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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... Visit Rob Caughlan's EcoSpeakers page 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... 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... Visit Richard Gertman's EcoSpeakers page 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… He directs Flex Your Power, California's comprehensive resources for energy efficiency. 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... Visit Walter McGuire's EcoSpeakers page 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... She is a planning consultant and the Principal in Strategic Community Solutions (SCS). 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… Another here… Visit Karen Walz's EcoSpeakers page here … Authors & Speakers Providing Excerpts She is a professional
career counselor and author of Making
a Living While Making a Difference: Conscious Careers for an Era of
Interdependence Book Excerpt by Melissa Everett here… Visit Melissa Everett's EcoSpeakers page 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… He is a futurist
and the author of Awakening Earth Book Excerpt by Duane Elgin here… Visit Duane Elgin's EcoSpeakers page 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... He is 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… Visit Bill Shireman's EcoSpeakers page here … 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 Book Excerpt by David Wann here… Visit David Wann's EcoSpeakers page here … © Copyright 2001-2008 EcoIQ |
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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. 
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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.
, 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.
