Guest #1 Justin Blanchfield --Mechanical Engineer

One of two Mechanical Engineers on staff. His expertise includes hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and modeling. Justin is involved in the design of water supply systems and outfalls. He is currently modeling the Skeena River in Terrace to design a bank protection system to stop erosion and flooding. He is also on a team of engineers designing the water system for a $2 billion coal gasification plant in North Dakota (which includes carbon sequestration).

His business development activities include developing the renewable energy department for Worley Parsons Canada. His renewable energy expertise includes ocean energy, small hydro, geoexchange and energy from waste. Justin also gets involved with a great deal of "green" development projects including Dockside Green and several new communities in BC.

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Themes:

Sustainable and renewable energy systems.
Triple Bottom LIne
Looking for like-minded people
Developing the skills that help the environment

Guest 2 Ian Bruce --Biologist

Ian Bruce is a consulting biologist who has had a varied and interesting career working with salmon, ecosystems, and people all around the BC coast. He has worked on the water, under the ocean and in the forests and fields. He has made money and lost money doing this but has ns regrets.

Themes

Challenges faced and overcome
Lessons learned from the First Nations
Mixing theatre and biology in a career
Inspirations and motivations

Guest #4 Jordan Fisher --Sustainability Consultant

Jordan Fisher is an adventurer at heart and when he's not in the great outdoors he's working as an independent sustainable development consultant. He advises companies and governments on how to build communities that are healthier for people and the planet. Jordan has a diverse background and has worked as a wilderness guide and naturalist, a first-aid instructor, green building consultant, and a development manager. Jordan grew up in Ontario where he developed a passion for canoeing and hiking, which led him to move to Vancouver Island. His love of the outdoors led to a love for nature and an interest finding ways to help people live in balance with it. He's learned that in order to do that people need to be in balance with one another, and much of Jordan's work and life
is focused on helping people to work together collaboratively.

Themes:

Sustainability to Thrivability
Helping companies and governments build healthier communities
Finding a balance between work and play L
Life's adventures

Philippe Rouget -- Marine Biologist

Philippe Rouget is the executive director and co-founder of the Coastal Wildlife Research Foundation. He has a long-standing interest in marine ecology and conservation biology with an emphasis on marine mammal studies. He competed a master's degree in behavioural ecology at the University of New Brunswick, where his research focused on the underwater vocal behavior of Weddell seals in Antarctica. In 2001, he served as the resident wintering scientist at Mawson Station, the Australian Antarctic Division's research base in Eastern Antarctica, as part of the 51st Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. More recently, his role as a research scientist for several marine mammal monitoring and mitigation projects around the world have led him to work with several of the world's most endangered whales, including blue, bowhead and humpback whales. In total, he has completed over 20 expeditions to the Antarctic and has lectured on his work at a number of zoological symposiums, conferences and universities worldwide.

Themes

Adventures with science
Magic of whales
Lessons after being left for dead
Challenges and rewards beyond the edge of civilization