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Knowledge Centers

SYSTEMS THINKING

Holistic Decision-Making

Complexity

Systemics

Evolutionary Learning Organizations

Body-Centered Business

Diffusion of Innovation

Quality (Dr. Deming)

Continual Improvement

Personal Mastery

Intellectual Humility

Presence

Leadership

Global Development

Mythological Thinking

Purpose + Meaning

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

World History + Music Ethnography

Global Civil Society

Communities of Place

Communities of Interest

Economic Development

Indigenous Epistemology

Cultural Autonomy

Internet Identity & Technology

Women's Issues

North-South Relations

Sister Cities

Africa Land Tenure Systems

Colonialism; Imperialism

US Convention Bureaus

Privilege + Power

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ECOLOGY

African Wildlife

Mass Extinction

Climate Change

Sustainable Agriculture

Permaculture Design

Rainforests + Cloud Forests

Deforestation

Ecotourism

SUSTAINABILITY

Ethics + CSR

Sociology of Needs; Max-Neef

Human Potential

Self-Actualization

Business Reporting

Natural Step

Circular Economy

Triple Bottom Line

Holistic Health + Well Being

Somatic Education

Ecological Economics

MicroEnterprise; Fair Trade

Benefit Enterprise

Conscious Capitalism

System Vitality

Life-Cycle Analysis

Environmental Justice

Social Justice

Urban + Regional Planning

Municipal Governance

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Research Summary

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

Reports

 

US EPA Region IX / Environmental Finance Center 9

Evaluation of Opportunity for Solar Energy at Torres Martinez Reservation (2010)
Increasing Recycling And Related Green Business Opportunities for Northern Nevada Tribes (2009)
Green Technology Feasibility Study for Torres Martinez Reservation (2008) EPA9 Audit Award: Excellent

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

 

Journal of the Community Development Society

Gleaners, Balers and Do-Gooders: Perspectives on Linking Sustainability with Economic Development (2000)

with Ted Bradshaw, PhD. Peer Review.

 

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

Research Skills

Research Team Lead

Participant Observation

Ethnographic Interviews

Methodology + Evaluation/Survey Design

Design Thinking

Interpreters

Archival + Internet

Marketing

Applied Systemics (Science of Crowd Wisdom)

Sensation

Intuition

Listening

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