Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall is a New Zealand author, scholar, and artist working within the discipline of environmental studies. He is noted as a key scholar in environmental philosophy and for his investigations into eco-friendly cities of the future. For his research on these topics, the University of Wollongong awarded Marshall a doctorate and National Geographic assigned him as an explorer. Major projects In 2006, Alan Marshall founded The Ecomimicry Project which melds ecology with innovation and sustainable art. Examples of designs that emerged from this project include: a Hemp Sail Battle Cruiser for the Royal Australian Navy (in which a navy ship had its engines 'designed-out' and in their stead it is powered by sails made from eco-friendly hemp) a manure-powered swimming pool heating system (in which a luxury pool is heated by the composted body waste of the swimmers) a hairy-roofed Carpathian mountain village where the architecture is adorned with an engineered protective material that mimics the fur of local brown bears.