA Eleanor Grace Courtemanche began her president of the Maine Community duties as the new director of develop- Foundation and director of public affairs ment at COA on April 29. She will at the American University in Bulgaria. oversee the development effort including "Ellie brings outstanding annual giving, major gifts, capital cam- strength, skill and experience to the col- paigns, corporate and foundation contri- lege. She inspires confidence in every- butions and special events. one who meets her. She is deeply com- Ellie comes to COA from the mitted to helping people and the envi- Bangor office of Gary Friedmann and ronment. I am sure she will help the col- Associates, where she served as campaign lege to fulfill its mission with increasing manager since June 2000. She was success," said President Katona. responsible for the management of the Ellie earned a Bachelor of Arts Bangor office and direction of fundraising in Theater from the University of Maine campaigns for non-profit clients through- and holds a Master's degree in Public out the state of Maine. Prior to her asso- Administration. She and her husband, ciation with Gary Friedmann and Wyatt, live in Penobscot, Maine. Associates, she worked as associate direc- tor of development for a social service agency in Massachusetts, assistant to the Ken Cline, faculty member in environ- maintained water quality monitoring pro- mental law and policy and director of the grams, coordinated public outreach and college S watershed project (See COA community education and recruited vol- News, Winter/Spring 2002), has unteers to participate in research and announced the appointment of Janet analysis of water quality samples. She is Redman as the new watershed coordina- also experienced in geographical informa- tor. Janet assumed her new position on tion systems (GIS). August 6. Janet brings experience in Janet is no stranger to COA recruiting, training and mobilizing rural she has worked with the Union River community members in the sustainable Watershed Coalition as a consultant for development of their communities. Prior the baseline study high school monitor- to coming to COA, she worked in El ing project while she was working for the Salvador for a year for the U.S. /El MDI Water Quality Coalition. She has Salvador Sister Cities Network, collabo- also been a visiting faculty member and rating with people from a variety of taught an introductory geology class in social, political and economic back- the fall of 1999. Janet received a Bach- grounds towards sustainable develop- elor of Science in Environmental Science ment. with a geology concentration and water Prior to working in El Salvador, resources focus, from the University of Janet was the program coordinator for Vermont. the MDI Water Quality Coalition. She Watershed Signs Posted in a Community Effort The Union River Watershed Coalition gathered a group of volunteers on June 29 to install road signs identifying R the Union River's watershed boundary, which stretches out to the northern, eastern, and western borders of Hancock County. The purpose of the signs, designed by WATERSHED COA student Anselm Bradford '02, is to raise aware- UNION RIVER ness of the watershed boundaries. The Union River Watershed covers 500 square miles in more than a dozen towns and two counties. Pictured at right are (L to R) Andrew Borden- Chisolm, Academic Dean Rich Borden and Ryder Scott, Photo: Tobin Peacock '95 who were among the group that installed the signs. COA News 3 SUMMER/FALL 2002 Graduation 2002 The class of 2002 The wearable art of senior Gideon Culman - a creation in duct tape on his leather jacket. Commencement speaker Amy Goodman held the audience rapt with her accounts of the liberation of the East Timorese. COA News 4 SUMMER/FALL 2002 GET UP! STAND UP! Senior Michelle Dumont was one of twelve seniors who gave presentations of their senior projects to the board of trustees the day before graduation. President Steve Katona and Chairman of the Board John Kelley head the processional for graduation. Behind them are former chairman of the board Ev Shorey, trustees Les Brewer and Lissa Hodder, and commencement speaker Amy Goodman. Songs by The Half-Steps (Left to right: Nellie Wilson '05, Eliana Grinstein-Camacho '05, Julia Morgenstern '04 and Dawn Mazula '04) entertained the audience prior to the processional. Keisha Luce and Anthony Yartel leave the ceremony with their diplomas and smiles. See complete story on page 6. COA News 5 SUMMER/FALL 2002 2002 Graduates Encouraged to "Make a Difference" Members of the COA class of 2002 had a after September 11th spent in a garret of Ambagis '02; the Alumni Merit sparkling sunny day to celebrate their her building in lower Manhattan inter- Scholarship Award went to Emily Clark commencement on June 8. Nearly 1,000 viewing those who emerged the rubble of '03; the Daniel H. Kane, Jr. Award was well-wishers, friends and family members the World Trade Center. She also shared presented to Elizabeth Deliso '02; the were in attendance to "see them off" to her harrowing experiences in East Timor Center for Applied Human Ecology their various pursuits after graduation. before the Timorese won their independ- Award went to Nancy Lococz '02; the Songs by The Half-Steps (Eliana ence from Indonesia in May 2002. Edward J. Meade, Jr. Educational Studies Grinstein-Camacho '05, Dawn Mazula Goodman said her experience reporting Award went to seniors Michelle Dumont '04, Julia Morgenstern '04 and Nellie abroad has made her aware of the dual and Saer Huston; and the International Wilson '05) entertained the audience symbolic meaning of America in coun- Studies Award went to the entire class of prior to the processional, which was led tries fighting oppression. As a military 2002 for their 60% participation in inter- by the bagpipers of the West Eden superpower, the U.S. is seen both as a national programs. Highlanders. Senior Nancy Lococz intro- sword and a shield - a shield when the The following students won duced the commencement speaker, COA light of media attention is trained on scholarship awards: the August alumna Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica acts of brutality and injustice. She Heckscher Award went to Julie Miller Radio's "Democracy Now." reminded the class of 2002, the first to '03 and Tim Fuller '03; the Maurine P. Goodman, who recalled working graduate after the terrorist attacks, "you and Robert Rothschild Educational at the Sunflower bakery when she was a can make a difference every day of your Award went to Emily Clark '03; and the student, said she never dreamed she life." Alice Blum Yoakum Conservation Award would go from delivering bread to deliv- Faculty presented awards to the went to Bethany Holm '03. ering the commencement address. The following students: The William H. broadcast journalist recounted the days Drury, Jr. Prize was awarded to Julia Distinguished Lecturer Extols "Natural Capitalism" goods, Natural Capitalism assigns value 1. Radically increase resource efficiency; to labor and natural capital as well. It 2. Redesign production models to resem- also ascribes to scarceties in natural capi- ble natural processes which are charac- tal an increasingly important role in lim- terized by closed loops, no waste and no iting economic growth. "Nature is not toxicity; free," Lovins pointed out. "The economy 3. Shift business models from focusing on is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature." the episodic production of material goods Industrial capitalism was born a to the creation of value and service; quarter-millennium ago in the Industrial 4. Reinvest profits in natural capital. Revolution. The invention of the auto- "The transition from industrial mated loom in the late 1700s allowed capitalism to natural capitalism will one spinner to weave the same amount of place a premium on learning to under- cloth it took 200 hand spinners to weave stand biological models, and on using President Steven Katona and Amory Lovins in the same time. "Profit-maximizing cap- nature as model and mentor rather than A capacity audience filled the Gates italists economized on their scarcest fac- as a nuisance to be evaded." Auditorium at College of the Atlantic on tor of production, skilled people. They A growing number of innova- August 1 to hear the Champlain Society's substituted the use of the seemingly tive companies, nonprofits, and individu- Distinguished Lecturer Amory Lovins, abundant resources and ability of the als are embracing the principles and founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute planet to absorb their pollution to enable reaping the rewards of Natural talk on "Natural Capitalism", a term people to do more work." Capitalism. At the same time these lead- coined by Lovins and Paul Hawken in "The logic of economizing on the ers are redefining what corporate respon- 1999. scarcest resource, because that is what lim- sibility and sustainable economic growth Lovins noted that most businesses its human progress, remains perennially means: today operate according to a worldview true. What has changed indeed, reversed Southwire Corporation, an that has not changed substantially since is the pattern of scarcity. Today we have energy intensive maker of cable, rod and the start of the industrial revolution, when abundant people and scarce nature, not the wire, halved its energy per pound of natural resources were abundant and labor other way around. Today's patterns of rela- product in six years. The savings roughly was the limiting factor of production. tive scarcity and abundance dictate using equaled the company's profits during a Today there is growing recognition that we more people and more brains to wring four, period when many competitors were have a surplus of labor on earth, while nat- ten or even 100 times as much benefit going bankrupt. ural capital --natural resources and the from each unit of energy, water, materials, State-of-the-Shelf Technologies ecological systems that provide vital life- or anything else borrowed from the planet. are making old buildings three- to four- support services is in decline and Success at this will be the basis of competi- fold more energy efficient (new ones relatively expensive. tiveness in the decades to come." nearer 10-fold) and cheaper to build. Whereas industrial capitalism Lovins outlined four interrelated Examples include large buildings in cli- defines capital narrowly as money and tenets of Natural Capitalism: Continued on page 10 COA News 6 SUMMER/FALL 2002 Touring Adventures: The Big Dig Glen Berkowitz '82, Big Dig Traffic show that gave a visual overview and We climbed one of the two new Milestone Manager, led a group of 50 explained some of the most challenging buildings specially designed to vent the eager College of the Atlantic alumni, technical problems of the construction exhaust from traffic in the tunnels, then trustees and friends on a tour of Boston's project. After the slide show, we donned toured the new section of Interstate 93, famous Central Artery/Tunnel Project on reflective orange vests, hard hats and including the entire highway tunnel Saturday, June 15th. The cool, rainy safety goggles and followed Glen outside underneath downtown Boston, ending up weather did not discourage anyone. We to "the site." Walking en masse we skirt- atop the widely-acclaimed and beautiful assembled at 10 in the morning at Big ed piles of dirt and deep puddles, walked new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Dig Headquarters, located on the corner on wooden planks, descended a slick Bridge, which crosses the Charles River. of Kneeland Street and Atlantic metal The rain had stopped by then, and we Avenue, near South Station. The staircase unpacked our lunches and ate like con- headquarters houses a large-scale down to struction workers, perched on rolls of model of the Big Dig, the most tunnel cable, admiring the view, which will be ambitious, intricate (and expen- level and much improved when the old elevated sive) road, bridge and tunnel con- walked highway is removed. struction project ever undertaken. what will The Big Dig was started in the soon Rebecca Buyers-Basso '81 early 90s and is scheduled for become completion in 2005. the new President Steve Katona, under- who drove down from Bar Harbor, ground gave a brief report on the college, section of and introductions were made Interstate around the room. Participants, Glen Berkowitz, Big Dig Traffic Manager, 90 in dressed in hiking boots, long directing his tour group. South pants and warm clothing, includ- Boston. ed graduates from the 70s, 80s and 90s, We saw up close how the ground under COA trustees and special guests. Most the train tracks at South Station was live or work in the Boston area, but a few frozen and kept frozen while engineers came from out of state to take the tour. dug the tunnel underneath the tracks. Glen treated us to a computerized slide This step was necessary to keep the com- muter trains running during construction of the tunnel. Over 50,000 people com- mute by train into Boston every work day. Part of Glen's job is to minimize the impact on regular traffic flow during con- Jackson Gilman '78 and his wife Susan struction. Worcester 90 Mann, take shelter from the rainy day on Seattle From there we hiked to the the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge. waterfront Fort Point Channel Tunnel Tubes, which were floated into place, sunk and connected underwater with the Join the COA Alumni help of naval architects. One of the tun- Association and be part of nel tubes had a loose seal on its under- an adventure like the Big side, creating the infamous "tunnel leak" Dig! For more info: that slowed construction in 2001 for nine months. Now that the leak has been COA Alumni Association plugged, work has resumed on the last College of the Atlantic section of the tunnel that will connect 105 Eden Street the tubes that were burrowed under the Bar Harbor, ME 04609 train tracks and the ones sunken under 207-288-5015, Ext. 340 the Fort Point Channel. Even though it www.coa.edu/alumni/ was a Saturday, workers were on the job We're headin' in. in this key area. COA News 7 SUMMER/FALL 2002 "Summertime an' the livin' is easy" -- Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) Everyone who lives through a long, dark winter and a muddy spring awaits the summer season with bated breath. When it finally arrives, there never seem to be enough hours in the day to take advantage of all that S available on this mag- nificent island. Summer at COA is filled with summer program activities, gallery openings, lectures, exhibitions, music and learning experiences. "Folk Art and Fine Crafts: Gifted Eyes, Gifted Hands" In late July, the COA campus was the main venue for opened the season with a splendid assembly of folk art LandEscapes 2002: Sensing Balance, a symposium in the arts from local collectors. Whimsical puppets, extraordinarily founded to bring together the arts and the sciences to explore intricate needlework and primitive arts were among the and connect themes related to community and global issues. The collection. Shown at left (left to right) President Steve five-day gathering included sculpture and photography installa- Katona and his wife, Susan Lerner, and collectors Lee tions, a papermaking workshop, a lecture by actress and author Judd and Eleanor and Sam Rosenfeld. Jane Alexander, poetry readings, panel discussions, video and animation workshops for both adults and children, and a faerie- house-building workshop. The event concluded with a dance and drumming per- formance in Turrets. Sculptor Greg Lock is shown above with his sculptural interpretation of his trip from Brooklyn, New York to Bar Harbor, mapped through GIS (Geographic Information System) and GPS (Global Positioning System). Jane Tawney of Southwest Harbor looks over Ashley Bryan's whimsical A young participant in the middle of his faerie house creation. puppets, made of found materials from the shores of the Cranberry Isles. While folks built their faerie houses, they were treated to an original story about faeries written and read by Álicia Manter. COA News 8 SUMMER/FALL 2002 EX Botanical illustrator Linda Heppes Funk held a workshop in COA's Farrand Gardens to demonstrate her techniques. The workshop was part of "Art in the Garden," which began with a morning lecture and slide show by Funk, followed by a tour of the Farrand Gardens and concluded with her demonstration and a luncheon. Eleanor M. McPeck (L), curator of "Beatrix Jones Farrand: The Reef Point Legacy" with Deborah Dyer, president of the Bar Harbor Historical Society at the opening of the exhibit. Pieces in the collection included rare, unpublished draw- ings, photographs, specimens and memorabilia of the Reef Point Garden project as well as archival and contemporary photographs of Farrand's carriage path designs of Acadia National Park and other public and private gar- dens on Mount Desert Island. "Life Drawing" by June Kellogg was part of the Figure Show exhibited in the Thorndike "Lucy," a model of a 60 foot fin whale, Library. The show included artists from the barely fit into the Blair Dining Hall when Blue Hill Life Drawing Group, who have she was being displayed by Sharon gathered weekly for the last ten years. Barnes, a third-grade teacher at the Mountain View School in Gouldsboro. Barnes learned about the whale model in Greg Stone's "Whales, Porpoises and Seals" class three years ago while writing a lesson plan for her students. She then wrote a grant and received funding for the materials to make the whale model. She returned to COA's Summer Courses for K-12 Teachers in August to display "Lucy." WILSON AT THE BLUM GALLERY September 19-October 19 Beth Strauss (L) and Vittoria Mcllhenny The Photography of Raymond Strout, proprietor of admire some of Beatrix Farrand's jour- Ahlblad's Framing who lent nals and photographs. Craig Greene photographs to the Farrand October 24-November 23 exhibit from his extensive pri- Amy Toensing: Monhegan vate collection, enjoying the Island Photography Exhibition opening reception. COA News 9 SUMMER/FALL 2002 Technology Innovator: Jay McNally '84 years to come. Electronic discovery is quickly McNally's recent work for replacing the boxes of paper docu- Arthur Andersen's lawyers in the investi- ments necessary to try a lawsuit and to gation of the Enron accounting scandals investigate white-collar crimes. Legal is one of a number of cases of white col- defense teams hire Ibis to sift through lar crime he has helped piece together the mountains of electronic data that over the past decade. could be pertinent to their client's litiga- The key to Ibis's success is pro- tion. According to McNally, defense prietary technology called data-to- attorneys rely on his services to "draw image packaging for electronic legal an edge around the problem, determin- discovery ( that is, evidence). Ibis can ing who might be involved and what transform electronic documents and electronics were used." The amount of email into a format suitable for loading material that can be involved is stag- into a document management system, gering: huge numbers of electronic doc- web or print format (HTML or wordpro- uments and emails from a company's cessing format). Ibis technology finds (or individual's) email systems, hard COA alumnus Jay McNally '84 founded data not apparent on the face of a doc- drives, and servers can be retrieved. Providence-based Ibis Consulting ten ument: hidden comments, password Each document is then analyzed in years ago. Today, the 25-employee firm protected areas, and all "electronic mar- approximately 125 different ways is thriving while many other technology ginalia." For email messages, it can before conversion into formats that firms are languishing. And, with a capture revisions, dates of transmission, lawyers can use to produce to the steady stream of front-page stories who opened them, and who received opposing counsel and to expose meta- chronicling probes into shady account- blind copies. This information, including data-hidden, password-protected, ing practices and accusations of insider documents and other attachments, is all encrypted or discarded material. trading, demand for Ibis's data-mining displayed and linked so it can be Jay will speak at COA on Thursday, technology could remain strong for reviewed and researched. October 17 giving the first in a series of talks "Natural Capitalism" from on Ecological Entrepreneurism (see article on page 6 page 11). mates ranging from well below freezing to more time being parked than being driv- to inspire a generation of decision mak- sweltering. en, the Rocky Mountain Institute ers. DuPont recently announced designed the Hypercar SO that it can be In 1982, Lovins and his wife, that by 2010, it will reduce its CO2 emis- plugged back into the electric grid when Hunter Lovins, founded the Rocky sions by 65% from 1990 levels, raise its parked, becoming a mini-power-plant on Mountain Institute, a Colorado-based revenues 6% a year with no increase in wheels and selling back to the grid entrepreneurial non-profit organization energy use, and get a tenth of its energy enough power to earn its owner up to that fosters the efficient and restorative and a quarter of its raw materials from half the cost of buying the car. use of resources to create a more secure, renewables. Lovins is one of America's fore- prosperous, and life-sustaining world. Interface, an Atlanta carpet most experts on energy, alternative ener- The Champlain Society maker, has been systematically imple- gy and industrial ecology. Trained as an Distinguished Lecturer is the college's menting each of the principles of Natural experimental physicist, Lovins rose to most prestigious event of the year. Each Capitalism. Interface's first four years on prominence during the oil crises of the year the speaker selected is judged to be this quest returned doubled revenues, 1970s. His book Soft Energy Paths: someone of character and accomplish- tripled operating profits and nearly dou- Toward a Durable Peace (1977) a work ment with a message of importance for bled employment. Its latest quarter-bil- of resounding common sense went on our community. lion dollars of revenue have been pro- duced with no increase in energy or materials inputs, just from mining inter- Brass Week 2002 The COA campus was filled with music nal waste, closing the loops, eliminating during the week of August 19-24, for the toxics, and shifting to a service model. second annual Bar Harbor Brass Week, The Rocky Mountain Institute sponsored by the Mark Woolman Horner has designed a "Hypercar" which may go Music Education Fund. The week into production in 2006. This ultra light- included four public performances by weight sport-utility vehicle gets 100 miles some of the country most accomplished per gallon-equivalent, powering its elec- professional and collegiate brass musi- tric propulsion motors with an onboard cians, as well as by local high school stu- fuel cell using compressed gaseous hydro- dents led by a faculty of four professional gen. Its body materials won t dent, rust or musicians from the Philadelphia fatigue and its only waste product is hot Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony and the Extension Ensemble. drinkable water. Since most cars spend COA News 10 SUMMER/FALL 2002 Allied Whale Celebrates Thirty Years When Alan Mainwaring was 15 years old, he wrote a letter to Steve Katona asking if he could come work at COA to study whales with the Allied Whale crew. After reviewing Mainwaring S 4-page resume detail- ing the computer work he had done for the Children S Museum in Boston, Katona decided he would be be a good addition. Mainwaring spent the next five summers on Mount Desert Rock and Great Duck Island, analyzing seabird and whale populations. After graduating from the University of Rochester with a Allied Whale was founded in 1972 by Steve Katona at COA to conduct research for the degree in mathematics, he earned a effective conservation of marine mammal populations and their habitats. Today, Allied PhD in Computer Sciences from the Whale is recognized as a leader in modern whale research and in the development of sci- University of California at Berkeley. entific identification and tracking techniques used internationally by whale biologists. It is He never lost his love for Mount the only year-round U.S. center for marine mammal science for the entire northeast Gulf of Desert Rock or Great Duck Island Maine, an area of unusually high biological productivity and marine mammal abundance. A portion of the Allied Whale crew gathered for a photo in September (L to R): and has been collaborating with Steve Katona, Rosie Seton, Judy Allen, Dan DenDanto, Ann Zoidis and Sean Todd. John Anderson for several years on the mote sensor project. Ecological Entrepreneurship Series Set for the Fall Beginning in October, COA will O'Naturals, an organic fast food Faculty member Davis Taylor host a speaker series entitled chain in New England, will talk is organizing the series which is sup- "Human Ecology & the Business about the challenges and rewards of ported by a grant from the William Community." Seven speakers will running a socially and ecologically & Flora Hewlett Foundation. The come to campus over the course of responsible business. On Thursday, Hewlett grant was awarded in 2001 the academic year to address topics November 12, Janet Fout, an award to establish a program in ecological related to the business of creating winning activist from the Ohio entrepreneurship. College of the and sustaining enterprises which Valley Environmental Coalition in Atlantic's Ecological build community and conserve natu- West Virginia, will talk about the Entrepreneurship Program focuses on ral resources. skills needed to organize for commu- the ways people, businesses, and The series starts Thursday, nity action on behalf of the environ- non-profit organizations can con- October 17, with a presentation by ment. tribute to community sustainability. COA alumnus Jay McNally '84, During the winter and spring Goals of the program are to teach founder and president of Ibis terms, other speakers will include students the concepts and skills Consulting. McNally will talk about international banker David Opdike, needed to make them effective lead- his experience as an entrepreneur local business owner Cheryl Curtis, a ers of and contributors to for-profit and the values he learned at COA representative from Coastal and non-profit organizations. The that continue to guide his business. Enterprises, Inc. in Wiscasset and an ecological entrepreneurship program (See article on page 10 for more advocate for place-based business brings together information regard- details on Jay's business.) enterprise. All talks are scheduled ing organizational management, On October 30, Jay for 7 PM in the McCormick Lecture green technology, and community Friedlander, co-owner and founder of Hall. sustainability. COA News 11 SUMMER/FALL 2002 The Lobster Quadrille Chronicled The invitation read indulge in a spirited evening of glorious food, lively conversation and dance beneath the summer sky..." An accurate description of COA's end-of-the-summer annual event held to thank members of The Champlain Society, faculty and staff for their generosity to the college. Guests gathered on the north lawn of the campus the weather was perfect, the lobsters scrumptious and the music irresistable. Sanjeev Shah '04 helps entertain Archer Hill, son of Ingrid and Ken Hill. Trustees Father Jim Gower (L) and Henry Sharpe stepped lively to It looks like a full moon but it's really a light to illuminate the Staff members Lynn Berzinis (L) and the music of the Green Mountain dancing after a traditional lobster dinner. Contradancing was Donna McFarland. Railway. the order of the evening. COA NEWS Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME 105 Eden Street Permit #47 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207 288-5015 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED