Richard Kennedy

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>72</o:Words> <o:Characters>411</o:Characters> <o:Lines>3</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>504</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.512</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotShowRevisions/> <w:DoNotPrintRevisions/> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I grew up in a small town, Ransomville, in upstate New York, USA near Niagara Falls. I would spend my summers working on farms tending cows and harvesting apples, peaches and grapes.&nbsp; I went to a small State College for two years and then decided I heed the call of President John F. Kennedy and joined the Peace Corps. I was stationed in the Rampur district of India from 1966 to 1968, working in community development, primarily introducing new rice, wheat and potato varieties to local farmers.&nbsp;</span><!--EndFragment--> <br></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><br></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">I spent a short while in Detroit,Michigan after returning to the USA. I moved to the mountains of North Carolina and Celo,&nbsp; a land trust of 1200 acres in the Toe Valley. I became interested in energy conservation and solar design and formed a construction company, Sunspace Homes, emphasizing conservation,passive solar and custom design. We have built a number of high quality homes over 35 years.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">My wife Becky Gray, has established a career as a regionally known ceramic artist, our daughter, Katelin is working on a Masters program in International Business at Georgetown University in Washington,DC, and our son, Ian, is the seasonal naturalist at Mountain Air Community, Burnsville,NC after just finishing his undergraduate work.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"><b>Conservative communities</b></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">I became interested in conservative communities from my exposure to Gandhian Economics. In Celo I discovered the careful use of resources and pursued this line of thought further.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b>Earthwatch</b></span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1">In the early 80’s I was fortunate to participate in and lead some expeditions to study the ancient Roman underground city of&nbsp; Bulla Regia and the Berber villages in Tunisia. Also, I studied the south facing underground villages of the Loire Valley, France shortly after. And I’ve maintained my interest in environmental design and resource conservative cultures&nbsp; since.</span></p>

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