Thank you to those who donated and helped!

Thanks to you we have raised 46% of our $70,000 budget, and purchased the first buoy!

The buoy was picked up last week from San Francisco by Alan, our lead engineer.

In parallel, design work has been happening. Here is Alan inspecting a PTFE membrane after it had been exposed to 18-ft of depth – This is the first time a large membrane (1.5″ pipe with O-ring seal, so about 1.65″ diam circle of exchange area) has survived our 18-ft depth test!

What’s Next:

We plan to finalize a design by late December and then create and install fixturing to mount the detectors on the buoys and integrate them with the satellite communication system.

We will then test this first buoy in January in nearby bodies of water while acquiring the 2nd and 3rd buoys (we need your help for that!).  When those are received, they will be fitted with detectors in preparation for the offshore test sometime in late February.

To read the full update recently sent to Rotary donors, click here.

For future generations.

Ilan Mandel, The Grandparents Fund for Climate Restoration