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Knowledge Centers

REGENERATION

Metacrisis

Planetary Boundaries | Doughnut Economics

Bioregionalism

Regenerative Agricutlture | Slow Food

Design Principles | Mindset

Permaculture Design

Global Eco-Village Movement
HUMAN WELL-BEING

Purpose + Meaning

Human Potential | Self-Actualization

Body-Centered Business Philosophy + Design

Sensory Perception + Neuroscience

Mindfulness | Embodied Presence

Somatic Movement Education

Salutogenesis  Theory + Holistic Heal

World History | Cultural Origins | Music Ethnography

Sociology of Needs; Manfred Max-Neef | Ivan Illich

TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING

Intellectual Humility | Conscious Leadership

Personal Mastery | Growth Mindset

Applied Critical Thinking | Holistic Decision-Making

Systems Thinking

Mythological Mindset

Design Thinking

Complexity + Sense-Making | Systemic Science

Quality | Learning for Continual Improvement

Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Evolutionary Learning Organizations

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Sustainable Development Theory

Colonialism | Imperialism | Western Progress

Economic Development: History + Critique

Global Civil Society | Globalization

Indigenous Cultural Autonomy

Politics of Privilege + Power

Human Rights and Human Needs

Theory: Communities of Place | Interest

Internet Identity & Technology

North-South Relations

International Sister City Movement

African Land Tenure Systems

US Convention and Tourism Bureaus

Urban + Regional Planning

ECOLOGY

African Wildlife Conservation

Mass Extinction | Deforestation

Climate Change

Sustainable Agriculture | Global Food System

Rainforests | Cloud Forests | Primary Forests

Ecotourism

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

Ethics | CSR | ESG

Environmental Justice | Social Justice

MicroEnterprise Development +  Fair Trade

Conscious Capitalism | B-Corp

Triple Bottom Line Business Reporting

Natural Step | Natural Capital

Circular Economy | Cradle-To-Cradle

Life-Cycle Analysis | Carbon Footprint Analysis

Ecological Economics

Summary

 

Social scientist with applied focus on holism, holistic decision-making, ecology, sustainability, systems thinking, human potential, and community development.

Publication

Definition: Sustainability | 2009 | Dictionary of Ethical Politics Open Democracy

 

Definition: Rights | 2009 | Dictionary of Ethical Politics Open Democracy

Building the Green Economy: From Green Festivals to Global Citizen Centers | Co-Author: Kevin Danaher PhD | 2007 | Conscious Choice Magazine

Book Review: Cradle-To-Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart | 2003 | Journal of the Community Development Society

Gleaners, Balers and Do-Gooders: Perspectives on Linking Sustainability with Economic Development | Co-Author Ted Bradshaw PhD | 2000 | Journal of the Community Development Society

 

Reports

Documenting Emergent Knowledge to Explore Common Perceptions of Well-Being | 2023 |International Society of Systems Sciences

Analysis of Global Power Structures | Co-Author Troy Lush |2019 | ONE Project

Evaluation of Opportunity for Solar Energy at Torres Martinez Reservation | 2010 |Environmental Finance Center West 


Increasing Recycling And Related Green Business Opportunities for Northern Nevada Tribes | 2009 | Environmental Finance Center West 


Green Technology Feasibility Study for Torres Martinez Reservation | 2008 | Environmental Finance Center West  | EPA9 Audit: Excellent

Preliminary Feasibility Study on Bay Area Demand for Locally Caught Wild Seafood with Primary Focus on Dungeness Crab & Wild King Salmon | 2006 | EcoTrust

Perspectives on Sustainable Economic Development in the Sacramento Region |1995 | UC Davis Sustainable Communities Consortia

Researcher

 

RESEARCH ASSISTANT + REFERENCES COPY EDITOR

ONE Project | 2020

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): History,  Summary, and Critiques

RESEARCH ASSISTANT + COPY EDITOR

Global Futures Foundation | 1998

What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons From Nature |Tachi Kiuchi and Bill Shireman (2002) Listed in Acknowledgements

Skills

  • WindTunneling |Systemic Research | Qualitative Sense-Making

  • Sensation Science: Sensory Perception, Intuition, Felt Sense Awareness

  • Design Thinking

  • Marketing: Methodology-Evaluation-Survey Design

  • Research Team Lead

  • Participant Observation | Participatory Action Research

  • Ethnographic Interviews | Interpreters

  • Archival + Internet

  • Listening

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