Bill Varettoni is the Community Founder, President, and Financial Planner at Community Ladders. At the tender age of 11, Bill was bitten by the entrepreneurship bug. Shopping around a liability release he obtained from his parents, he began a lawn and landscaping business that lasted through his first year of college. He employed both ofContinue reading “Bill Varettoni”
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Sergyey Popov
Sergyey Popov is assistant professor and chair of instrumental diagnostic methods at the State Medical Academy in Voronezh, Russia. He is the highest category medical doctor and a medical science candidate whose scientific activities focus on ecology, social hygiene, and diagnostics in medicine. Popov has a keen interest in writing and the environment. He hasContinue reading “Sergyey Popov”
Elika Molayi
Elika was born in Tehran, Iran, and spent her childhood in five different countries – Iran, UAE, India, Tunisia, & the US. This lifestyle shaped many of her beliefs and interests, such as a love for languages, culture, nature, traveling, and art. To keep in line with her interests, she chose to go to McGillContinue reading “Elika Molayi”
Elyse Kane
For the last 15 years, Elyse has co-owned a speculative building business specializing in sustainable residential development and land use/conservation, first in New York and then in Washington. For five of those years she also worked as an environmental analyst for the municipally owned electric utility in Seattle. Kane is currently spearheading a project toContinue reading “Elyse Kane”
Alessio di Giulio
Alessio di Giulio – Founder, Italian Landscapes Exploration Alessio has spent the better part of his professional life as head of the Education & Tourism department of WWF Italy. In 2001, he left this position to start up a private enterprise based in the inland mountain Abruzzo Region (East of Rome). Alessio lives and worksContinue reading “Alessio di Giulio”
Donald Brooks
Donald Brooks is a graduate student at Bard College Center for Environmental Policy, where he is working on renewable energy issues in developing countries with the LaGuardia Foundation in New York City. Brooks’ career path has developed over many years but evolved from an early age. He was born near San Bernardino in Southern CaliforniaContinue reading “Donald Brooks”
David Ramslie
I am an independent planning and design consultant who splits his time between consulting for architecture firms and teaching design at local colleges in Vancouver, British Columbia. I have a Masters Degree in Urban Design, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Development Economics, and I am a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)Continue reading “David Ramslie”
Diane Peapus
Diane H Peapus started her career as a protein crystallographer. Her education includes a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware, a master’s degree from Brandeis University in Massachusetts, and a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. She also did a postdoc at Case Western Reserve University, and worked as a visiting scientistContinue reading “Diane Peapus”
Kelly Miller
Since July 1999 Kelly has worked for American Rivers – a national, non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the nation’s rivers. Kelly is the Associate Director of Water Resources and works on a national campaign to reform the Army Corps of Engineers – primarily as a grassroots coordinator for the Corps Reform Network and policyContinue reading “Kelly Miller”
Martin Hostettler
Hostettler is managing partner of Cycad Inc. in Switzerland. He has professional expertise in environmental engineering with focuses on gravel pits, quarries, and landfills. Hostettler also worked as a consultant in forest policy with Tensor Consulting Inc. He is currently the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Swiss Forestry Journal and lectures about forestContinue reading “Martin Hostettler”