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Presidio School of Management
San Francisco, CA
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​MBA Sustainable Management 2005

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Strategy Final

Designing a Strategic Planning Process for Nia Technique

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In 2002 I had a revelation that business, for all of its ills, is the greatest opportunity for human transformation and greatest avenue to care for the earth. I enrolled in one of the first three dedicated business schools in the USA embracing the triple bottom line - Green MBA at New College of California. After one year, I transferred to Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Eventually that institution merged with Presidio School of Management.

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Notable instructors

Jane Lorand, Joanna Macy, John Ehrenfeld, Amory Lovins, Tom Johnson, Mark Anielski, Gifford Pinchot, Libba Pinchot, Alexander Laszlo, Kathia Laszlo.

University of California at Davis
Davis, CA
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MSci Community Development 1998

 

 

Thesis

Cultural Resources, Autonomy and Sustainable Development

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Part 1  I explore the Western roots of the word sustainability. I trace back 500 years examining how this word developed in order to understand the breadth of the meaning of sustainability.

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Part 2  I asserted that autonomy is the necessary apriori pre-requisite for cultural stewardship, (i.e., sustainable development,) particularly as it relates to indigenous peoples. Cultural resources include​language, story, identity, skill, tradition, et. al.

 

I applied this premise in a case study documenting how members of Picuris Pueblo pursued Permaculture Design as a sovereignty strategy to achieve cultural sustainability through food and energy self-sufficiency.

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Internships

  • City of Davis (CA) Planning + Building Department, Apprentice Planner

  • City of Portland (OR) Mayor's Office International Relations, Administrative Coordinator

School for International Training
Brattleboro, VT
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Bachelor's of International Studies 1993

 

Senior Thesis

An Analysis of the Efficacy of Joint Action as Tools for Development: A Case Study of Africa Community-Based Development Initiatives

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Internship

Africa Community-based Development Initiatives, Assistant Administrative Secretary

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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Notable courses:

  • Sociological Impacts of Tourism at Victoria Falls

  • Race Relations in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

  • Permaculture Design

  • Post-Colonial Land Tenure in Zimbabwe

  • Ndebele Language Study + Immersion

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