Rob Abbott. Author of Uncommon
Cents: Thoreau and the Nature of Business ,
he has helped businesses all over the world discover wealth-creating
opportunities through a deeper integration of sustainability with
organizational and competitive strategy. Clients include leading
NYSE and Fortune/S&P 500 firms as well as venture enterprises…
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Sharon Abreu. A singer, songwriter, and environmental educator,
she co-founded the nonprofit Irthlingz Arts-Based Environmental
Education. She uses music and theater to inspire people to become
stewards of the Earth. As a singer, she blends elements of folk
and folk rock, and she has appeared in concert with the legendary
Pete Seeger… Contact
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Susan Sokol Blosser. Co-founder of Sokol Blosser Winery,
one of the most respected in Oregon, she is a leader in environmentally
friendly winemaking. Her book, At
Home in the Vineyard: Cultivating a Winery, an Industry, and a
Life ,
was published in 2006. Sunset Magazine awarded Susan and
Sokol Blosser "Green Winery of the Year" in 2007…
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Wendy Brawer. As the founding director of Green Map System,
she promotes sustainability through Green Maps of the natural
and cultural environment in more than 400 cities in 50 countries.
Her work has been covered by scores of print and broadcast news
outlets worldwide. She has taught at New York University and
the Parsons School of Design… Contact
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Dixon de Leña. CEO of a leadership development and
management consultancy co-founded with Paul H. Ray, he assists
business, organizations, and government in building a sustainable
future. He has consulted for Ætna, Boeing, GTE, and Microsoft
and is an author in Einstein's Business: Engaging Soul, Innovation
and Excellence in the Workplace… Contact
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Deirdre Dolan. As co-author of The
Complete Organic Pregnancy ,
she writes about how to minimize exposure to toxins during pregnancy.
She has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harpers
Bazaar, US Weekly, Premiere, Rolling Stone and Allure.
She also wrote a screenplay for VH-1, and she was a segment
producer at Jimmy Kimmel Live… Contact
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Marty Essen. While traveling to write Cool
Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents ,
he was stung by one of the world's most venomous insects, bitten
by a poisonous snake, surrounded by wolves, and attacked by a
hippo. Cool
Creatures
won the Benjamin Franklin Award, the National Indie Excellence
Award, and the Best Books 2006 Award… Contact
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Lynda Fassa. The founder of Green Babies, which offers
the largest selection of certified organic cotton clothes for
babies and kids in the world, she is the author of Green
Babies, Sage Moms .
A former Ford model, she is a natural parenting expert and a natural
products pioneer. She has appeared on ABC News and CBS Sunday
Morning… Contact
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Michel Gelobter. President of Redefining Progress and Executive
VP of Cooler, a company that allows consumers to offset the global
warming impact of purchases, he was Director of Environmental
Quality for New York City and founder of the Environmental Policy
Program at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs…
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Tom Goldtooth. As Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental
Network, he built an organization of 250 indigenous communities.
He co-produced an award winning documentary film, Drumbeat
For Mother Earth, which details the effects of bio-accumulative
chemicals on indigenous peoples. He is a leader on issues of environmental
justice… Contact
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Ann Goodman. Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Women's
Network for a Sustainable Future, she is an adjunct professor
of business responsibility at the Center for Global Affairs at
New York University and was formerly a regular commentator for
Marketplace, the premiere daily business program broadcast nationally
on US public radio… Contact
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Roger S. Gottlieb. Author or editor of 14 books and scores
of articles on environmentalism, religion and spirituality, his
writing has appeared in E Magazine, The Boston Globe, and
Orion Afield. His books include A
Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future
and The
Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology (Oxford Handbooks) …
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Elizabeth Grossman. An author and journalist, her High
Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
was chosen by Booklist as one of the "best" books of
2006. She is also the author of Watershed:
The Undamming of America .
Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Salon, The
Nation, Orion, and Grist… Contact
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Mike Harcourt. As the premier of British Columbia and three-term
mayor of Vancouver, he helped Canada's westernmost province win
its reputation as one of the most livable places in the world.
His leadership was instrumental in transforming the way Canadians
looked at their cities. In 2005, he received the Woodrow Wilson
Award for Public Service… Contact
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Mark Harris. An award-winning journalist and author of
the book on green burial Grave
Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural
Way of Burial ,
he is a former environmental columnist with the Los Angeles
Times Syndicate. His writing has been included in several
anthologies and appeared in the Chicago Tribune and Reader's
Digest… Contact
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David Helvarg. President of Blue Frontier Campaign, he
is the award-winning author of Blue
Frontier: Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness
and The
War Against the Greens .
He produced more than 40 broadcast documentaries for PBS, The
Discovery Channel, and others. His articles have appeared in
The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The
Nation… Contact
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Jeff Hohensee. A change management and sustainability
expert for 25 years, he was Program Director for TreePeople where
he pioneered work that touched the lives of millions. He is CEO
of Natural Capitalism Solutions and has been a consultant or advisor
for U.S. EPA, the Council of Environmental Educators, and many
other programs… Contact
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Eric Huffman. An expert on commercial and residential
daylighting strategies and benefits as well as on state of the
art fiber optic skylights, he is Vice President of HUVCO, Daylighting
Solutions. He is a former board member of the Sustainable Buildings
Industry Council and has written on daylighting for Specified
Lighting Design and other periodicals… Contact
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David Hurst. Author of Crisis
& Renewal: Meeting the Challenge of Organizational Change
and Contributing Editor to Strategy+Business, he was Executive
Vice-President of a large North American industrial distributor.
He speaks about how continuous renewal can enable rapid progress
in developing a sustainable relationship with the planet…
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Ron Jones. Founder of an award winning green building and
design company, he is the only person to have ever served on the
Boards of Directors of both the National Association of Home Builders
and the US Green Building Council. He was named 2006 NAHB Green
Advocate of the Year. He helped establish green home building
in the mainstream… Contact
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Michael Klubock. Founder and Executive Director
of the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education, he has presented
its Adopt-A-Beach School Program to nearly a half million students.
Created to get kids in touch with nature, the program has involved
50,000 in beach clean-ups. It has been honored by NOAA and the
City of Los Angeles… Contact
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Doug La Follette. Currently Wisconsin's Secretary of State,
he was the director of Wisconsin Environmental Decade, and he
has served on the boards of the Sierra Club, the Friends of the
Earth, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Author of The
Survival Handbook: A Strategy for Saving Planet Earth ,
he was a Fulbright Distinguished American Scholar… Contact
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Richard MacLean. Principal of a management consulting
firm and Executive Director of the university-based nonprofit
Center for Environmental Innovation, he has held health, safety
and environmental positions in several Fortune 500 companies.
He specializes in EHS strategic planning and management and organizational
re-structuring… Contact
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David Milarch. Co-founder of the Champion Tree Project,
he works to propagate and preserve the genetics of the world's
last old growth forest giants and save our arboricultural heritage.
His work has been covered by The New York Times, The Washington
Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Today
Show, Good Morning America… Contact
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Dom Nozzi. Author of Road
to Ruin: An Introduction to Sprawl and How to Cure It ,
he has been a city planner for Gainesville (FL) and Boulder (CO).
With extensive experience in pedestrian and trail planning as
well as in planning to protect the living urban environment, he
is currently Executive Director of Walkable Streets Urban Design…
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Mary Pearl. President of Wildlife Trust and co-founder
of the Center for Conservation Medicine, she was profiled by Newsweek
for having "spearheaded the development of 'conservation
medicine' - a scientific exploration of the links between the
health of humans, wildlife, and ecosystems." She has written
a regular column for Discover magazine… Contact
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Robin Pharo. She is director of the Green Built
Home Program, a nonprofit Wisconsin initiative named Program of
the Year at the National Green Building Awards. As a consultant
and president of Healthy Homes, she advises builders, contractors
and homeowners on best practices for building greener, healthier,
more sustainable homes… Contact
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Alfredo Quarto. Executive Director and cofounder of the
Mangrove Action Project, his work focuses on mangrove forest protection
and aquaculture sustainability. He served as a consultant for
the Biodiversity Exhibit at The American Museum of Natural History,
and he has written for Science, Biodiversity Journal, and
Earth Island Journal… Contact
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John Renesch. Author of Getting
to the Better Future
and a dozen other books, he is a pioneer in the global movement
to bridge the worlds of leadership, work and sustainable futures.
He challenges his audiences to think in new ways. The Futurist
calls him a "business visionary." Warren Bennis calls
him "a wise elder who shines with wisdom"…
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Carl Seville. A green builder, educator, and consultant
on sustainability to the residential construction industry, he
is the recipient of the Southface Energy Institute Award of Excellence
for Environmental Stewardship. His work has been featured in Professional
Remodeling and Environmental Design and Construction Magazine…
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Ron Sherga. He has been a leader in plastics recycling
for 30 years in North America and Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Having designed or managed a dozen recycling facilities as well
as managed or owned facilities responsible for reusing two billion
pounds of scrap plastics, he is an expert on improved recycling
methods… Contact
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Mark Spellun. The founder of Plenty, an eco-lifestyle
magazine which focuses on the revolution in green culture and
technology, he speaks regularly on environmental issues and has
made many national television and radio appearances. Plenty
gives voice to a new paradigm transforming how individuals live
and how companies do business… Contact
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David Steinman. Author of Diet
for a Poisoned Planet
and Safe
Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming
Meltdown ,
he edits The Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living magazine.
He has awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association,
the Sierra Club, and the Society of Professional Journalists…
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Richard Stuebi. As BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental
Advancement at The Cleveland Foundation, he is leading efforts
to promote advanced energy to revitalize the Ohio economy. He
is also the President of NextWave Energy, which he founded to
assist clients in building successful businesses based on innovative
energy technologies… Contact
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Terry Tamminen. He helped Arnold Schwarzenegger become
Governor of California, was appointed Secretary of the California
EPA, and later was appointed Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy
Advisor to the Governor. His Lives
Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction
examines our oil dependence and proposes a sustainable energy
strategy… Contact
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Dr. Paul Tinari. A physicist, solar engineer and green
housing expert, he was an organizer of the first Canadian Earth
Day in 1978. Today he is the director of the Pacific Institute
for Advanced Study, and he also serves as a senior project evaluator
(in alternative energy) for National Research Council Canada and
for Sustainable Development Technologies Canada… Contact
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Ann Vileisis. Her book Kitchen
Literacy
explains how we lost track of where food comes from and why we
need to know. Her Discovering
the Unknown Landscape
is a history of America's wetlands. The American Historical Association
and the Society for Environmental History have both honored her
work. She earned her degree in history at Yale… Contact
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Dale Willman. A national award-winning radio journalist,
he has worked at CBS, NPR, and CNN. While the environmental correspondent
for CNN Radio, he won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative
Reporting. His stories detailed the environmental health problems
surrounding the Broadway production of Walt Disney's Beauty
and the Beast… Contact
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Alexandra Zissu. Co-author of The
Complete Organic Pregnancy,
she writes about how to keep both mom and baby protected from
toxins during pregnancy. She has written about fashion and style
for the New York Observer and T: The New York Times
Style Magazine. She has also written for Vogue, Organic
Style, Health, and Bon Appetit… Contact
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