A better means of providing fish and plants…

Aquaponics is a system that uses a closed loop to create a local, water conserving, chemical minimizing plant and fish production system.  Even though the technology and concept itself is thousands of years old, only recently has it been increasingly implemented as a means of growing food.  It holds a lot of promise to increase sustainability.

Here is a more indepth explanation of Aquaponics.

Currently, I providing consulting for THish TANK, an organization that provides consultation on aquaponics.

I helped found and lead the team from 2011 to 2013 bringing aquaponics to the University of Waterloo.

Skills Used

• leadership

• fundraising

• stakeholder management

• project planning

• aquaponics system design

• workshop organization and coordination

Accomplishments

• Led a team of 15 people in designing, building the system, marketing and recruiting team members

• Built relationships with University of Waterloo stakeholders to secure over $1000 in funding and a design facility

• Designed, budgeted, procured, built and maintained a 30-Gallon a fully functional pilot aquaponics system and showcased it to local students and community

• Organized a workshop on aquaponics attended by 40 members of the public

• Successfully transitioned leadership to the next generation of students