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 SunWind
Founder
Michael Cooke founded SunWind Solar Industries Inc. in 1998 to provide solar energy information and to be a source of "hands-on" solar energy kits for children. SunWind kits allow children to explore simple mechanics themselves while building solar-electric machines of their own design, incorporating recycled materials if they wish.
He worked in a number of basic industries in the Arctic, including marine shipping, mine warehousing, and air freight, as well as on farms and deep sea, and also travelled. He eventually returned to the University of Alberta as a mature student, to graduate with a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Physical Sciences in 1995. While at university he worked on a renewable energy kit for elementary grades, from which came SolarDrive. After graduating he distributed elementary school supplies from Technology Teaching Systems to teachers and schools in Alberta; making introductory kits. Today Michael Cooke resides on Salt Spring Island, making Solar Car and Inventor's kits for children.
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Born
in Bristol, England; raised in Lloydminster and Edmonton,
Michael
graduated from the University of Alberta in Canada with a B.A. in
English and Chemistry.