Alice Cathcart

Where did you grow up? San Francisco.

 

Where did you go to school? Stanford University.

 

What was you major or what was your focus in school? Biology for undergrad. Masters in Environmental Science.

 

What did you do while you were in college? Volunteered at a Biological Field Station in Costa Rica.

 

Where do you work? SunPower Corporation in Trenton, New Jersey.

 

Favorite Books:
Gone with the Wind, Angel of Repose, High Tide in Tucson (by Barbara Kingsolver), Good to Great

Favorite Authors:
Jared Diamond, E.O. Wilson, Jane Austen, Aldo Leopold, Tom Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell, Tom Clancy

Hobbies:
Hiking, skiing, swimming in high-altitude lakes, reading, baking, learning anything new, getting in over my head with home improvement projects.

Favorite Quotes:
Dare to be naïve. – Buckminster Fuller
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. - Mahatma Gandhi
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. - Mother Teresa

Inspirational People:
My mom, who never met an insurmountable challenge.
My dad, for whom I can do no wrong, regardless of whether he has any idea what I’m doing.
My husband, who some days believes in me more than I believe in

myself.

 

What do you do that is environmentally friendly? We compost and we only non-toxic cleaning products, except bleach in the bathroom. We try not to use anti-bacterial soap and we are crazy recyclers. We only have one car and try to live as close as public transit as possible. We also just recently got a rainbarrel to collect the run-off from the roof to water our plants.