Archive for Term: Rural

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Nicole Betancourt

Nicole’s work is driven by a search for new ways to use images and stories to connect people to each other and to nature. She does this through documentaries, video art, and community building projects. Nicole was the Producer,...

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Dominic Stucker

Dominic is an action-oriented collaborator who convenes diverse action teams to address complex sustainability challenges. He is facile with group processes and able to thrive within different cultures and sectors. Dominic cares deeply about the Earth, the community of...

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Tim Brown

Tim is a founder and the CEO of Tradewater, a company that collects and destroys greenhouse gases.  To date, Tradewater has destroyed over 4,100,000 metric tons of CO2 from old refrigerants that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.  At...

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Lynn Stoddard

Lynn Stoddard has served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University since 2014.  Under Lynn’s leadership the Institute founded and administers Sustainable CT, a statewide initiative that inspires and supports communities to...

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Amália Souza

Amália is Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of CASA Socio-Environmental Fund, with the mission to promote environmental conservation and sustainability, democracy and social justice by supporting and strengthening the capacities and initiatives of civil society in South America. CASA gives...

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Laura Freeman

Founder of Laura’s Lean Beef Company and Mt. Folly Enterprises, Laura Freeman is part of the regenerative agriculture movement, wedded to the local food and local economy movement. “Starting in 1985, I was one of the first to raise...

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Antoinette Royo

Nonette actively bridges indigenous peoples and local community actors, their governments and institutions in key ecosystems, including forest, agroforest landscapes, in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She provides support to strong national groups, focusing on land rights and land...

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Nirmala Nair

As a sociologist, and systems inspired permaculture designer, Nirmala’s expertise is in developing strategies on the ground to enhance a deeper connection to life and wellbeing. Nirmala has been consulting on integrated local solutions focusing on resilient systems through...

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Karabi Acharya

Karabi Acharya is the Director of Global Ideas for US Solutions at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Global team examines promising solutions from around the world that may have exciting ramifications in the US. The team explores transformations that...

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Jed Davis

Jed has been involved in dairy agriculture and cooperatives his entire life. Raised on a seven-generation family dairy farm in New England, since 1991 he has held a variety of positions for Cabot Creamery Co-operative in Vermont. In 2008,...

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