Algae Foundation

“The complete form 990 is prepared by the treasurer and reviewed by the chair and vice chair of the board, board of directors (for review and comment) and legal counsel.”

“All board members sign a conflict of interest statement before joining the board.”

“The articles of incorporation are publicly available from the secretary of the state of washington. The articles and by-laws are available to members on the web site and the general public upon request.”

“The algae foundations mission is to promote the power of algae to transform human society and the environment upon which it depends and to facilitate a future in which algae are a fundamental source of energy, nutrition, products and ecological services for sustainable societies globally. To accomplish its mission, the algae foundation engages in and funds educational outreach, research, development, and other activities; finds and supports the development of future leaders of the algae industry through scholarships, grants and other financial and organizational support; and facilitates communication among private, academic and public sector leaders, and the public generally, to increase broader literacy and awareness of the benefits of algae biomass cultivation and commercialization.”

“Algae technology educational consortium: the first initiative of the algae foundation in stem workforce development is the establishment of the algae technology educational consortium (atec) to develop two community college degrees in 1. Algae biology & cultivation and 2. Algae biotechnology and the establishment of the algae cultivation extension short-courses (aces). The establishment of the atec was launched as the result of a four year grant from the us department of energy and the national renewable energy laboratory. Algal production will significantly reduce greenhouse gases, provide a sustainable source of biomass for bio-based products, feed, fuel and foods. This requires new large scale operations creating high quality jobs and atec's purpose is to develop an educated workforce to fill those jobs. Through algal education students learn practical applications of farming and biotechnology to produce a sustainable resource while developing the skills for the next generation of algal-based jobs. The two degree programs were supported through the development of six online courses supported by intensive, hands on, place bound, laboratory exercises. Atec through its many subcommittees are developing the online classes, laboratory exercises, laboratory and lecture text materials. Atec recruited 18 national leaders in algal education, cultivation, biotechnology, commercialization, and new product development who collectively have more than 200 years of algal-based experience. The atec team members include professionals from the following organizations: algae foundation, algae biomass organization, cal-cab, university of california, san diego, national renewable energy lab, university of texas, austin, arizona state university, university of southern maine, santa fe community college, austin community college, rutgers university extension, solano community college, harmon consulting, global algae, qualitas health, dsm, cyanotech, lonestar college, university of texas, rio grande valley, southern texas college, shoreline community college, and lynn-benton community college. Our atec team members are dedicated, to all matters dealing with algal education,and have dedicated themselves to the development of community college education and algal- based aquaculture extension learning modules. The two lead organizations for the algal farming and biotechnology degrees are santa fe community college (nm) and austin community college (tx), respectively. The degree programs were initiated for the farming degree in september, 2016 and the first graduates are completing their degrees in may 2018. Each graduate has either received a scholarship to attend university of new mexico or new mexico state university or have landed a great, high paying job. The biotechnology curriculum began to be offered at austin community college in september 2017 as a series of two week lecture/laboratory modules in four introductory and advanced biotechnology courses. Additionally, algae have been included as a target organism in the austin cc intro to biotechnology course. Atec has recruited national commercial leaders from algal farming and biotechnology companies to serve on the atec industrial advisory board. The advisory board is assisting with the establishment of work and skill standards to align the program to efficiently serve as a bioeconomy workforce development program. This year atec was able to recruit the largest algae companies in the usa to the industrial advisory board. Cyanotech of hawaii and dsm of maryland have joined the iab. Additionally, bren smith,ceo of greenwave, a vertically integrated kelp farming company have joined the iab.”

“Completed independent contractor contracts and entered into agreements with university of california, san diego, austin community college, new mexico film resources, inc, and university of texas, austin. Introduction to algae massive open online course (algal mooc) was published on february 15, 2018 and nearly 3800 participants to date have taken the course. Published the online course algae cultivation extension short-courses part i: seaweeds. The algae academy is an initiative of the algae foundation and provides algae curriculum kits to elementary, middle, and high school classes. The purpose of the initiative is to educate and excite students on the power of algae as a sustainable solution for several of the dilemmas facing our global community. The curriculum meets stem education requirements. Our successes in 2018 include: distributed ~ 150 algal stem k-12 kits serving nearly 20,000 students in grades k-12 in 36 states, 1 us territory and two countries. "refined algae curriculum for middle school education. Curriculum meets stem requirements and the human impact requirement of the next gen science standards." developed educator support tools to accompany the curriculum." our goals for 2019 include: "distribute 250 kits distributed to schools nationwide (all 50 states)." "developing a fundraising plan to include diverse revenue streams." "increasing the curriculum to better service high school students." ongoing and near completion: recruiting > 10 additional community colleges to adopt atec degree rograms. Expanding atec each year, reflecting increased interest and participation. Acquisition and modification of existing educational curriculums, assets, labs, workbooks, manuals, and lectures conversion of educational materials to the appropriate scale and scope of our community college student by community college and university-based educators. Nearing completion of second algal massive open online course entitled: introduction to algae biotechnology. Levine, i.a. And t. Cannis. 2018. Algae foundation - algal-based educational initiatives through the efforts of the algae technology educational consortium (atec) and the algae academy. Northeast algal society 57th annual symposium. April 13-15, 2018. East haven, ct. Book of abstracts: 7 levine, i.a. And t. Cannis. 2018. Algae foundation, algae technology educational consortium (atec) and the algae academy: algae - based stem education initiatives for a sustainable future and the development of the bioeconomy workforce. 14th international conference on renewable resources and biorefineries. May 30 - june 1, 2018. Ghent, belgium. Book of abstracts p. 65. Levine, i.a. 2018. Seaweeds in health and disease prevention, a personal perspective. Keynote address. 1st conference on seaweeds 4 health. Galway, ireland. June 25, 2018. Levine, i. And t. Cannis. 2018. Algae foundation's algae technology educational consortium (atec) and the algae academy: 2018 and beyond. 8th international conference on algae biomass, biofuels, and bioproducts. Plenary lecture. June 11-13, 2018. Seattle, wa. Levine, i. 2018. Algae foundation's algal-based stem education initiatives for a sustainable future and the development of the bioeconomy workforce. Phycological society of america annual meeting. July 29-august 2, 2018. Vancover, canada. Levine, i. 2018. Developing socio-economically relevant curriculum. Florida polytechnic university, august 13, 2018. Lakeland, fl. Invited. Cannis, t., i. Levine, g. Mitchell, j. Nalley, and r. White, 2018. Algal-based education k-14 and beyond. Algae biomass summit. Plenary lecture. October 15-17, 2018. The woodlands, tx. Levine, i. 2018. Algae foundation's algal-based stem education initiatives for a sustainable future and the development of the bioeconomy workforce. Oklahoma state university. October 18, 2018. Stillwater, ok. Invited. Levine, i. 2019. Algal-based bioeconomy: education, training & commercial opportunities. Reliance industries limited. January 21, 2”

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