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LEAP has Launched

By erik | March 20, 2010 | 10:33 pm | Categories: Feature,News

What a fantastic LEAP off the cliffs at the Torrey Pines Gliderport! The weather was fantastic, the wind was perfect and Robin Marien had his paraglider instructors dive bombing the press conference speakers on the podium! It was an intense week leading up to this moment. Actually it was an increasing intensity for three months leading up the LEAP Launch. And perhaps more accurately, three years since I dreamed up this project and and the Creative Solutions Alliance in search of a better way to light up kids. It really is the culmination of my work over the last decade in aviation, education and prize philanthropy and serves as a vehicle for creating powerful project based curriculum to deliver effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

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Launch Day Has Arrived!

By erik | March 13, 2010 | 9:05 pm | Categories: Feature,News

After months of planning and years of dreaming, LEAP is finally ready to be announced to the world. The past several weeks have been an absolute whirlwind. But now we’re sitting on the bluff at Torrey Pines, looking out at the Pacific and finally have time to eat one of the fantastic Acapulco sandwiches at the cliffhanger cafe.

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