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Elizabeth Farrell
“One day I woke up and realized that my life was going nowhere and that all my ‘high-falutin’ ideals about environmental conservation and energy independence were nothing but talk. So I decided to go to college.”
- Program: 2008 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Recipient
- Hometown: Chesterhill, OH
- Community College: Hocking College
- Four-year College or University: The University of Adelaide
- Academic/Career Pursuits: Sustainable Mechanical Engineering
Biography
PROFILE: Elizabeth Farrell is a free spirit with an abiding concern for the environment. After completing high school and dropping out of college, she and a friend went into business together, journeying across the country selling fruit smoothies made with a unique invention: the Blender Bike, a bicycle that made nutritious fruit drinks using “the power of your own feet.”
Elizabeth went on to start another business, LaNova Textiles, designing, marketing, budgeting and promoting “fashion-forward eco-funky couture.” Eventually, her interest in the environment and engineering led her to enroll at Hocking College, where she pursued an associate’s degree in alternative energy. She will go on to study in the University of Adelaide’s groundbreaking sustainable mechanical engineering program, which inaugurated its first class this year.
Elizabeth is currently living on a remote Bahamian island building wind turbines and photovoltaic arrays for the community. She enjoys snorkeling, hiking, sailing and textile art. Fluent in German, she plays the violin and guitar.
INSPIRATION: D.H. Lawrence has had a great influence on Elizabeth’s philosophy and values.
ASPIRATION: Deeply concerned about the environment, Elizabeth aspires to be a freelance sustainable mechanical engineer.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: In the summer of 2007, Elizabeth traveled the country giving free concerts, yoga workshops, and intuitive art workshops with the nonprofit collective Sacred Flame. She spent every June from 2003 to 2007 volunteering with the Pagan Spirit Gathering, an annual week-long gathering of nearly a thousand practitioners of earth-religions who give thanks and pray for the earth.
ACCOLADES: Elizabeth was on the President’s List at Hocking College and received the Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarship and Jack O. McClenaghin Foundation Scholarship.
INTERESTING FACT: Elizabeth played fiddle with the Jazzgrass Allstars on a US tour.
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