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  1. Paul Hawken

    Paul Hawken (b. 4 February 1946) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author. At age 20, he dedicated his life to changing the relationship between business and the environment, and between human and living systems in order to create a more just and sustainable world. His work includes starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce upon the environment, …

  2. William McDonough

    William A. McDonough (b. 1951, Tokyo, Japan) is an American architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, whose career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes. McDonough was born in Tokyo the son of an American Seagram's executive, and trained at Dartmouth College and Yale University.

  3. Summer Rayne Oakes

    Summer Rayne Oakes (born June 1984) is an American-born model known for her social entrepreneur work in "ecofashion" and related sustainability ventures. Because of her close ties to the environment, she is often referred to as "The Eco-model." <sup></sup> Her work has been featured on CNN, NPR, Fox News, Sirius Satellite Radio, NY1, Current TV, Video Fashion News, the Fashion & Beauty Channel, and LinkTV.

  4. Thomas Malthus

    Robert Thomas Malthus, FRS (13th February, 1766 - 29th December, 1834), usually known as Robert Malthus, although he preferred to be known as Thomas Malthus, was an English demographer and political economist. He is best known for his highly influential views on population growth.

  5. John Richardson

    Dr. John Richardson (born March 12, 1938) is an American academic who currently serves as Professor of International Development and as Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at American University in Washington DC. Dr. Richardson received his AB degree from Dartmouth College and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Prior to appointment at American University, Dr.

  6. Sandra Postel

    Sandra Postel directs the independent Global Water Policy Project, as well as the Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. From 1988 until 1994, she was vice president for research at the Worldwatch Institute, a non-profit research organization. In 2002, Postel was named one of the "Scientific American 50," by Scientific American magazine, an award recognizing contributions to science and technology.

  7. Karl-Henrik Robèrt

    Karl-Henrik Robèrt, M.D., Ph.D., is one of Sweden's leading cancer scientists and a key figure in the worldwide sustainability movement. In 1989, Robèrt initiated a network of experts on the environment called The Natural Step. The Natural Step framework developed by Robèrt, sets out the system conditions for sustainability. The framework has been applied to fields as diverse as green building and the ecological management of river basins.

  8. Diana Leafe Christian

    Diana Leafe Christian is an author, editor of "Communities" magazine, and a national speaker and workshop presenter on starting new ecovillages and community and sustainability. She lives in an off-grid homestead at Earthaven Ecovillage in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, USA.

  9. Colin Tudge

    Colin Tudge (born 22 April 1943) is a British science writer. A biologist by training, he is the author of numerous works on food, agriculture, genetics, and species diversity. His publications include "Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers", a small book explaining how agriculture began. The book is one of a series of long essays by respected contemporary Darwinian thinkers, …

  10. Mark Diesendorf

    Dr Mark Diesendorf has been Senior Lecturer in the "Institute of Environmental Studies" at the University of NSW since 2004. He teaches, researchs and consults in the interdisciplinary fields of sustainable energy, sustainable urban transport, theory of sustainability, ecological economics, and practical processes by which government, business and other organisations can achieve ecologically sustainable and socially just development.

  11. Michael Dowd

    The Rev. Michael Dowd is an itinerant "evolutionary evangelist" and the author of the 1991 book "EarthSpirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity" (Twenty-Third Publications, ISBN 0-89622-479-1), which was inspired by the writings of cultural historian Thomas Berry, physicist Brian Swimme, and deep ecologist Joanna Macy, …

  12. Ernest Callenbach

    Ernest Callenbach Author and visionary of a future we'd all like to manifest. His Ecotopia (1975) and Ecotopia Emerging embody a permaculture way of thinking in constructing an entire society where the earth and community come before profit. Ernest Callenbach ’s novel Ecotopia (1975), a portrait of a future ecologically sustainable society, was initially rejected by virtually every publisher in New York. Callenbach then self-published the book.

  13. Robert Gilman

    Robert C. Gilman is a thinker on sustainability who, along with his late wife Diane Gilman, has researched and written about ecovillages. The Gilmans’ work was important in giving definition to the ecovillage movement and shaping the direction of the Global Ecovillage Network. In 1991, the Gilmans co-authored "Eco-Villages and Sustainable Communities", a seminal study of ecovillages for Gaia Trust.

  14. Rod Donald

    Rodney David (Rod) Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. He also served as the Green Party spokesperson on Buy Kiwi Made, Commerce, Electoral Reform, Finance and Revenue, Land Information, Regional Development and Small Business, Superannuation, Sustainable Economics, State Services, Statistics, Tourism, Trade, and Waste.

  15. Langdon Winner

    Langdon Winner is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York since 1990. In 1973, Winner graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He was assistant professor in Leiden, at MIT, at the University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

  16. Charlie Ayers

    Charlie Ayers is a chef best known as the former executive chef for Google. His success there was widely publicized in magazines, and the book "The Google Story" by David Vise dedicated an entire chapter ("Charlie's Place (chapter)") to Chef Charlie. By the time Charlie left Google in 2006, he and his team of five sous chefs and 150 employees in 10 cafes across the company’s headquarters campus in Mountain View, CA were serving 4,000 lunches and dinners daily.

  17. Angela Lindvall

    Angela Lindvall (born January 14 1979 in Midwest City, Oklahoma), is an American supermodel, known for her distinctive walk, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines such as "ELLE", "Harper's Bazaar", "Marie Claire", "Numero", "Vogue", "I-D" and "W". She was a Victoria's Secret model, most recently appearing in the 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006 fashion shows, and has also appeared in the Fendi, …

  18. Peter Warshall

    Peter Warshall is an ecologist, activist and essayist whose work centers on conservation and conservation-based development. After receiving his A.B. in Biology from Harvard in 1964, he went on to study cultural anthropology at l'École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris with Claude Lévi-Strauss, as a Fulbright Scholar. He then returned to Harvard where he earned his Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology.

  19. Roefie Hueting

    Roefie Hueting is a Dutch economist (born December 16, 1929), pianist and leader of the Down Town Jazz Band. He has analyzed the environment from the neoclassical point of view of scarcity and developed the concept of Sustainable National Income (SNI). The implication of the SNI is that the statistical measure of economic growth is revised.

  20. Hans Carl von Carlowitz

    Hans Carl von Carlowitz, originally "Hannß Carl von Carlowitz", (December 24, 1645 - March 3 1714) was a German tax accountant and mining administrator. His book "Sylvicultura oeconomica, oder haußwirthliche Nachricht und Naturmäßige Anweisung zur wilden Baum-Zucht" (1713) was the first comprehensive treatise about forestry. He is considered to be the father of sustainable yield forestry.

  21. Yoshua Daely

    Green Property and Resort Management. Has 30 years experience in Hospitality Industry, previously working with various hotels and resorts. Involved with The HITA properties. It is a luxury traditional home concept that will feature all exclusive private villas in a design that respects the surrounding environment, offer an enriching lifestyle experience that is based on local art, culture and community spirit.

  22. Mike Salisbury

    Mike Salisbury is a leading advocate of the natural burial movement in Canada. He is the current president of the Natural Burial Co-operative in Toronto and serves on the Board of Directors of the Natural Burial Association of Canada, is a registered non-profit promoting natural burials through advocacy, education and standards.

  23. Diane Gilman

    Diane Gilman (1945-1998), played a key role in the initial development and coordination of the Global Ecovillage Network, a support network for model communities to show how to live more sustainably on the planet, in urban, rural, developed and less developed situations. In 1991, she and her husband, Robert Gilman co-wrote "Eco-Villages and Sustainable Communities", a seminal study of ecovillages for Gaia Trust.

  24. Daniel Dahm

    Johannes Daniel Dahm (*born 1969 at Cologne) is a German geographer and ecologist. As a transdisciplinary scientist he works in the fields of sustainability and development research, ecological economics and ecological creation of values, future of work, plurality and diversity of life complexes. Questions concerning new and sustainable lifestyles and models of wealth, human-nature-relations, co-actions between diversity, …

  25. Arturo Uslar Pietri

    Arturo Uslar Pietri (May 16,1906 - February 26,2001) Was one of the most prominent Venezuelan figures of the twentieth century. He was a writer and an intellectual, who made important contributions as an educator, journalist, diplomat, politician and government official.

  26. Robert Haga

    Robert Haga, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Chong. He was Vice President of Strategic Planning and USAC Operations at the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) in Washington D.C. Mr. Haga joined USAC in 1998 as its third employee, and during his seven years with USAC, he was responsible for a broad range of issues, including the high cost and low income support mechanisms, corporate finance, information technology, and audits.

  27. Carol Normandin

    I specializes in the placement of professionals at the C-level and below in the fields of Executive Management, Information Technology, Legal, Sales, Marketing and Human Resources. I provide the opportunity for exceptional executives to build powerful teams that transform their enterprise and fulfill their missions. I also place consultants at start-up firms and the most prestigious large firm.

  28. Giuseppe Crippa

    Giuseppe Crippa - Doctor - MBA - Chemical - Textile - Plastic - B2B - Budgeting - Procurement - Supply Chain - Contracting - Customer Service - Planning - Distribution - MBO - SAP - English - French - Italian

  29. Ayman van Bregt

    After my marketing studies I started working in the ICT-business always combining marketing and ICT-knowledge. I worked on projects for Microsoft, IBM, was over 2 years marketing manager at Sonera. After Sonera I was employd by Syntens for over 3 years as a consultant in the SME-market, focussing on strategy with issues like ICT and marketing. Next to that I started my own business in the area of cross-media. Because of my high ambitions I combine my own company with working as the . . .

  30. John Inman Ed.M. Phr

    John Inman-Unlocking Wisdom to Lead in a Complex World; Leadership Mission: There is no where to go and nothing to do except be of service. Learning Mission: Dedicated to the development of capacity and capabilities in adults for change and growth. Human and organizational development expertise: * Process Facilitation: Unlocking the wisdom in groups * Leadership: Leading in a Human Centric Organization; * Management: Coaching high performance team members; * Process: Quality fluent . . .

  31. Christopher Kingsley

    Just a guy from the Midwest trying to capture the world around us, show it to everyone for free, and ultimately transform the local search. Edges need to be cut.

  32. Jonathon D. Colman

    For more than a decade, Jonathon D. Colman has designed, developed, and promoted web sites for large companies and nonprofits, including The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, IBM and Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI). A runner, biker, treehugger, and EcoGeek, Jonathon lives in Seattle, WA with his wife, Marja.

  33. Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

    I'm the Senior Editor and Director of Content at.

  34. Ken Danieli

    o Signifcant management and consulting experience in strategy, branding, new product development, due diligence, & project management in Consumer Goods, Technology, and Internet industries. o All projects and clients obtained through repeat engagements and personal referrals from satisfied clients. o MBA, Kellogg, Northwestern University. o BS, summa cum laude, School of Management, Boston University.

  35. Alexandra Sokol

    I’m a Brand Strategist, Marketing & Advertising people grabber, Creative Director with a passion for the weaving of words and media excitement. I've spent years evolving from advertising copy to media & experiential marketing producing & creative directing, to online wild-web-wrangling. I’m also a novelist, children's book author & scriptwriter, am certified in eco interior & industrial design, am an "eco-centric" about to take the LEED exam and in general...Life Excites Me at every turn!

  36. Ritu Khanna

    Ritu Khanna Lead Researcher, SustainAbility Ritu joined SustainAbility’s team as an Advisor in the London office in September 2005. Previously, she managed projects for Pfizer R&D in Europe related to CSR and business strategy and before that worked at The Boston Consulting Group in Zurich and Munich consulting on projects in the finance and pharmaceutical sectors.

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  39. Fiona S. Crofton

    Fiona S. Crofton , PhD President Fiona Crofton is founder and Principal of the ORCAD Consulting Group Inc., a consulting group specializing in activities and processes which further understanding and action for sustainable development. Dr. Crofton's background is built upon a systems and design foundation.

  40. James Pittman

    James Pittman has served as a mentor or instructor in all of Prescott College's undergraduate and graduate programs, now as faculty in MAP Environmental Studies with a Concentration in Sustainability Science and Practice. He is also a consultant with Earth Economics in Seattle working on project management, ecosystem service valuation and public policy analysis.

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