Ras K'dee is a cofounder of Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG) Magazine. Ras is a California Pomo/Kenyan rapper and is an occasional host of KPFA FM's Bay Native Circle. He fronts the six member multiculti band One Struggle and in his music addresses native resistance, environmental pollution, and the corrosive affect of drug culture on disadvantaged communities. His third solo album, Street Prison, was chosen by East Bay Express readers as Best Local Album of the Year.
David Kadavy's upbringing was anything but green. He grew up in a culdesac in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska; where golf was one of his main pasttimes, dangerous treks across busy intersections to grab candy at gas stations were his childhood's greatest acts of independence, and he never even rode a public bus until he was in college. It wasn't until he learned about sustainability while working at an architecture firm that green captured his imagination.David's passions for technology and sustainable living drew him to California where he is Creative Services Manager at SustainLane and an act ...
Nik Kaestner, a former science teacher and activities director at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, is the first director of sustainability for the San Francisco Unified School District, where he collaborates with teachers, staff, and students to develop a nationallyrecognized sustainable schools program. Nik will seek to expand and publicize the many wonderful efforts already underway in the city's schools, while at the same time developing the District's competencies in such diverse areas as environmental education, rainwater harvesting, waste management, and green cleaning.Prior to coming to S ...
Goli Gabbay Kafka is a pioneer in teaching Yoga for Mental and Emotional health, and is widely recognized for her expertise relieving stress, anxiety disorders and depression. A teacher since 1998, Goli has gained the trust of celebrity clients, business leaders, and Los Angeles’ most elite psychological recovery centers. She was recently named one of the “Yogis Shifting the Planet” in ORIGIN magazine’s "Leaders who Inspire” issue (Sept-Oct. 2012.) Goli has earned multiple certifications from Yoga Works, Exhale Center for Sacred Movement, and Yoga West. Trained in a variety of disci ...
A Lifelong vegetarian with knowledge encompassing cuisines ranging from vegetarian to vegan to macrobiotic, Tamar Kagan was raised with a passion for whole foods, influenced by a combination of Eastern European and Middle Eastern cuisine. She moved to San Francisco when she was five, and her palette expanded to many different cuisines. As soon as she was on her own in the kitchen, she taught herself how to prepare clean, healthy, easy, fun and affordable meals, inspired by many cultures. The key to being healthy is a balanced nutritious diet and a consistent exercise routine. Kagan's experienc ...
Kahn is a founder, and current Board Chair, of the NW Biodiesel Network, a Seattle based nonprofit that is focused on educating the general public about the benefits of biodiesel.
Lloyd Kahn has a B.A. from Stanford University. During the late 1950s, while serving in the United States Air Force in Germany, Kahn ran the USAF newspaper for two years. Returning to California in 1960 to work as an insurance broker, he suddenly quit his insurance job and began work as a carpenter, eventually building four houses.Kahn next worked for Stewart Brand as Shelter editor for the Whole Earth Catalog. During 1970 Kahn started a bookpublishing house, Shelter Publications, and published his first book, Domebook One, followed the next year with Domebook 2. These books were followed by t ...
Alex Kajumulo has produced five albums under the BabuKaju Record Label: Never Before, Justice for Mankind, Searching for Love, I'm Kool Like That, and Bushman Vision. Alexs first album, Never Before, was released in 2007 and has played on radio stations around the world rising to the top ten on the charts in many African countries and on the World Music Charts in Canada. One of the songs, Maza Africa, was a finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. Another of the songs from the album, Zuwena, placed 5th in the World Music Category of the Just Plain Folks Music Awards. Songs ...
James Kalin's company – Virtually Green – is building a network of Sustainable Commercial Urban Farm Incubator (SCUFI) programs in cities around the USA. A SCUFI program trains people to be sustainable commercial urban farmers, helps them get startup financing, find urban farm plots and secure an urban farm home to lease or own. A SCUFI trains urban farmers to generate extra profits by integrating farm operations into the grounds, structures, rooftops and systems of nearby urban buildings and businesses. A SCUFI can play an important role in reengineering cities to meet the challenges of c ...
Michael has been in the Entertainment Industry for 20 years and in that time has developed and maintained numerous relationships with producers, directors and writers. He has also been involved with environmental and humanitarian causes for as long as he’s been in the media business and as a result has maintained strong relationships to sustainable companies that are aware of his long standing dedication to promoting conscious living.
Robert Kallen founded RSK Strategies, LLC, which provides expertise and capital to small and growing companies specializing in the food and education sectors. From 19841992, he was Vice President of Operations and General Counsel for BakeLine Products, Inc (a privatelabel cookie manufacturing company with national distribution and annual sales of over $100 million). Bob was also a staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. (19821984) and at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest (19931995). He has served on numerous boards and advisory boards in the priv ...
Kamaria is a senior at Community Services West Career Academy and will graduate in June. Kamaria plans to continue her education in the culinary arts at Washburne Culinary Institute at Kennedy King College.
Jurriaan Kamp founded Ode Magazine in The Netherlands in 1995 with his wife, Helene de Puy. The magazine continues to thrive there and in 2007, Ode Magazine’s U.S. offices opened in the Bay Area. Ode’s mission is to publish stories about the people and ideas that are making a difference. The magazine for “intelligent optimists,” Ode reports on positive news in the areas of health, science, spirit, life, energy and business. Before founding Ode, Kamp was an editor, correspondent in South Asia and Chief Economics Editor at the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. He is the author of " ...
Alisa Kane is the Green Building and Development Manager for the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. There she works on green capital improvement projects, policy initiatives, educational outreach and partnership development. She has a Masters in Urban Planning and has spent the last 17 years working in the fields of green building, community development and recycling. Alisa is a published writer, regular speaker at green building events and an active community volunteer. In her spare time she likes to take photos and blog about her adventures in sustainable Portland.
An amazing musician with love of several instruments. The clock and heart of Steady Crew, his combination of rhythms and subtle intricate patterns will move anyone in to a greater freedom of expression. This addition to any performance guarantees a magical and soulful experience. The years of performances are very obvious and loved by many crowds. A true melting pot of music genres are carried within his sticks.
Mike Kanoe was born and raised in Oakland, and he attended The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. In addition to owning a catering company, Mike has worked as a sous chef at Cafe Veneizia. He currently works under chef, Tanya Holland, at her Brown Sugar Kitchen in West Oakland.
Elizabeth Kanter, RYT 200, teaches yoga to increase happiness, beauty and healing in the world. She has been practicing yoga for 13 years, with early foundations in Iyengar and Ashtanga. Blossoming the seed that was planted during her very first yoga class, she completed Willow Street Yoga's Anusara 200-hour teacher training in 2009. Her classes are heart-opening, alignment based, and playful - in the Tantric tradition of Anusara yoga. She loves sharing the incredible benefits of the practice - and seeing her students light up with the recognition and celebration of the spark within.
Adam Kanzer is Managing Director and General Counsel of Domini Social Investments and Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Domini Funds. His responsibilities include directing Domini’s shareholder advocacy department, where for more than ten years he has led numerous dialogues with corporations on a wide range of social and environmental issues. He is the author of “Putting Human Rights on the Agenda: The Use of Shareholder Proposals to Address Corporate Human Rights Performance,” a chapter in Finance for a Better World: The Shift to Sustainability (Palgrave Macmillan, April 200 ...
Rachel Kaplan is a leading eco-somatic therapist who works with individuals, families and groups to create generative approaches to the challenges and opportunities of daily life. Her former life as an improvisational dancer informs her current life as a healer, educator, activist, inspirational speaker, permaculture designer and mother—bringing flexibility and spontaneity to the ever-evolving practices of sustainability. She is the author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living (with K. Ruby Blume), as well as The Probable Site of the Garden of Eden, and Diaspora: Stor ...
Shireen Karimi works at Green America (co-producer of the Green Festival) and previously worked at Common Good City Farm, an urban farm and education center that organically grows food for low-income residents in Washington, DC. She worked with farmers in South America who depend on sustainable agriculture and land use and has seen the destruction industrial agriculture causes in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and right here in the US. Shireen views food as the bridge between cultures, communities, personal health, environmental issues, politics, and humans' relationship with the Earth. Sh ...
Eloise Karlatiras is the Director of Development for the “Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition” (GCRC). She joined the GCRC with an in-depth knowledge of greening the foodservice industry as a result of a project she pioneered at Piece Pizzeria & Brewery in Chicago. Eloise’s enthusiasm and vision led her to conceive and develop the “Greenpiece Project”, a full-scale environmental sustainability program. Her leadership, passion, and commitment to greening the business community led to her appointment to take the GCRC into its future as a successful trade association. Eloise combines ...
Warren Karlenzig, Chief Strategy Officer of SustainLane, directs the SustainLane US City Rankings, a peerreviewed sustainability benchmarking of the largest 50 cities in the United States. The Washington Post said of the rankings: Surveys such as SustainLane's 'go a long way in terms of helping the nation understand what constitutes a better and more sustainable urban environment.' Karlenzig has been editor in chief of Knowledge Management magazine and a leading sustainability consultant for the federal government (US EPA, White House Office of Science and Technology) and the state of Califor ...
Senior Scientist, Communities for a Better Environment Mr. Karras has extensive environmental science and policy experience and expertise in the fields of industrial investigation, pollution prevention engineering, energy system planning and exposure assessment. In his 27 years with CBE he has led research in campaigns on water quality, air quality and food chain contamination; participated in pollution prevention audits of more than 100 industrial facilities, and authored or coauthored 20 major scientific publications including CBE reports and formal peer reviewed work. Mr. Karras cochaire ...
Megy Karydes is the founder of World Shoppe, a fair trade importing business that works directly with artisans in South Africa and Pakistan. Her artisans’ jewelry and women’s accessories can be found in more than 150 gift shops, women’s boutiques and museums nationwide. She’s active in the fair trade movement locally and nationally and was one of the founding board members of Chicago Fair Trade. She actively uses social media to promote fair trade and finds engaging with customers and sharing the impact fair trade makes on her artisan partners among the highlights of her work. You can ...
Marc Kasky has spent the past 40 years working on a variety of projects to the quality of life in communities throughout the U.S. as Executive Director of the SF Ecology Center and Fort Mason Center, as well as with public agencies and developers in urban and rural settings on projects that have strengthened the connections people have to their geographic and social communities. He has been the plaintiff in several consumer lawsuits, most notably Kasky v. Nike. This lawsuit which received extensive national (Fortune Magazine, NY Times, PBS/NPR) and international (Financial Times, the Economis ...
At seven years old, Kat Nguyen (stage name: Under Kat) picked up her fathers $20 dollar guitar he acquired in Mexico as a young man. Although it was old, damaged, and out of tune, from the battered instrument birthed a world of possibility that began the first time her tender fingers plucked their very first string. Awaking something in her, Kat began her voyage down a new found enigma of adventure and mystery MUSIC. Hit with this 10ton freight train of unexpected passion and inspiration, Kat was possessed with a hunger to learn and master this instrument as quickly as possible so that in ti ...
Martin is the Washington, DC area's leading ecofriendly wedding planner and floral designer. She is currently writing a book about ecofriendly weddings and is the author of the upcoming 4th edition of The Everything Wedding Book.
Earl Katz, President of Public Interest Pictures and President of Creative Philanthropy, is an activist/documentary producer. He is currently Executive Producing two films, the documentary Heist and the studio film Legacy of Secrecy, slated to be released by Warner Brothers in 2013 starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Earl’s award-winning documentaries have been an adjunct to his career as a political, social justice and environmental activist since 1970. Katz is Executive Producer of Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election with Danny Glover (Sundance Channel), Unconstitutional: The War on Our ...
Michelle Kaufmann is an accomplished architect, designer and advocate for smarter ways to design, build and live. She has led the field of prefab green homes, has been widely published and has received numerous awards including Top Firm 2008 by Residential Architect, and has been called “the Henry Ford of green homes” by the Sierra Club.
Savitree Kaur, Registered Yoga Teacher, is a devoted student and teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan, and is KRI certified by the International Kundalini Yoga Teacher’s Association. Kaur practices yoga and home care in all aspects of her life, including cooking and spending time with her children. Her unique vision and expertise in "homecaring" began when she owned a thriving non-toxic cleaning company in Chicago. Unable to find commercial products which were both non-toxic and truly effective, she began formulating her own products by blending deliciously-scen ...
Mary Kearns, chief herban developer for Herban Lifestyle, LLC, lives in the D.C. area, where she does her best to balance her urban lifestyle with healthful habits
Keehn is VP of OUT for Sustainability. Elan works as a naturopathic doctor and certified nurse practitioner at both the University of Washington Women's Health Care Center and Bellingham Natural Family Medicine. Keehn's goal in medicine is to provide compassionate, integrative care acting as a bridge between naturopathic and conventional medicine. On a similar note, Keehn strives to act as a bridge linking the LGBQT and the environmental community. In her past life, Keehn volunteered for several environmental nonprofits, earned a BA in Environmental Science/Biology, and lived in Hawaii studyin ...
Dorka Keehn is a journalist and activist. A leader in the women’s movement, she is a founder of Emerge America, the premier training program for Democratic women planning to run for political office; a founding board member of Ignite, an organization that provides political and civic education to high school and college women; and a Commissioner on the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. Dorka also hosts the arts and culture Internet and raAdio program, "Keehn on Art," and has produced several programs for television including the two-time Emmy-award-winning documentary, Of Civi ...
Suzanne Keers is co-founder and Executive Director of Local First Chicago, a not-for-profit organization formed to educate members of the public, business leaders and local governments regarding the economic and social benefits provided by locally owned and independent businesses in Chicago. She is also the owner of Main Street Innovations, a consulting company devoted to helping experienced business owners grow and optimize their companies. Keers has 25 years of experience in consulting and management with deep knowledge of quality management, process improvement and general management. She ...
Chef Keidi Awadu is a Southern California-based raw food chef. He has pioneered a brand called Living Superfood as a vehicle for “full-spectrum hypernutrition”, health-inducing nutrition administered through gourmet live–food cuisine. Here are just a few of Chef Keidi’s “Life-Lights” Award-winning raw food chef and longtime master of vegan & vegetarian cuisine Developer of the Living Superfood Full-Spectrum Hyper-Nutrition healing system Author of more than two dozen books on health, culture and the humanities Multi-media journalist for 35 years in print, broadcast and an In ...
Grace Hearth is the collaboration between Keri Keifer of 'Oakland Hearth' and Jocelyn Jackson of 'With Grace.' Together we will nourish your special event with local and seasonal soul-warming food. Keri hails from Illinois and grew her passion for gardening, cooking and nourishment by way of studying Chemistry, training as a Pastry Chef, and working with various Bay Area Community gardening and food projects; food is her art, from seed to table.
Brad Keimach has studied Hatha yoga with Max Strom, Saul David Raye, Sarah Powers, Georg Feuerstein, Gabriella Giubilaro and Tias Little. He has taught yoga at Exhale since its opening and has also instructed at Maha Yoga, Dance Home and Brentwood Yoga. For Brad, yoga is a transformational and healing practice for and from the heart. This is what inspires and motivates him to share this path with others. With a background as a symphony and opera conductor, Brad has been profoundly influenced in his life and teaching by the heart-first example of his mentor, Leonard Bernstein.
Keith is the founder and director of Urban Wilderness Project (UWP), providing culturally based storytelling, restoration and wilderness programs rooted in social change. She believes that shifting our mindset so that we see ourselves as a part of the natural world is critical to restoring the ecology of our communities; reducing urban and domestic violence; and acknowledging and healing historical injustices. Keith's work as a literary artist, environmental educator, community organizer and social justice advocate informs her ongoing development of the R U An Endangered Species?™ curriculum ...
Christie Keith has over 17 years of experience in global social justice movements, and is currently the International Co-Coordinator of GAIA, a global network of more than 600 grassroots organizations and individuals working together for zero waste and environmental justice in 92 countries. She formerly worked as a popular educator, program coordinator and strategic planner in Guatemala. While there, she supported refugees from the Guatemalan civil war, as well as leaders of the labor movement, women’s movementand Mayan campesino movement. In the U.S., she has served as the Interim Director ...
Panayoti Kelaidis has been at Denver Botanic Gardens since 1980; he is currently serving as the Senior Curator and Director of Outreach. He is a member of the editorial board of American Horticulturist as well as numerous plant societies. Panayoti has traveled to Mexico, South Africa, Alaska, Chile, Argentina, Pakistan, Spain, and throughout the Western United States on plant expeditions. He has garnered numerous awards and honors, including the 2009 American Horticulture Society's prestigious Liberty Hyde Bailey Award for lifetime contributions to horticulture, the Colorado Nursery and Greenh ...
Keleher is the Director of the Midwest Office of the Applied Research Center and Program Director of the Racial Justice Leadership Action Network. He is a coauthor of the Green Equity Toolkit: Standards and Strategies for Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy and The Illinois Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity and Justice. He is a contributing writer to RaceWire, the blog of ColorLines magazine. He provides racial justice training and consulting to organizations around the country and has extensive community organizing experience in the area of environmental ju ...
President and founder of ChicoBag Company, Keller has a gift for developing simple product solutions to large environmental issues. Keller invented the first ChicoBag
Gregory Kellett is the habitat gardens coordinator for the nonprofit Pollinator Partnership (www.polinator.org). He has over twelve years of professional gardening experience specializing in Californian native plants and coordinates the installation of gardens as both habitat for pollinators and outdoor classrooms for people.Gregory Kellett is the habitat gardens coordinator for the nonprofit Pollinator Partnership (www.polinator.org). He has over twelve years of professional gardening experience specializing in Californian native plants and coordinates the installation of gardens as both ha ...
Jessica Kellner is the Editor of Natural Home & Garden magazine and the author of Housing Reclaimed. She is an ardent advocate of stylish, sustainable design, self-sufficient living and conservation through the reuse of the vast supply of beautiful vintage building materials, architectural details and more.
Georgia Kelly is the founder and director of Praxis Peace Institute, a nonprofit peace education organization based in Sonoma, CA. She has produced several conferences on peacerelated themes in the US and in Europe and leads seminar/tours to the Mondrag
Christian KempGriffin was born and raised in Canada, until he left for the United States for his university degree, which he completed at Princeton in 1986.His career started back in Canada with the leading clothing retailer, Holt Renfrew, where he managed a team on the shop floor and then became director of merchandise control for the group.Three years later Christian and his wife moved to Paris and he took a job with Polo Ralph Lauren, heading up the buying and merchandising for Europe, a position he held for 7 years.He was then recruited to The Walt Disney Company in the consumer products d ...
Herve Kempf was born in 1957 in Amiens, north of Paris, in France.After studies in economics, history, and political science, he became ajournalist. Since 1988 he has specialized in environmental andecological reporting. He created the environmental magazine Reporterre,and has written for scientific and economic newspapers. He has workedwith Le Monde, the most influential French newspaper, since 1998, wherehe is the Environmental Editor and covers ecological topics, notablyclimate change and biodiversity. Le Monde now has an entire sectiondevoted to environment and science. Traveling worldwide ...
Ken Roseboro has been called “the nation’s reporter on all issues surrounding genetically modified foods” by Acres USA magazine. Ken is editor and publisher of The Organic & Non-GMO Report, a monthly newsletter that focuses on the threats posed by GM foods and the growing non-GMO food trend. He is also editor and publisher of The Non-GMO Sourcebook, an annual directory of suppliers of non-GMO and organic seed, grains, and ingredients. Ken is author of Genetically Altered Foods and Your Health and The Organic Food Handbook both published by Basic Health Publications. He is a member of the ...
Ken Roseboro has been called “the nation’s reporter on all issues surrounding genetically modified foods” by Acres USA magazine. Ken is editor and publisher of The Organic & Non-GMO Report, a monthly news magazine that focuses on threats posed by GM foods and the growing non-GMO food trend. He is also editor and publisher of The Non-GMO Sourcebook, a directory of suppliers of non-GMO seeds, grains, and ingredients. Ken is author of Genetically Altered Foods and Your Health and The Organic Food Handbook both published by Basic Health Publications. He is a member of the board of directors ...
Doug has been involved in the building/real estate field for over 35 years. His overlapping careers in sustainable residential construction, real estate appraisal and property management have helped shape his understanding and belief as to the importance of the symbiotic relationship between an individual’s health, their residence and the environment. As Director of Operations at Pathway Design & Construction and a facilitator/trainer for the TM4 Group, he is committed to providing employees, clients and others in the community useful information regarding Indoor Air Quality and the impact c ...
Academy Award nominee Scott Hamilton Kennedy is a writer, director, producer, cameraman and editor and has worked on everything from music videos and commercials to motion capture animation, scripted and reality television and fiction and non-fiction film. Scott’s documentary,The Garden,was nominated for a 2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. It tells the story of the South Central Community Garden, the largest of its kind in the U.S., and its complicated struggle for survival. It premiered at the prestigious AFI Silverdocs film festival where it won best documentary and went o ...
Joe Kennedy, designer and natural builder, has been involved in ecologicaldesign and construction for over twenty years. Joe cofounded and directed Builders Without Borders, an international organizationof natural builders and architects who help villagers worldwide design and buildtheir own low-cost, earth-friendly housing. He studied at University ofCalifornia at Berkeley and the Southern California Institute of Architecturewith an additional degree in International Peace Studies from the Universityof Notre Dame. Joe’s concentration on natural building design and its ecological,po ...
Danny Kennedy is a passionate activist, successful green-tech entrepreneur and recognized opinion leader on global environmental issues. He was recently named 2011 “Innovator of the Year” by PBS’ program, Planet Forward, for providing an innovative, high-impact and commercially viable solution that responds to the world’s environmental challenges. Danny founded the leading residential solar power company, Sungevity, in 2007, as an integral part of his mission to promote the use of clean energy and eliminate the world’s dependence on fossil fuel.Prior to starting Sungevity, Danny ser ...
Bonnie Keough has always loved to travel, but never considered going to South America until 7 years ago, when she made her first trip to Ecuador. Bonnie was hooked and has returned many times since then! To support her travel habit, she has begun leading tours, and also imports and sells items purchased from the talented artistsand wonderful folks she meets.
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Seneca wants to be an Agronomist when he grows up. Really geeked about the Mycelia Project and curriculum database. Loves growing mostly because he likes eating. Well. Does not have a soft spot for squirrels or slugs, but loves ladybugs and dragonflies. Chicago born, California bred.
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Marie Kerpan is the founder of Green Careers, a career consulting practice, started in 2000, supporting the transition to careers that promote ecological, social and economic sustainability.In addition to working with individuals and groups in her practice, she has designed, produced and delivered green careers programming for the Bioneers Conference, the SF Green Festival and The Solar Living Institute. Most recently, Marie joined the faculty of the Green MBA at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA where she will be teaching and mentoring graduate students.An active participant in the susta ...
Luke Ketterhagen graduated magna cum laude from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. He then moved to the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy to study under the guidance of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, where he would spend over 7 years in residence. After receiving his yoga teacher certification from the Himalayan Institute, Ketterhagen joined their permanent staff. He authored the "Asana Basics" column for Yoga International Magazine from December 2003 to December 2004. Luke appeared as a model in numerous editions of the 16-year ...
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Charlie is a Freshman at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Science (CHSAS). Charlie is very kind and thoughtful. He enjoys sports and is very athletic.
Savitri Khalsa has been a working potter since 1989. She has shown her work from New Orleans to Massachusetts.Her work ranges from functional tableware, whimsical organic fruit like vessels, large flower sculptures and fountains.She taught pottery at University of North Carolina at Charlotte '94-'97 and in her gallery/studio ("98- 2005) in Winchester, Va.She has a B.F.A. from West Virginia University, 1985 and a Masters from Ohio University 1987.
Khan is a member of North Oakland Cohousing, working to create affordable housing and demonstrating the value of community.
Navina Khanna's work focuses on organizing and movement building for transformative change. She is a co-founder and the Field Director of Live Real, a new national initiative dedicated to amplifying the power of young people in frontline communities shaping a radically different food system through policy and practice. She's also a Movement Strategy Center Associate. Based in Oakland, she's worked as an educator, community organizer, artivist and policy advocate to transform agri-food systems from field to vacant lot to table. Navina holds an MS in International Agricultural Development from U ...
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Long time friends since they were together at boarding school in India, Gayatri and Rati knew that they would one day merge their creative interests in fashion and design to create their own label. Their complementary styles, interests and expertise have allowed them the freedom to bring the vibrancy and exclusive hand-craftmanship of India to the western shores. They design and work with high-end artisans to put together a collection a few times each year.The co-founders travel to India and immerse themselves in the chaos, and the vivid abundance of exquisite craftsmanship of artisans, two ...
Khoury, owner of Earth Alley, an ecofriendly, fairtrade boutique in Baltimore's eclectic Hampden neighborhood, will talk about ways in which, through trial and error and a whole lot of chutzpah, going green can be fun, inclusive and prosperous.
Jamil Khoury is Founding Artistic Director of Silk Road Rising. Khoury’s plays focus on Middle Eastern themes and questions of Diaspora. He is particularly interested in the intersections of culture, national identity, sexuality, and class. Khoury has devised Mosque Alert, Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret and Silk Road Cabaret: Broadway Sings the Silk Road. He conceived The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion. Khoury’s play WASP: White Arab Slovak Pole has inspired the video play both/and and the documentary Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and t ...
Mr. Atta Kiarash currently serves as Vice President of Solar Solution LLC overseeing the everyday management of the company. Solar Solution LLC is currently the largest solar PV installer in the District of Columbia having installed over 60% of every installation that has occurred in the District the past two years. Atta Kiarash currently serves on several different green alternative energy boards to help spread the word about going green.
Green Kids was established in 1991 in Canada to address the need for entertaining, educational programming for school-aged children about the importance of environmental stewardship.For Green Kids, the goal is to see the next generation of children growing up with “green dreams” on their minds insteead of nightmares. Green Kids seeks to empower children by providing them with facts about environmental issues in a positive, theatrical manner, and then equipping them with simple but effective tools to live “greenly.”
Alexa Kielty has been working for the Department of the Environment's Zero Waste program since 2001 and has been able to contribute to the development of San Francisco zero waste policies and programs from the ground up. She is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz environmental studies program with a focus on agroecology. Currently, she has been implementing composting in apartment buildings, one of the first programs of its kind.
Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge areare not your average couple.They are the stars of the reality television show The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green TV. Josh and Brent have transplanted themselves fromNew York City toBeekman Farm in upstateNew York, where they are raising 80 goats, two pigs, a dozen chickens and a narcissistic llama. These guys have urban professional backgrounds and they're now making goat milk soap. Technically, Josh isn't new to upstateNew York. He was born there, but then raised in ruralWisconsin. He is the New York Times bestselling author ofI Am N ...
Ian Kim works at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights as Director of the GreenCollar Jobs Campaign. He advocates for policies statewide in California and locally in the city of Oakland to create greencollar jobs, especially for lowincome young adults and those with barriers to employment. Greencollar jobs are quality, careertrack, manual labor jobs in industries like renewable energy, water and energy efficiency, and green building. Ian serves on the Oakland Workforce Investment Board and was ViceChair of the Oakland Oil Independence Task Force. He also serves on the Steering Committees of t ...
Kim is Digital Justice Organizer with Reclaim the Media in Seattle. Passionate about social justice and technology, Kim has done community organizing and outreach with Washington CAN, Sahngnoksoo, and the Seattle Young People's Project, where he is also a board member. Active in Seattle since 2002, Reclaim the Media is the regional hub group of the Media Action Grassroots Network, and a founding member of the national Media and Democracy Coalition.
Dreamer. Founder and caretaker of Java Green Coffee & Tea Inc. Interested in nature, life, and peace and harmony for all beings. DJ started Java Green in 2003 with his family and quickly watched it grow from the first truly eco-friendly coffee shop in D.C., to the capital's most popular vegetarian restaurant and an oasis for raw and gluten-free diners, thanks to his knack for unique recipes. As he adapted a vegan, and now raw diet, DJ has watched an entire community sprout up around Java Green. He is ever willing to take time to share his wisdom and experience on healing the body through food. ...
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Ivy Kims works with Fair Trade Towns USA on the "Go Bananas!" Campaign and Challenge to increase the availability of Fair Trade Certified bananas in the US. Fair Trade Towns USA is a comprehensive platform for growing awareness, availability, and commitment to Fair Trade in the US, and provides the opportunity to build community in your town, as well as connect your community to those in the developing world.
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Alice Kim Director of The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Women's Studies from Northwestern University and her Master of Arts in English from DePaul University. She is a Chicago activist and has worked on a wide range of social-justice issues. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and was a recipient of the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award for her work to end capital punishment in Illinois. She also previously worked at the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) ...
Andrew Kimbrell is founder and executive director of the Washington D.C. based Center for Food Safety and the International Center for Technology Assessment. As an author, lawyer, and activist for more than twenty years, he has been at the forefront of legal and grassroots efforts to protect the environment and promote sustainable agricultural production methods.
Peter Kime, MA, MFA, is the founder of Human Radiance and creator of Human Radiance Lightware®, an advanced technology for personal transformation. He will be offering an experience of this technology as part of the METAGREEN: Grounding the In-vironmentpanel on Saturday at 1:30pm as a way to support people in awakening to and receiving higher order communion with all life.Come discover some new ways to feel and align with all our relations. For an advance preview of the Lightware experience, visitwww.humanradiance.com and click on the "Try This" link at bottom left.Peter is a healer, spi ...
Victoria Diane Kirby is a dynamic young lady who is taking the world by storm. In the past year, she has been featured on CNN, MSNBC's Today Show, Fox, and a number of other national and international media outlets. After being honored by receiving an invitation by First Lady Michelle Obama to the White House and President Obama's first address to Congress, she was featured on hundreds of websites, blogs, and print news outlets such as The Washington Post. She recently served as the first openly gay member of the board of trustees of her alma mater, Howard University, where she graduated with ...
Mark Kitchell's 1990 film Berkeley in the Sixties was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Sundance Audience Award and DupontColumbia Award.
Klamp is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Pan American Bank. Mr. Klamp's commitment to community banking spans over thirty eight years. Klamp has developed economic enhancement programs to service lowincome communities throughout the Chicago area and began the Community Development Bankers Association in 1999 with other CDFI designated bankers. Klamp has led the development of financial literacy programs, and has been active in the fight against predatory lending.
Russell Klein, LEED AP®, is DC’s municipal recycling educator. For over eight years, he has presented to area businesses, schools, trade associations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington DC Green Festivals (2007, 2008, 2010). At these events, it has been his privilege to offer the public his unique insight regarding municipal regulations and opportunities for waste reduction, waste program development and stakeholder management. Russell is also responsible for directing the Material Resource Sustainability Internship (MRSI). This mid-Atlantic "green jobs" training pr ...
Laura Klein is the co-founder, publisher + editor-in-chief of the wildly popular OrganicAuthority.com. Laura as a trained chef is a passionate activist and advocate in today’s food revolution movement. She has been featured in The Oprah Magazine, Oprah.com, The Huffington Post, CNN, The Food Network, Women's World, Malibu Times, and is featured in the book Hot, Rich, and Green. Organic Authority’s articles appear regularly on the Huffington Post and AOL, and are frequently featured around the Internet including Yahoo, MSN, The Weather Channel, EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Discovery, TLC, HowStuff ...
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Jane has been a Special Education Teacher for more than thirty years. This is her 11th year as a teacher and Case Manager at Chicago High School for Agricultural Science. Helping students with disabilities prepare for fulfilling adult lives is a priority as she works with teachers and administrators to implement vocational preparation and transition curriculum. Dog Gone Delights were the first of many products produced and sold by the students in this program.
Brandon Knight works for Global Exchange where he developed the Green Economy Leadership Training program in Highland Park, Michigan, a program that equips participants with the knowledge, attitude and technical skills to create a career in the green economy.
Pamela Knights earned a BS in Fashion Design at the University of Cincinnati in the College of Design, Art and Architecture. While in college she had the opportunity to work for several fashion businesses in Los Angeles, Chicago and NYC through the professional practice program offered at UC. After moving to Long Beach with her husband, she worked as a designer for swimwear and Juniors sportswear companies such as Ocean Pacific and Barely Legal for 10 years in the active wear market. In 1995, she began teaching fashion illustration and design classes for LBCC and Santa Ana Community College as ...
Maura Knowles is the founder of Mac–n-Mo’s Morselicious Treats. Mac-n-Mo’s is on a mission to change the way we eat snacks & treats. A passionate baker as a little girl, she was a Blue Ribbon Prize Winner in the 4-H Food Group in Sacramento, CA, and since has continued to play with recipes.Mo created these Morselicious Treats for her Dad, Mac, a diabetic & heart patient. Gluten-Free and against using preservatives or chemical sweeteners, Maura brings her delicious and healthy recipes to life at Mac-n-Mo's Morselicious Treats, a local bakery that she owns and operates. Along with running ...
Owner of the Loki Fish Company, Knutson, a Puget Sound fisherman for 35 years, is a member of the Puget Sound Salmon Commission and sits on the board of the Puget Sound Harvesters.
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen are the authors of The Urban Homestead (Expanded and Revised Edition): Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (2008) and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World (2011), and founded the blog, Root Simple, which was formerly known as Homegrown Evolution, in 2006. They live in the heart of Los Angeles, in a little bungalow set on a 1/12 acre lot where almost all of their land is devoted to growing edible or otherwise useful plants and trees. Their obsessions include bees, bikes, beer, chickens, dogs, healthy cities, healing herbs, ...
Grace Koehler entered the nursery and landscape industry in 1980 and joined Pizzo Native Plant Nursery in April, 2010 as Sales and Marketing Manger. She has extensive background experience in ecological restoration and the wholesale nursery business. Grace’s strong interpersonal skills, commitment to client satisfaction, experience in nursery product development, and knowledge of horticultural and native plant communities on the ground level and the roof top provide the basis for her duties to grow and expand the Pizzo nursery.
Krista Kokjohn-Poehler is an entrepreneurial leader and brand builder who has notched successful launches of two brands aimed at her pet target market of inspired girls. Most recently, she co-founded Becky Bones, LLC in 2007: an inspired eco-edutainment brand for kids and teens who want to save the planet. Becky Bones gives back 25% of profits to the environment for grassroots solutions. As CEO, she brought the company $5.3M dollars in wholesale sales over three years. Previously, as Osiris Girls Brand Director, she launched and grew the business from $1.5M to $6M/year over three years and gar ...
Haru has over 10 years of experience bringing new products and technologies to market. Inspired by the Green Festival SF last year, she joined SustainLane as Director of Marketing to better align her career with her passion for healthy and sustainable living. Prior to SustainLane, Haru was Director of Marketing for OnStation where she launched the companys first automotive dealertoconsumer communications solution. Prior to OnStation, Haru was Director of Content at Webshots, a leading website for sharing digital photos. Prior to that, she was a Senior Product Manager at Liquid Audio, a pion ...
Keba Konte is an innovative and accomplished visual artist, entrepreneur and foodie whose artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationwide, from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. to the San Francisco Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. His artwork and photographs have been widely published in books and periodicals such as A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present and Oprah Magazine. Mr. Konte has cofounded Berkeley's Guerilla Cafe one of the Bay Area's leading organic cafe. His years in the restaurant industry brings a unique perspective on the importance of ha ...
Jidan Koon is a second generation Chinese American, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an artist, organizer, and community builder for the past 20 years, she brings a broad and diverse set of experiences and skills to her consulting practice. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center (MSC), and engages in independent consulting projects alongside the fellowship. Her fellowship currently focuses on “growing wings” beyond the non-profit industrial complex, re-centralizing spirit in movement building, as well as MSC internal development and training. Jida ...
Deborah Koons Garcia is a filmmaker whose production company Lily Films is based in Mill Valley, California. Her film The Future of Food (2004) has screened in theaters, film, food and farming festivals, at community gatherings and on television and the internet all over the world. She is now working on a multi-part documentary film and web-based project entitled Symphony of the Soil. A special work in progress screening of this fascinating and complex endeavor was shown as the Hans Jenny Memorial Lecture at UC Berkeley in May, 2010.
Korfhage serves as Green America's online and special projects editor. Green America's specialproject publications, like the Fair Trade Guide and Guide to Ending Sweatshops, are available at the Green America booth. Sign up for Green America's email newsletter at www.greenamericatoday.org/signup.
Sophie Korn has been an educator with the Alliance for Climate Education since September 2009. She is a Charles D. Miller alumna of Johns Hopkins University who earned her Masters of Arts in Teaching as a Leo D. Buscaglia scholar from hometown hero, USC. Sophie previously worked as an Environmental Educator with the Children's Nature Institute. She loves nothing more than working with inspiring high school students to create more sustainable, just and joyful communities across Southern California.
Dr. David C. Korten is the author of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth (August 2010), and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (2006). His previous books include the international best-sellerWhen Corporations Rule the World and The Post-Corporate World: Life after Capitalism. Korten is board chair of YES! Magazine; co-chair of the New Economy Working Group, founded in late 2008 with the Institute for Policy Studies; a board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE); founder and president of the People-Centered Development For ...
Ousseynou Kouyate comes from a long family line of Griots or storytellers of history. The family's lineage starts in Mali and expands to Senegal, West Africa where he and his twin brother, Lassana, were raised and learned their family's history through song and dance. Ousseynou has toured all over the globe as a lead dancer with the National Ballet of Senegal and various famous African Artists such as Yousour Ndour, Ami Koita and Baaba Maal, to name a few. Along with performing he teaches beginning to advanced dance West African dance for children and adults. Ousseynou's flair has amazed many ...
Jason oversees 350.org's political and legislative efforts in the US. With climate action stalled in Washington DC, Jason helps lead grassroots campaigns that raise the profile of climate change in politics. From stopping the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline to ending fossil fuel subsidies Jason helps give climate activists a voice in Washington.
Kasper Kozcab is a workerowner and corporate secretary at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco and is a staff representative at the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives.