How did you come to be involved with The Otesha Project?
I was involved with Engineers Without Borders at the university and learned about Otesha through a friend of mine in EWB who had done the cross-Canada bike tour. When I finished my degree, I really wanted to travel but at the same time, do it in a more sustainable way because environmental issues are a big focus for me. Otesha seemed to be the right fit – I get to stay in shape, see a new country and at the same time, do something important to give back to the community. Are issues of sustainability different in Australia than they are here in Canada? That’s what is so fascinating: the issues that Australia faces are very similar to those in Canada. The population is very low for the geographic size of the country and most people are concentrated in these heavily-populated pockets, just like Canada. Resource-wise, we are also very similar. They have coal and uranium located in the centre of the country, as we do, and if you look at the consumption practices in both countries, they are
