My projects

The purpose of Untraceable University is to create a place to experiment with the application of radically democratic and sustainable practices, as a whole of integrated systems. We are currently bringing together researchers, students, and practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines to validate, refine, and prepare the strategy for this unique campus-city with the goal of transforming this research project into practice by 2029.

The International Society for Industrial Ecology is a 20-year old academic society that promotes industrial ecology as a way to address sustainability challenges and achieve a circular economy. As Executive Director, I led the efforts to transition this international society from being run out of Yale University to becoming an independent entity. Main achievements include increased organizational independence through active board and membership involvement while reducing operational expenses.

Communitree is a Cape Town-based non-profit, aiming to support the conversion of forgotten public space into corridors of indigenous gardens. Through hundreds of gardening, training, and education activities, Communitree built a network of gardeners and indigenous gardens across its focus area. Communitree has been managed by my partner, Frances Taylor. I have had a supporting role, taking care of the website and some of the logistics. I've picked up a thing or two about conservation and rehabilitation along the road.

Metabolism of Cities is a network of people and projects revolving around urban metabolism. Originally set up as a website to share information gathered for my Master’s degree, this initiative has grown together with the support of other volunteers to become an digital urban metabolism research and action lab. This non-profit ran 25 different projects over the past 7 years, involving hundreds of collaborators and partners. I was the organization's president for various years, and have been the website's architect and main developer since its inception.

IBIS Travel Club was an initiative to take people to beautiful locations in Nicaragua. We organized a variety of tours and outings. As a co-founder I was in charge of the Volcanologists - a segment of the club touring Nicaragua's volcanoes. I also set up the organization's website and booking system.

Set up by me and three Nicaraguan partners, this company created the leading tourism website in Nicaragua. We have received awards for improving Nicaragua’s image, and $10,000 in seed capital for innovation.

Web development firm which I founded, originally as IBIS Services. This company grew from my personal hobby project into one of the leading web-development firms in Nicaragua. I directed a remarkable, young staff servicing a wide variety of national and international clients.