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LifeSense Institute is a nonprofit corporation, organized in 2006, on Vashon-Maury Island in Washington.  We are dedicated to improving quality of life on Vashon-Maury Island and beyond with imaginative, creative solutions to some of the complex problems facing people today.  We educate the public about scientific, technological, and social innovations to achieve affordable and sustainable human and environmental ecosystems.
 

Robert Bornn, President Laura Worth, Vice President Advisors   CURRENT PROJECTS NEW! Vashon Ivy Program Currently our Vashon Ivy Program is working on  organizing neighborhoods in a self-help program that enourages the survival of healthy trees by  managing invasive ivy infestation. NEW! In connection with our ivy management  program on VMI, we have initiated an  innovative technology project with Erin Durrett at Point Robinson Farm designed to demonstrate ivy disposal using hot composting methods  designed for low-cost thermal recovery to  heat water and interiors.  Stay tuned for photos and reports about our neighborhood-based ivy management  program and composting-for-heat projects.   2006 Vashon Energy Project: demonstrates innovative solar heating technologies that could be affordable and suitable for Vashon-Maury Island and the  Pacific Northwest. Project Solar Harvest was our initial installation to demonstrate an annual solar heat storage system,  courtesy of BuildingCircles Organization and envisioned by Robert Bornn and  Jon D. McWhirter, Ph.D., P.E..

Sunrise over Dockton                                     Maury Island, Washington                                                 Photo by R. Bornn

Solar Energy Charts (courtesy of BuildingCircles Organization and  Jon D. McWhirter, Ph.D., P.E.) Chart 1:  Average Annual Available Solar Energy by Month Chart 2:  Thermal Storage and Use for Annual Solar Heat Storage System August, 2006 Photos and Report from Earthfair Vashon Island, Washington (courtesy of BuildingCircles Organization, Robert Bornn, and Jon D. McWhirter, Ph.D., P.E.).   FUTURE PROJECTS LifeSense Institute will provide environmental education and sponsor environmentally sound projects that will improve the quality of life on Vashon.  Such projects will focus on affordable and sustainable contemporary building technologies that use "universal design."  These technologies will support the building of authentically green, nature-integrated homes for independent living on Vashon-Maury Island and beyond.    Your Support

 
 

Sunrise over Dockton Maury Island, Washington Photo by R. Bornn

Contact Information Robert Bornn, President LifeSense Institute P.O. Box 2443 Vashon Island, WA 98070 (206) 463-4284 robert@buildingcircles.org laura@buildingcircles.org