I had a chance to talk with my project manager today for the greenhouses in China. And here is what he told me. We are working for a ministry called Alpha Relief, www.alpharelief.org. They do work mostly in China and North Korea. Their physical focus is food through humanitarian aid and passing out Bibles. We will be working on prototype self sustaining greehouses that will hopefully be built next summer in North Korea.
I leave the US on June 1 and fly to Bejing. From there we go to a city called Yanji and then drive north where Mongolia, Russia, and China meet. I haven't found the exact spot on the map yet. The greenhouses are on a 1000 acre farm so close to the border that you can see Russia across the way. Three greenhouse are already built, two standard ones and one dome. We'll be there to collect data and come up with a cost estimate for each greenhouse.
After a week on the farm, we'll be going back to Bejing for a little tourist action. I've seen the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, but I'm so excited for the Great Wall! What an amazing structural feat! We'll be back in the US June 12.
The team is made up of 9 people, me being the only intern. The others are professionals including mechanical, structural, agricultural, computer engineers and an architect. Its neat how we're all going to come together to work on one project.
Although I don't know if I'm more excited to work on the project or finally have some China Chinese food! Watch out egg tarts and duck!
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