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Rob Caughlan Vice President of The Roanoke Company. He is a filmmaker, speaker, and writer specializing in environmental and safety issues. He was on the White House staff under President Carter, was a special assistant at the EPA, and was general partner in Voice of the Planet, a ten-part nationally broadcast television series on global environmental issues starring William Shatner and Faye Dunaway. Article by Rob Caughlan here... Rod Diridon, Sr. Served 20 years on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. He chaired the County Transit Agency, the region's Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and the national American Public Transit Association. He has served as chair the national panel on "Combating Global Warming Through Sustainable Transportation Policy." Although he is the Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute, his article reflects personal views and is not the result of any research conducted by the Institute. Article by Rod Diridon, Sr. here... Jerry Estruth President of the Land Trust for Santa Clara County. He was formerly the Vice Mayor of the City of San Jose, where he championed many environmental programs and policies adopted by that City. He has also served as the Chair of the Board of the Santa Clara Open Space Authority. He is a Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Article by Jerry Estruth here... Hartmut Gerdes Principal of Square One Productions, San Francisco. He is an urban designer, and he produces urban design and environmental visualizations and videos as well as photo and videomontages. Article by Hartmut Gerdes here... Richard Gertman Principal of Environmental Planning Consultants. He has written for most of the solid waste management and recycling journals in the United States. He has taught or lectured on integrated waste management at San Jose State University, UC Davis, UCLA, and the University of Wisconsin. He has also served as an officer or board member of the National Recycling Coalition, the California Resource Recovery Association, and the Northern California Recycling Association. Article by Richard Gertman here... Reena Kazmann The founder and owner of Eco-Artware.com. She is a second-generation artist, and has been involved throughout her life as an illustrator, custom needlepoint designer, crafts teacher and manager of craft shops. Her needlepoint designs have appeared on the covers of Modern Maturity, The American Farmer and The Washington Post magazines. Article by Reena Kazmann here… Walter McGuire President of The Environmental Policy Center and director of The Global Cities Project, a leading educational and research organization promoting sustainable communities. He advanced presidential trips for the Carter White House, and he served as the legislative advocate for the California Governor's Office in the early 1980s. McGuire was the national field director for Earth Day 1990, the largest environmental event in United States history. Article by Walter McGuire here... Lauren Poole A writer/editor for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. Publications include a quarterly newsletter for scientists involved in solar energy research as well as educational material for the general public. Prior to her current position, she wrote for the National Biofuels Program about alternative fuels for transportation. As a freelance writer, her articles have appeared in New Mexico Magazine and the Albuquerque Tribune. Article by Lauren Poole here… Jeffery J. Smith President of The Geonomy Society. He researches, writes about, and organizes around "geonomics" or natural rent issues. He was a guest of the Green Party of Taiwan, where he spoke before legislators, academics, and activists. Article by Jeffery J. Smith here... Karen S. Walz The Principal in Strategic Community Solutions (SCS) and the Executive Director of The Dallas Plan, a non-profit organization created to work with the city of Dallas and the Dallas community to create and implement a long range plan. Prior to forming SCS, Walz was Director of Planning for Freilich, Leitner and Carlisle, managing planning projects for clients nationwide. She has also served as the Manager of Comprehensive Planning for the City of Austin and as Special Assistant for Economic Policy at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Article by Karen Walz here… Another here… Another here… Authors & Speakers Providing Excerpts Melissa Everett A professional career counselor and author of Making a Living While Making a Difference: The Expanded Guide to Creating Careers with a Conscience (available from The EcoOutlet). She has also written three previous books and many articles. She was the recipient of the Olive Branch Award of the NYU Center on War, Peace and the News Media for her book Breaking Ranks. She writes a monthly column, "New World, New Work" for SustainableBusiness.com. Book Excerpt by Melissa Everett here… William Honachefsky He is a planner, author, and speaker. He is the author of Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning (Lewis Publishers) and Land Planner's Environmental Handbook (Noyes Publications). He has lectured at the American Museum of Natural History and was recently honored for his innovative work by New Jersey Planning Officials. Book Excerpt by William Honachefsky here… Duane Elgin He is a futurist and the author of Awakening Earth and Voluntary Simplicity (both available from The EcoOutlet). He served as a senior staff member of the joint Presidential-Congressional Commission on Population Growth and the American Future and as a senior social scientist with SRI International. He co-authored studies on the long-range future for the Environmental Protection Agency, the President's Science Advisor, and the National Science Foundation. Book Excerpt by Duane Elgin here… Eric Rosenblum He is director of South Bay Water Recycling, an urban water reuse system in California's Silicon Valley. Current activities include applications of advanced water treatment technology and the economics of developing sustainable water supplies. He is also an active member of the WateReuse Association and the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program. Speech Excerpt by Eric Rosenblum here... Bill Shireman He is the CEO of Global Futures and a Co-founder of The Future 500, an organization working to demonstrate how companies can profit from sustainability by applying measurement and management tools that stimulate innovation, by replacing products with services, and by driving waste toward zero. Speech Excerpt by Bill Shireman here… David Wann He has written four books, more than a hundred articles, and produced twenty videos. He has taught at the college level, worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more than a decade, and helped design and build the cohousing village in which he now lives. His most recent book, Affluenza (Berrett-Koehler, 2001), which he co-authored with John de Graaf and Thomas Naylor, offers an escape route to a new American Dream that will be much healthier and much more satisfying. Book Excerpt by David Wann here… Future Contributors Of Articles Or Excerpts Nancy Bruning Author and editor of sixteen books on environmental and health issues, including Blueprint for a Sustainable Bay Area and Cities Against Nature. She has written for Garbage, Buzzworm, and The Urban Ecologist. She edited The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. Bruning is a former member of the Board of Directors of Urban Ecology, Inc. Michael Castleman Author of a dozen books on health related issues, including Nature's Cures and Before You Call The Doctor. In addition, he has written for newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, The Nation, Sierra, Redbook, Self, and others. He has taught health and medical writing as an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. Barbara Coe Author of more than seventy articles, technical papers, and speeches, she has 25 years experience consulting for public and private organizations on all of the elements involved in building sustainable communities. She has taught at Golden Gate University as well as at the Universities of New Mexico, Denver, and Hawaii and she has served as President of the American Society of Public Administration, Colorado Chapter. John Hart Author of more than a dozen books on environmental and land use issues, including Storm Over Mono: The Mono Lake Battle and the California Water Future, Saving Cities, Saving Money (available from The EcoOutlet), and Farming On The Edge. He has also written for such organizations as the American Farmland Trust and The Greenbelt Alliance. Laura MacEachen A consultant specializing in economic analysis of environmental and urban policy issues, she has completed assignments for a score of local governments in California and the Pacific Northwest. She was Director of Research for Keyser Marston Associates, and she has also completed projects for the urban economic consulting firm Bay Area Economics, for Lynn Sedway and Associates, and for the Field Research Corporation. Linda Breen Pierce Linda Breen Pierce is a writer, keynote speaker and workshop leader in the areas of voluntary simplicity and work/life balance. She is the author of Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World (Gallagher Press, 2000). She has written or been featured in more than two dozen magazine and newspaper articles, and she has been a guest on a similar number of radio and television programs. Katherine Thornberry A local government professional, she is also a San Jose based business, technology, and real estate writer. Her local government career includes several years working as part of the City of San Jose's Environmental Services staff. She has written for the San Jose Mercury News, the San Jose Business Journal, and others. Terry Trumbull As Chair of the State of California Solid Waste Management Board during the late 1970s, he provided early leadership that helped put California out front in developing aggressive recycling policies and programs. He has been a longtime leader in the California League of Conservation Voters. © Copyright 2001 EcoIQ |
