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Oz Basarir, is the original founder of the Wiser Platform and our Technical Director. For over 10 years, Oz Basarir has managed software development projects, delivering state-of-the-art web solutions for industry leaders like SAP and Oracle. Oz received an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Miami and is in the Executive MBA program at UCLA Anderson. He is a certified ScrumMaster. His passion is to apply his knowledge and experience in software for positive social change. Email Oz |
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Karin Bauer, NCI Board Chair, is founder and CEO of OnePlanet Group, a sustainability strategy consultancy with clients in the U.S., Asia and Europe. As an early employee of eBay, Karin led the development of U.S marketing programs and pioneered eBay's international branding and marketing activities in Europe and Asia. Prior to eBay, Ms. Bauer worked in international software product marketing for Living Books, a Broderbund company, the 3DO Company, and in solutions marketing for Oracle Corporation. She earned an MBA at the University of California Berkeley's Hass School of Business and holds a BA in International Relations from Pomona College. She recently earned a certificate in Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School. Email Karin |
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Camilla Burg, Communication and Outreach Director, worked in B2B marketing in the UK, Australia and France. Her experience in the non-profit sector includes market research projects for a sustainable business forum and a green business network. She holds an MBA with honors from San Francisco State University and an MA in French and psychology from Lancaster University, England. Email Camilla |
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Zuhal Czuri, Volunteer, currently works as a freelance Turkish Translator. She obtained her BA in English Language Teaching and hold a TEFL Internationally recognised Qualification, German Certificate and a Professional Graduate Diploma in Information Technology. She lives and works in London, United Kingdom. |
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Eugene Eric Kim, Board Member, is the cofounder and principal of Blue Oxen Associates. He has developed collaborative strategies for a number of organizations, focusing especially on inter-organizational collaboration and collaborative learning. Past clients have included NASA, Institute for International Education, Socialtext, and the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to NCI, Eugene serves on the boards of the Leadership Learning Community and the Open Source Applications Foundation. Email Eugene |
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Kevin Kumataka, Sponsorship Coordinator Intern, has recently graduated from UC Berkeley, obtaining a BS with honors in Conservation Resource studies. While studying at UC Berkeley he conducted research on Zero Waste for GAIA, a global alliance seeking sustainable and just alternatives to incinerators and landfills. Email Kevin |
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Peggy Duvette, Executive Director, has worked with the Natural Capital Institute for over 7 years, overseeing numerous projects including ResponsibleInvesting.org. Peggy is interested in the intersection of sustainability across sectors, specifically how to harness the power of existing initiatives for communities of action to be more effective. She holds an MBA in Sustainability with honors from San Francisco State University, and an MA in transport and logistics from Huddersfield, England. Email Peggy |
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Roseli Franco, WE Portuguese Regional Online Community Coordinator/Brazil, graduated from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Philosophy with a License of Pedagogy. Currently, she is dedicated to the practice and study of Purna Yoga. Email Roseli |
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Paul Hawken is the founder and Chair Emeritus of the Natural Capital Institute. He is author and co-author of seven books including The Next Economy, Growing a Business, The Ecology of Commerce and, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution with Amory Lovins. His latest book Blessed Unrest was published in May 2007 by Viking. For more information, visit www.paulhawken.com. |
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Angus Parker, Program Director of WiserEarth, holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, an MA with Honors in International Management from the Joseph H. Lauder Institute, and an MSc in Environmental Science from the Johns Hopkins University. He is the former Director of Operations for The Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific Region and former Chief Operating Officer of Island Conservation, a science-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing extinctions and protecting island ecosystems.Email Angus |
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Wibowo Sulistio, Online Community Manager for WiserEarth, is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He holds a BEng in Electrical Engineering from Kyushu University, Japan, through the support of a Japanese Ministry of Education Scholarship. His primary interest is in life-sustaining civilization design and you can read his blog on the subject here |
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Doudou Sy, WE French Regional Online Community Coordinator. Doudou has worked in information communication coordination in Enda Tiers Monde, Senegal. He holds a Master in information and communication science, License Sociology and License management Project from Bordeaux, France. Email Doudou |
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Kescia Turner-Harris, NCI Bookkeeper, has been working for NCI for one year. She founded MultiBusinessSolutions, Inc., a bookkeeping service that has provided support to small non-profit organizations for the last 7 years. She provides guidance to standards of accountability for our day to day transactions as well as the implemention of effective systems and internal controls. Email Kescia |
We are grateful to the tireless volunteers, interns, contractors and staff that have worked on the Wiser projects since we began early 2005. For their contributions in the areas of data entry and deep research, communications, outreach, software development and user interface design, we acknowledge:
| Jordan Adler Alex Au Kelsang Aukatsang Adam Anderson Brandon Angrisani Cheryl Anseeuw Anusaranya Stephanie Auer Lauren Ayers Justin Beck Dan Bell Paul Bisazza Mathew Borish Arash Boostani Jessica Bremmer Heike Bridgwater Albert Brown Julia Brown Ellie Buechner Adam Burkett Zoey Burrows Gorky Chakraborty Grace Chang Lea Char Debbie Cheng Tod Chubrich Rachel Cohen Joseph Collas Chelsea Combest-Friedman Jacob Conley Kelly Costa Cory Crocker Kevin Davis John Deans Jennifer DeBann Lydia Dixon Sara Dorman Molly Doyle Nicholas Edwards Emily Fitzgerald Deborah Fleischer Wendy Furry Jothi Ganesh Gangadharan Brooking Gatewood |
Barrett Green Mara Gross Elizabeth Hanson Brenda Harriman Jonathan Hawken Sonya Hetrick Timonie Hood Alexis Hyatt Kirsten Rose Jardine David Jay Jo Jewell Luis Jimenez Guna Jothi Deepak K Ali Kafaii Miriam Karell Hilary Karis Nick Kirk Melinda Kramer Senthil Kumar Mike Kwan Shezad Lakhani Stephen Lamm Daniel Lavelle Eunice Lee Seth Lepore Alison Loomis Honore Louie Armando Madrid Maheshwari Hilary Mandel Hannah McCrea Hannah Mitchell Michelle Moore Patience Mulu Timothy Nash Fabiola Oliveira Ana Orfitelli Arnas Palaima Laura Pelcher Tricia Powell Betsy Power Anton Prakash Annie Prakash Juan Carlos Kaiten Quintanilla Hooman Rabieh Ramya |
Diana Redmond Sarah Rutherford James Riley Nabin Rimal Liz Roberts Gayatri Roshan Michele Ross Sheila Samuelson Nushin Sarkarati Lawrence Schear David Schlessinger Arielle Segal Sharmeela Ambi Sidhu Janet Smartt Michael Spalding Kristen Steck Bino Sundar Madgalena Szpala Negin Tahvildary Caitlin Tanner Noel Tarnoff Belén Arce Terceros Anne-Claire Thieulon Claire Tugault-Lafleur Vadivukarasi Michelle Valintis Greg Varnau Edmundo Vindel Kerry Vineberg Jonny Waldman Diana Walsh Meng-Li Wang Peter Warshall Monica Way Kristen Weiss Edward West Agnes Wierzbicki Amy Williams PK Yamuna Bedy Yang, and Norm Zeiser |
Thank you!
Montana novelist and river walker David James Duncan points out that the world’s people do not need religious or economic fundamentalists or to save them; we need us for our salvation, and us stands for this huge, growing crazy-quilt assemblage of global humanity that is willing to stand up to the raw, cancerous insults that come from the mouths, guns, checkbooks, and policies of ideologues. According to Duncan, there is a movement afoot in the world that is not merely trying to prevent wrongs but actively seeks to love this world. Compassion and love of others are at the heart of all religions, and at the heart of this movement. “When small things are done with love it’s not a flawed you or me who does them: it’s love. I have no faith in any political party, left, right, or centrist. I have boundless faith in love. In keeping with this faith, the only spiritually responsible way I know to be a citizen, artist, or activist in these strange times is by giving little or no thought to ‘great things’ such as saving the planet, achieving world peace, or stopping neocon greed. Great things tend to be undoable things. Whereas small things, lovingly done, are always within our reach.” Some people think the movement is defined by what it is against, but the language of the movement is about keeping the conversation going, because ideas that inform it never end: growth without inequality, wealth without plunder, work without exploitation, a future without fear.
– from Blessed Unrest
© 2009 Natural Capital Institute
