Marcelo’s life is dedicated to questioning pre-determined structures and practices of our current culture, finding out and engaging in experiences that provide a new way of living and then sharing this experience with a larger audience, that would otherwise...
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Danielle Hirsch worked for three years in Mexico, Paraguay and Kenya during and after her studies in Economics. In 1995 she started working as an international consultant, working for governments and international agencies in Central and South Asia, Latin...
Over the last 29 years, Michaelyn has worked at the intersection of sustainable development, agriculture & trade, delivering cutting edge solutions for transformative change. Along her professional path, she has served as a Peace Corps volunteer, an organic farmer...
Newey founded the School of Changemakers to build support for people working for change in Thailand, in 2017, after a decade working with Ashoka. The School of Changemakers now runs a social incubator program to support the launch of innovative...
Anna and her husband Doug own and manage Vilicus Farms, a first generation, organic, 9,600 acre dryland crop farm in Northern Hill County, Montana. They grow a diverse array of organic heirloom and specialty grain, pulse, oilseed and broadleaf...
Jenna leads the open space/greenways collaborative, “Embrace Open Space,” that brings together local officials, staff, soil and watershed district leaders, non-profits, agency staff and environmental consultants. The collaborative promotes sustainable land use in the Twin Cities and outlying fast...
Dr. Dayna Baumeister is the Co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8. With a devotion to applied natural history and a passion for sharing the genius of nature, Dayna has worked in the field of biomimicry with business partner Janine Benyus since...
Kathy is a Cherokee artist and semi-retired attorney. She writes a weekly opinion editorial for the Tahlequah Daily Press. In 2019, she co-founded a 20+ artist-member cooperative art gallery in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She teaches classes in creative expression. Before that,...
Jen Sokolove is Director of Programs and Strategy at the Water Foundation, where she drives grant making to secure safe water for people, restore and sustain freshwater ecosystems, and build climate resilience. As a member of the senior management...
Through Serendip Productions – the media and communications company she founded with her husband – Huma has created hundreds of documentaries on all issues of development and poverty alleviation, including frontline flood impacts in Pakistan. In the last two...