Wednesday, June 1, 2011
News Sustainability advocate dies in L5P accident
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:31 AM
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- Liam Rattray
AJC writer Kristi E. Swartz reports the full story. She wrote this about Rattray's activism, which began at Georgia Tech:
At first, he joined every single “protest club” at Georgia Tech, [his father] Ian Rattray said. He also set up a farmers’ market at the school, growing food on campus, and then managed the East Atlanta Farmers’ Market for a summer.Rattray graduated from Georgia Tech Summa Cum Laude and had a number of accolades, including outstanding undergraduate researcher from the Ivan Allen College and outstanding student from the school of public policy.
He was the legislative aid for Georgia Organics and just received a $50,000 grant for a renewable-energy project at Truly Living Well, an Atlanta community garden with organic fruits and vegetables. The project was borne out of work at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
"A lot of his work focused heavily on sustainability," said Christopher Carter, who met Rattray 11 years ago during a robotics competition. "He always dreamed very big, and he wasn't afraid to pursue those dreams."
He also started a company and a blog called Arkfab, which focused on growing local, sustainable mushroom farms.
Condolences to his family and friends.
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A childhood classmate of his, I'm in awe at what he had already accomplished and saddened he won't get to do more.
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He got a nice obit piece on last night's tv news (Fox 5)
He must have made a dent in the world for them to have given him so much air time~
Intowner, he certainly made a dent. Having met him a few times, you could tell that he was destined to make a crater! We lost a really great mind. :(
The Liam that many knew that was destined for big things is no longer with us in human form but His spiritual form is all around us and stronger than ever ! It's up to those of us that knew him to continue his vision !
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