Sustainability Leaders News
Sustainability Leadership & Serenity: The Shared Purpose Quest
At the second Purpose Quest we listened. The three-day retreat was designed to reconnect participants with their deeper motives and renew their leadership for sustainability, climate solutions and social transformation. The scene was serene and lush, with the stillness of the pond reflecting the peacefulness of the surroundings. The leaders of the retreat Edie Farwell […]
Join us in Costa Rica to Design Your Vision for This New Year
Greetings and Happy New Year! The start of a fresh new year fills me with hope, potential for all that can be, and optimism that we can navigate our way through the challenges in front of us. There is so much in our world right now that is inspiring, filled with goodness, and exciting. […]
Biomimicry for Systems Thinkers: Creating Conditions Conducive to Life
In the lush rainforest of the Costa Rican jungle, a group of 22 Donella Meadows Fellows, systems thinkers, biomimics, and sustainability champions gathered at Brave Earth (Tierra Valiente) for six days of immersive workshops. Participants brought the teachings of their life experiences to the workshop, and to each other, as we collectively explored Nature’s […]
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One of the Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows, Tim Brown, offers the opportunity to offset personal carbon emissions, or purchase carbon offsets to mitigate one-time or annual carbon emissions for families, households, or organizations. Tim’s company, Tradewater, headquartered in Chicago, pursues projects nationally and internationally to find, collect, and destroy refrigerants. Tradewater’s refrigerant projects are conducted pursuant to scientifically reviewed protocols established by the California Air Resources Board, American Carbon Registry, and VERRA, and each project is independently audited to ensure full compliance.
William Young
US Air Force Warfare Center.
Lieutenant Colonel & Special Advisor to the Commander
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michael Dupee
Global Sustainability and Innovation Executive
Entrepreneur, Educator
Shelburne, Vermont
Lorie Loeb
TellEmotion, Inc
Co-Founder and President; DALI Lab, Co-Founder and Executive Director; Dartmouth College, Professor, Director of Digital Arts
Hartland, Vermont
Lynn Stoddard
Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University
Executive Director
Willimantic, Connecticut
Brooke Simler Smith
The Kavli Foundation
Director, Public Engagement with Science
Los Angeles, CA
Michelle Miller
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems - University of Wisconsin – Madison
Associate Director
Madison, Wisconsin
Terrie Lind
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM)
Associate Vice President of Teen Programs
Sacramento, California
John Mlade
Wight & Company
Senior Project Manager, Sustainable and Healthy Environments
Chicago, Illinois
Antoinette Royo
The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
Executive Director
Stockholm, Sweden
Rachel Bagby
Advisor & Culture Change Partner
Vocal and Social Artist, Keynote Speaker, Composer
Charlottesville, Virginia
John Fisk
Henry A. Wallace Center, Winrock International
Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Arlington, Virginia
Catharina Any Sulistyowati
Kuncup Padang Ilalang (KAIL)
Coordinator for Youth Program and Sustainable Community Initiative
Bandung, Indonesia
Phonchan (Newey) Kraiwatnutsorn
School of Changemakers
Founder and Managing Director
Bangkok, Thailand
Sarah K Khan
www.sarahkkhan.com
Freelance multimedia journalist, writer, researcher
New York City, New York
Maria Latumahina
Climate Change Unit, UK Department for International Development
Independent Consultant
Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Matt Roman
Varroc Lighting Corporation
Global Plant Engineering and Construction Manager
Beverly Hills, Michigan
Susanne Moser
Susanne Moser Research and Consulting
Director and Principal Researcher
Santa Cruz, California
Michaelyn Bachhuber Baur
Solidaridad
Managing Director, Central America and the Caribbean
Burlington, Vermont
Anna Jones-Crabtree
Vilicus Farms
Owner/Farmer, Vilicus Farms & Executive Director, Vilicus Training Institute
Helena, Montana
Marcelo Michelsohn
Madron & Michelsohn Consultancy in Organizational Systems
Sustainability Consultant and Process Facilitator
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Laura Freeman
Mt. Folly Farm & Laura’s Lean Beef Company
Founder, Farmer, and Entrepreneur
Winchester, Kentucky and Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Maria de los Angeles Carvajal (Machángeles)
SuMar, Choices for Nature
Founder
Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Jennifer Mayer
King County Metro
Program Manager, Equity and Social Justice Capital Implementation
Seattle, WA
Karabi Acharya
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Director, Global Ideas for US Solutions
Pennsylvania
Sally McGee
The Nature Conservancy
Director, Climate and Strategic Initiatives
Mystic, Connecticut
Elizabeth Soderstrom
The Water Foundation
Strategic Partnerships Officer
Nevada City, California
Amália Souza
Socio-Environmental Fund - CASA
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Cunha, São Paulo, Brazil
Elizabeth Luc Clowes
Delivering Sustainable Projects from Concept to Construction
Landscape Designer & Owner
Boston, Massachusetts
Josephine Brennan
Sustainable Value Creation Ltd.
Founding Director
East Twickenham, United Kingdom
Julia Novy
Stanford University
Professor of Practice, Change Leadership for Sustainability Program
Portland, Oregon
Tse-Sung Wu
Nektar Therapeutics
Director, Research Program Management
San Francisco, California