Alexandre Vigneault
Co-founder
P. +1(778) 232-6202
P. +1(877) 828-9334 ext. 8 (via Raincity Strategies)
E. alexandre@3eyond.com
Services: Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability Assessment, Greenhouse Gas Management, Clean Energy Solutions
Alexandre is dedicated to implementing the best sustainability principles into all sectors of our economy. Alexandre is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the field of clean energy and distributed hydrogen production. He holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke, Québec, where he conducted research on biochemicals and biofuels. Since 2008, he has worked with BioSpectra, a Montreal based company, that produces a range of carbon neutral eco-products.
He is currently working on projects to produce biogas and fertilizers from agricultural waste. Biogas systems are largely used in the developing world, but the technology is not common in North America. Alexandre is working to change this.
In parallel to his research and work, he has been actively involved in various community initiatives, founding the Chemical and Biological Engineering Sustainability Club in 2006, where he delivered the first departmental sustainability assessment in Canada. He was a founding member of Common Energy UBC in 2007, which was key in initiating the UBC Climate Action Plan, a multi-stake holder process to move UBC beyond carbon neutrality. Alexandre has been a member of the steering committee of the goBEYOND Campus Climate Network for the last two years, supporting thousands of students across B.C. to take meaningful action on climate change and sustainability.
Alexandre currently sits on the board of Connecting Environmental Professional and Leadnow. Biking, climbing, salsa dancing and yoga keeps him sane and ensures his personal sustainability.
Rebecca Beaton
Consultant/Co-founder
P. +1(604) 764-9878
E. rebecca@3eyond.com
Services: Facilitation, Coaching, Green Marketing & Branding, Sustainability Assessment, Greenhouse Gas Management
Rebecca is passionate about bringing sustainability to every aspect of business — from reducing GHG emissions and waste to the ways in which employees interact, change is implemented, and decisions are made. She is very interested in not only assessing and making recommendations for businesses and organizations to reduce their environmental impact, but also in assisting businesses to implement self-sustaining systematic changes that involve people at all levels, and will have the flexibility to persist and improve over the long-term. Her unique blend of technical knowledge and facilitation and coaching skills enable her to support businesses in creating lasting changes that are sustainable, through and through. Rebecca has a BA in Environmental Geography from the University of British Columbia. She has received professional coach training from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and is currently working towards a complete coaching certification.
Through her experience working in the non-profit sector as an Environmental Educator with the BC Sustainable Energy Association and Clean Air Champions, Rebecca developed her passion and skills as a facilitator and presenter, and came to understand the importance of education and working effectively with people in order to create lasting change. She has experienced hands-on the importance of measuring and assessing greenhouse gas emissions, working as the Program Coordinator for the High School Climate Challenge program, in which she helps students to conduct greenhouse gas audits of their schools, and come up with solutions to reduce their school’s emissions.
On top of her work experience, Rebecca has been actively involved in the climate movement, mobilizing students at UBC leading up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009, as well as being involved in different environmental groups on campus. She has also been active in giving presentations on issues of interest at schools and community events throughout the Lower Mainland. Rebecca is an avid writer and has an environmental blog, which may be found at www.rebeccabeaton.ca/blog.
In her personal life, Rebecca likes to experiment with different ways to live as sustainably as possible. She commutes on her bicycle, makes her own chemical-free cleaning products, grows food in her backyard veggie garden, and is working with her family to build a backyard chicken coop.
Jamie Biggar
Co-founder
E. jamie@3eyond.com
Services: Facilitation
Jamie has a background in large-scale online and offline collaboration to develop policy and campaigns. He began facilitating in the youth climate movement, co-foundingCommon Energy and goBeyondto bring university communities across British Columbia together to catalyze regional climate action. Jamie’s academic research has focused on the need for institutional and governance innovation to address seemingly intractable social, ecological and economic problems. He has served on the boards of multiple environmental, social justice, and educational organizations, including his service as the Chair of the Board for the Sierra Club of BC.
Jamie Biggar holds a BA with Honours in Political Studies from Queen’s University and is a candidate for an MA in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. He is currently the executive director of the Leadnow Society.
Maggie Baynham
E. maggie@3eyond.com
Services: Community Planning, Urban Design, Facilitation
Maggie is a masters candidate in UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). She was drawn to the field of planning because of its interdisciplinary approach, practical applications, and its potential to affect significant social change.
Through her training at SCARP, Maggie has been able to pursue her passion of furthering climate action at the local level, and has undertaken research examining the intersection of adaptation and density, and the quality of climate change policy in BC’s Official Community Plans. As an area contributing significantly to our carbon footprint, Maggie is also interested in fostering sustainable transportation systems, and worked with UBC’s Transportation Planning Department on Transportation Demand Management policy and practice. She is currently working with Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Team to identify the next steps in creating an innovative, efficient and green transportation system for the city.
Maggie is particularly interested in how land use and design can foster resiliency and well-being in communities, and has had an opportunity to work with a number of research and design mediums, including geographic information systems (GIS), computer models such as SketchUp, 3-D physical models, and old-fashioned sketching. Other skills she has honed through experience include facilitation, strategic planning and community engagement.
Previous to her schooling at SCARP, Maggie was the Project Manager and co-founder for the goBEYOND Project, an organizaton which is committed to seeing climate leadership from colleges and universities across BC. She currently sits on the board for goBEYOND, as well as for the Pay As You Drive for BC Society.
Troy Barrie
E. troy@3eyond.com
Services: Clean Energy Solutions
Troy is a creative implementer; he finds innovative ways to make things happen. He has a passion for clean energy technologies as well as urban agriculture. He brings a business mindset to both of these fields and refers to sustainable concepts as being mainstream rather than brand them as alternatives.
Troy has experience providing local communities with technology. He has two international experiences working in Africa through Engineers Without Borders. His first experience was with a locally developed idea to provide rural energy for food processing and solar lighting to Woman’s Groups in remote communities. His second contract moved beyond the project design phase by bringing long-lasting and sustainable improvements to the organisational system of Ghana’s Ministry of Agriculture. This project focused upon improving the delivery of agricultural business skills between the government extension workers and rural farmers. This experience sharpened his abilities to liaise and work within local communities. Ultimately, Troy is technically proficient, but his focus on the human element demonstrates that technology alone is not enough to ensure the success of a project. Proper project visioning and collaborative implementation are core mantras of Troy’s approach.
As an engineer Troy’s main expertise is in designing electrical systems for power measurement. His ability to customize existing technologies in-house is his competitive advantage. Troy can use these skills to install power monitoring devices with renewable energy units or energy efficiency applications. Previous work projects include a power meter to measure the energy consumption of a hydrogen compressor at the NRC Fuel-Cell Research labs and an atomic-fluorescence photodetector that went into production as requested by the UBC Dept. of Physics. He is also continuing his urban agriculture interests by holding numerous conversations with local groups about possible vertical farming or biogas-recovery ventures.
Troy’s roots are embedded in a small BC town. He saw the beauty of this country and its people from coast to coast during a 63 day cycling trip coast-to-coast in 2008. He graduated from UBC with an Engineering Physics degree and a Minor in Commerce. He is an avid hockey player, cross-country runner, cycling enthusiast and amateur artist.