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Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally acclaimed author, orator and activist. A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities with advanced degrees in rural economic development, LaDuke has devoted her life to protecting the lands and life ways of Native communities. In 1994, Time magazine named her one of America’s fifty most promising leaders under forty years of age, and in 1997 she was named Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year. Other honors include the Reebok Human Rights Award, the Thomas Merton Award, the Ann Bancroft Award, the Global Green Award, and the prestigious Internation ...

Lagos is a member of the Divine Chocolate U.S. team, leading sales and educational outreach in the midwest and eastern territories. Since the company's American launch in 2007, Lagos has worked to share Divine's remarkable story of farmer empowerment and Fair Trade with people across the country. Prior to joining Divine, Lagos was lead researcher at Coop America's Responsible Shopper Program.

After receiving a B.A. in Sociology from Indiana University and becoming a stay-at-home mother of two, HillaryLake, an entrepreneur at heart, decided she needed to work for herself. With a combination of her leadership skills and desire to build the type of company at which she would enjoy working, Sparkle Queen Cleaning Service was born. While growing the business, Lake has been an active leader in the growing residential cleaning industry, as well as an active member in the sustainable community in Chicago. She is an active member and Ambassador of the Association of Residential Cleaning S ...

Lakeman is cofounder of The City Repair Project in Portland, Oregon, working to build strong, localized community networks that are economically stable and ecologically sustainable.

Phaedra EllisLamkins is the Chief Executive Officer of Green For All. Since taking leadership in March 2009, Phaedra has led the organization to a stirring string of victories. Chief among these was assembling a civil rights coalition that successfully lobbied for two significant improvements to the House version of the American Clean Energy and Security Act: securing funding for job training, and guaranteeing broad access to clean energy jobs. These are the Act's only provisions creating opportunity for lowincome people and people of color.Under Phaedra's leadership, Green For All has also wo ...

Author of The Green Gardeners Guide, Lampl is the founder of The Joe Gardener Company and host of Fresh from the Garden (DIY Network) and GardenSMART (PBS).

Lancaster is author of Rainwater Harvesting for Dry Lands, and is anexpert on water harvesting as a means of increasing water resources.

Eric Landen is a global green business leader who is continually advancing the frontier where environmental and economic interests merge. Early in his career, he explored the potential of business being a driving force for positive environmental change, co-founding the USA’s first organic cotton and hemp clothing company. He is currently the CEO of Landen Consulting, founded in 1996, which provides guidance to business and government leaders on the next generation of sustainability strategies. Also a member of the National Sustainable Agriculture Standards Committee and chair of the project� ...

Landeros is vice president of EcoDeposits and Cash Management at ShoreBank Pacific, a sustainable community development bank based in Ilwaco, WA. Serving in many different roles since the banks inception in 1997, Landeros is considered one of the leaders and innovators in bringing sustainable banking products and services to the Northwest. With roots in fishing and farming on the Long Beach Peninsula, she is a true advocate for the banks mission of strengthening sustainable communities.

Marc J. Lane is a nationally recognized business and tax attorney, a Master Registered Financial Planner, a Registered Financial Counselor and a Certified Investment Specialist. He is the author of 34 books on corporate organization, management, taxation, investment, personal finance, and social enterprise. Twice a recipient of the Illinois State Bar Association's Lincoln Award, Marc teaches law at Northwestern University School of Law and has taught business in the MBA program at the University of Illinois.

Courtney Lang brings over 5 years of community development to Fair Trade Towns USA, building both the Local Food and Fair Trade networks in Vermont. As Local Food Coordinator with City Market/Onion River Cooperative, Courtney worked with local producers, institutions and consumers to increase market access and organize a strategic model for community action through farm tours, workshops, and local food challenges. Like many in the Fair Trade industry, Courtney was inspired to take action in Fair Trade when she witnessed child-labor first hand in Costa Rica. As a founding member of Fair Trade B ...

A highplains girl hailing from southwest Kansas, Mickki has spent more than 15 years working and volunteering for social change and community improvement. In 2004 she helped form a Web development company focused on open participation and a consulting firm building new systems for shaping and managing the flows of information, resources and participation. Recognizing the need to reclaim our power to create community wealth, Mickki cofounded the Mile High Business Alliance in 2007. Currently serving as Executive Director, Mickki combines her passion for social and environmental sustainability ...

Dune, along with a band of dedicated social change artists, has worked tirelessly and successfully since the Exxon Valdez oil spill to create several socialprofits to take on the powers that be that continue to threaten his beloved homeland and wild Copper River salmon.Dune has realized he now has to use his entrepreneurial skills to help form several key, forprofit, Alaskabased companies to enter the Green Race economy, so he and key visionary partners are building a wild seafood BCorp company with a mission focused on changing the seafood industry to a sustainable business force that will he ...

Vanessa Lanza is the Director of Partnerships at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), managing partnerships with community-based organizations, agencies and individuals working to coordinate and improve outreach, public awareness, and human trafficking identification efforts. Vanessa also manages the organization’s international partnerships with NGO’s in Mexico, aiming to build the capacity of local non profits and service providers through training and technical assistance, as well as building and strengthening coalitions. Vanessa also coordinates the CAST Survivor Ad ...

Nancy LaPlaca, J.D., is an Energy Consultant with Bardwell Consulting Ltd. Her accomplishments include working with groups around the country to halt the first wave of socalled clean coal plants, including one in Colorado. As a public interest intervener at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, she is working to include currently uncounted costs such as health effects from burning coal, mercury contamination, air and water pollution, global warming, water use and future constrained water supplies, environmental justice, and toxic natural gas drilling chemicals in groundwater.Nancys witness ...

LaPointe is currently in his thirteenth year of work at the John G. Shedd Aquarium and is presently the Director of Environmental Quality. LaPointe began working as a chemist at the Aquarium in the spring of 1997, learning the life support systems and working with the laboratory instrumentation. LaPointe now manages the environmental quality laboratory, monitoring animal habitats and recommending adjustments to life support operations.Before starting his career with Shedd Aquarium, LaPointe was employed at the Hammond Indiana Sanitary District in a water analysis instrumentation position for t ...

Tom LaPorte is Assistant Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Water Management. He is responsible not only for media relations, but also for community outreach on matters pertaining to conservation, environmentalism, and community building.His approaches have included teaching recycling through a Recycled Art Program at Senn High School. Neighborhood block clubs provided the raw material and the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce voted to formally support the project. Alderman Mary Ann Smith (48th) lent active support.The Earth Night Concerts in Edgewater (and as last years Green Fest closi ...

Anna Lappé is a widely respected author and educator, renowned for her work as a sustainable food advocate. The co-author or author of three books and the contributing author to nine others, Anna’s work has been widely translated internationally and featured in The New York Times, Gourmet, Oprah Magazine, among many other outlets. Named one of Time’s “eco” Who’s-Who, Anna is a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund and has for more than a decade been a key force in the growing international movement for sustainability and justice in the food chain ...

Frances Moore Lappé is the author of the recently released EcoMind and seventeen other books, including the bestselling Diet for a Small Planet. The recipient of the Right Livelihood Award and the James Beard Foundation’s “Humanitarian of the Year” award, she is the cofounder of three organizations, including Food First and, more recently, the Small Planet Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Concepcion Lara is an acknowledged expert in the Latino market: she pioneered the multi-channel industry’s foray in the US Latino Market as well the expansion of key digital venues and satellite TV channels into Latin America. She is well versed in multi-platform distribution including television, internet, mobile phone and other digital distribution vehicles. Lara is currently active with CitizenGlobal, the first social creation media platform to promulgate the hottest new trend in social media which allows consumers to jointly create exciting and fresh content with top talent and brands. ...

Andrea Lara grew up in the foothills of Northern California, the daughter of a plumber. After studying Neuroscience at Pitzer College, and teaching after-school science programs, she entered the plumbing trade. Witnessing the wanton waste of high end plumbing Andrea decided to put her plumbing skills to better use, and joined the Greywater Guerrillas. She's led workshops and constructed greywater systems in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

Chuck Lare, an electrical engineer, is President of Lare ; Associates LLC (www.lareassoc.com). Chuck Lare for over thirty years has been developing technologies and organizing within communities for economic justice. Chuck is currently one of several moving forces behind the local nonprofit organization Wallingford Solar Initiative (WSI, www.wallingfordsolarinitiative.org). Chuck has for over 40 years been developing technologies in both the public and private sectors. Space Shuttle avionics, telecommunications and medical development for local companies and Port Security, fiber optics infras ...

Todd Larsen is the Corporate Responsibility Director for Green America. Green America’s corporate responsibility programs educate consumers and investors about the environmental and social records of major companies and encourage them to take action to promote greater responsibility. In addition, Green America provides tools and resources to companies to help consumers, businesses and investors improve their impacts on people and the planet. Todd also heads up Green America’s Climate Solutions Program which works to end polluting energy sources, map the future for clean energy, and eng ...

Dr. Sarah Larsen is a Medical Intuitive, Nutritional Counselor, 3rd Generation Palm Reader and a Life Coach. She received a degree as Medical Doctor from Medical University of the Americas. Her approach to wellness, counseling and hand analysis has been described as merging ancient wisdom and modern medicine for optimal health. Dr. Larsen’s personal mission is to bring Eastern and Western medical traditions together for the best possible you. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

Lauer is cofounder and program director for The DC Project, working with the public and private sectors to coordinate a citywide collaboration focused on employment in the green economy for atrisk adults.

Bianca I. Laureano is a first generation Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the Washington, DC metro area. The oldest daughter of an artist and educator, Bianca was raised in an activist environment that valued art in all its various and dynamic forms. At the beginning of high school Bianca'sparents encouraged her to become active in a youth led program called Raising Hispanic Academic Achievement, Inc. (RHAA), where she tutored and mentored Latino youth in the Washington, DC metro area. Bianca has been mentoring a young woman, Candy, for 13 years. Through RHAA Bianca developed critical ...

As the executive director of the Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles, Molly Lavik is responsible for securing financial support for the SBC’s educational programs and running the day-to-day operations of the organization under the leadership of the SBC board of directors. Molly’s mantra: “empowering entrepreneur’s access to success” began over a decade ago with the formation of her own company, Mentor InSight. As CEO of this corporation, Molly has assisted hundreds of socially-responsible entrepreneurs find their true potential and authentic purpose by transforming their new ...

For the past 19 years, Denver Urban Gardens ; Denver Recycles have partnered to offer the Denver Master Composter Training ; Outreach program to Denver residents. This train the trainer program educates residents about easy ways to reduce the use of water, reuse and recycle home organics and gain the healthiest growing environment for plants and people. Steve Lawrnece is a Master Composter and a volunteer with Denver Urban Gardens public education program. He has been a backyard composter and organic gardener for over 20 years.

You may know her from her multiple EMMY nominated and SAG Award winning portrayal of ADA Sylvia Costas Sipowitz in the ground breaking NYPD Blue or as a stay-at-home prostitute in DESPRATE HOUSEWIVES, a murderous realtor on MONK or a sociopathic serial killer on LAW AND ORDER:SVU. Speaking out for protection of endangered polar bears for the World Wildlife Fund or beating Larry David up on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. She has headlined her own comedy series FIRED UP produced by Kelsey Grammar for NBC and starred with class acts Alfred Molina, Betty White and Dixie Carter in CBS’s sit com LADIES M ...

As founding director of Reclaim the Media, Lawson has helped play a catalytic role in the growth of a national movement focused on media justice and democratizing media policy. He spent six years developing online communications and strategic campaigns for labor unions including CWA, AFSCME and SEIU. Lawson sits on the advisory board for the Consumers Union's Hear Us Now project, and is a board member of the Washington News Council. He is a fouryear veteran of the Independent Media Center movement, and has worked in community radio since 1986. Currently Lawson cohosts the weekly creative music ...

Neambe LeadonVita is an award winning community activist, educator, organic gardener and mother of two, integrating her many talents in service to community. Her work as Eco-Cultivator for organizations like Blue and Yellow Logic, The GrowHaus, Sisters of Color United for Education, PeaceJam and Youthbiz is enhanced by her passion to educate youth with the tools to live a healthy, self-sustaining future. As Eco-Cultivator, Neambe has co-designed and implemented a curriculum entitled “Going Green, Living Bling: Redefining the Image of Wealth,” which includes an introduction to sustainabilit ...

Through "the sensual movement" (her business and passion), Tanya Leake has dedicated herself to reaffirming a woman’s sensuality as a way to experience life with all of one’s senses. From her group dance and fitness classes to her nutritional training to her customer-acclaimed playshopsTM, she works women one-on-one and in small groups to develop personalized strategies for sensuality, balance and overall well being. After 18 years in corporate America recognizing each woman’s challenge in creating feminine balance, she developed a passion for supporting women in realizing their “se ...

Linda Leaks is the Codirector of Empower DC and a long time advocate for affordable and humane housing in the district. Empower DCs mission is to enhance and improve the selfadvocacy of low income and working people in the District of Columbia in order to bring about sustained self improvement in their quality of life. Leaks will spotlight the role of public land in public housing and the imperative for public land to be used exclusively for public good.

ESLI is an enthusiastic collaboration between the Department of Children Youth and their Families (DCYF), San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and lead community based organizations Community Education Services (CES) and Global Exchange (GX)to bring critical environmental education through youth empoweredservice learning into high school classrooms throughout the city of SanFrancisco.

Leavitt has celebrated over 30 years of experience in the solar industry. The city's oldest and foremost companies specializing in solar hot water systems are Solar Service, Inc., (formerly Solar Energy Products, Inc.) and Solar Thermal Consultants. Both companies were founded and are headed by Leavitt. In 1977, Leavitt received the first solar contractor's license issued by Cook County and he designed and installed the Chicago area's first solar hot water system, which is still delivering hot water daily. Since then, Leavitt's fullservice solar thermal consulting, design, and installation co ...

“Brandon Leavitt is the ‘North Star’ of the solar energy field,” stated Illinois Governor Pat Quinn at a 2009 renewable energy event. Leavitt has guided his company, Solar Service Inc. of Niles, Illinois, to becoming one of the United States’ largest privately owned solar thermal design and installation company specializing in residential, commercial and institutional systems. Leavitt participated in the first Earth Day celebration in 1970. Studying with renowned architect and visionary Buckminster Fuller, he was inspired to form Solar Service in 1977. That same year he received t ...

As Education Program Manager, Laura Lee contributes to the coordination and supervision of Wingspan Arts Afterschool Programming. Laura Lee holds a BA in Performing Arts from Iowa State University and an MA in Educational Theatre from New York University.

Aaron Lehmer, Co-Founder, Bay Localize and Member, Oakland Food Policy Council. Aaron is an activist, social entrepreneur, organizer, music addict, and lover of nature. He co-manages House Kombucha, a family-owned, local green business. He also co-founded a local ecological justice nonprofit called Bay Localize, which works to build equitable, resilient communities in the SF Bay Area, and presently serves on the Oakland Food Policy Council and Earth Island Institute's Program Committee. Aaron holds an M.A. in Globalization and the Environment from Humboldt State University and a triple B.A. in ...

Jeanette Lehn grew up in Hayward, California. When she was younger, she enjoyed writing, was editorinchief of her high school yearbook, and created chapbooks to share with friends. She went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and graduated with a BA in English in 2004. Her senior thesis was on the poetry of George Oppen. While in Portland, she interned at the Independent Publishing Resource Center, and the Willamette Week Newspaper. The autumn after graduation, she moved to San Francisco to intern at Zoetrope Magazine. She spent a year as an administrative assistant at Law Finance Group prior ...

Hillary Lehr is Global Exchange’s Elect Democracy Campaign Director. Hillary has over a decade of experience in organizing, facilitation, nonviolent direct action theory and training, and a strong commitment to Indigenous solidarity and justice. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Anthropology and a B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies. Her articles and activism have been featured by Yes! Magazine, Alternet, Care2, SFGate, East Bay Express, the Star-Tribune, Democracy Now!, KPFA, and others.

Michael Leifer is a serial entrepreneur and social media expert. He helps to design and execute integrative communication and engagement strategies to build and grow markets for brands, governmental agencies and causes. Michael CoFounded and Merged guerilla PR (www.guerillapr.com) into influenceXchange earlier this year, which he ran for 9 years and which won the 2008 AdTech Best Social Media Marketing Campaign Award for their work with Wacom Bamboo which acquired 100 million impressions, 20,000 unique drawings and 2 million unique votes within 6 weeks. Some of guerilla's clients included: Joh ...

Detroit, seen as ground zero for the current economic crisis, will host the Second U.S. Social Forum. As many as 20,000 people are expected to participate from June 2226, 2010. The Forum will provide a space to build relationships, learn from each other and share analysis of the problems we face. Local organizers from LELO and CAGJ help you learn how you can be a part of it.

Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus is the ViceChair of and cofounder of the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change (NLCCC). She is the first woman to hold the position of Executive Director at the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). She was formerly Director of Policy and Legislation at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Prior to her work at LULAC, Dr. Lemus was an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis, San Diego State University, and the University of San Diego. While at LULAC, Dr. Lemus founded the LULAC Democracy Initiative Voter Project, a national His ...

Elected to the Senate in 2008, Senator Mark Leno represents the 3rd District, which includes Marin, portions of San Francisco and Sonoma Counties. He is the first openly gay man elected to the State Senate, and one of the first two openly gay men ever elected to the Assembly. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served six years in the State Assembly and four and a half years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. While in the Assembly, Leno fought for better schools and access to higher education, a cleaner and sustainable environment, single-payer universal affordable and quality heal ...

Camille Leon is the Founder and Executive Director of The Holistic Chamber of Commerce (HCC), an emerging national organization developed to bring the holistic business community together and to pool resources from holistic professionals, practitioners, entrepreneurs and business owners. She has been featured in various media outlets, including the Holistic Success Show and the Santa Monica Observer. As a holistic entrepreneur herself, Camille believes in health and happiness for our planet and the people living here. She continues to learn and experiment with new business tools and techniques ...

Aya de Leon is the Director of June Jordan's Poetry for the People program, teaching poetry and spoken word at UC Berkeley. Her work has received acclaim in the Village Voice, Washington Post, American Theatre Magazine, and has been featured on Def Poetry, and in Essence Magazine. She was named best discovery in theater by the SF Chronicle for "Thieves in the Temple : The Reclaiming of Hip Hop," a solo show about fighting sexism and commercialism in hip hop. In 2004, she received a Goldie award from the SF Bay Guardian in spoken word for “Thieves…” and her subsequent show “Aya de Leo ...

Annie has dedicated nearly two decades to investigating and organizing on environmental health and justice issues. Prior to creating and releasing The Story of Stuff in December 2007, she worked with the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives), Health Care Without Harm, Essential Action and Greenpeace International. She currently serves on the boards of GAIA and Public Citizen, and has previously served on the boards of the Public Citizen, Grassroots Recycling Network, Environmental Health Fund, Global Greengrants India ...

Leonard E. Robinson hosts a weekly talk radio show called “Going Green With EnviroBro” that broadcast on Sacramento radio station KDEE 97.5FM and streams world-wide on the internet at www.kdeefm.org.Mr. Robinson is the proud father of three children and a grandfather. He is a much sought-after speaker and lecturer combining environmental passion; business acumen and a sense of humor. He recently joined Strategic Counsel where he heads up the sustainability practice for the firm. He previously was Acting Director for the Cal/EPA–Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) under the Gov ...

Lerch is one of the founding partners of Caf

Peace Bees started as a 4-H project that grew into honey bee advocacy. Alex is a five-time 4-H County Grand Champion beekeeper. In 2007, she began visiting elementary classrooms teaching about honey bees, which led to her winning the 2007 Indiana Beekeepers Association Young Beekeeper of the Year. In 2009, the demand for Alex’s appearances grew far beyond her availability, so she put her curriculum materials on a website where teachers and beekeepers could access them. Alex’s efforts led to her receiving Indiana Lt. Governor’s 2010 Hoosier Rising Star Award and the 2010 Indiana AXA Equit ...

Leson was born in Cologne Germany and came to California in 86 to get a doctorate in environmental science and Engineering from UCLA. He has more than 20 years of project experience in the fields of environmental technology and management, the sustainable use of renewable resources, such as industrial hemp, and in recent years in international development projects.As Dr. Bronners Director of Special Operations, Leson coordinates the conversion of Dr. Bronners raw materials for soaps and cosmetics to sources that are certified as organic and fair trade. Initial projects include a coconut oil mi ...

Lessig is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a professor at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Lessig represented website operator Eric Eldred in the groundbreaking case Eldred v. Ashcroft, a challenge to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. He has won numerous awards, including the Free Software F ...

Let Us Rise is coordinating a grassroots campaign acrossColorado to envision the kind of communities, Colorado, US and world wewant to live in. Over thirty groups have already hosted VisioningCircles and published their visions for change on our Website.Once we reach a critical mass, we will engage participants in ademocratic process to create a shared vision for Colorado, and anaction plan to implement it.We are independent of any political party. We believe our true powerlies in transcending the ways in which we are divided, in finding ourshared vision and shared humanity. All are welcome he ...

Jon A. Levey, executive vice president and chief lending officer at GreenChoice Bank, is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and a seasoned executive with 20 years of real estate, finance and entrepreneurial expertise. An active proponent of community service, Levey, serves as a member of the board of directors for The Delta Institute, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – Illinois Chapter, The Standard Club, and the North Shore Center for Performing Arts Foundation and is an advisory board member for Community Partners for Affordable Housin ...

Andreas Levi has been at Rainbow Grocery for over four years which have been the happiest years of his life. He can usually be found behind the cheese counter and also serves on Rainbow's ecology committee. He hopes to start working on his master's of city planning at UC Berkeley next fall.Andreas Levi has been at Rainbow Grocery for over four years which have been the happiest years of his life. He can usually be found behind the cheese counter and also serves on Rainbow's ecology committee. He hopes to start working on his master's of city planning at UC Berkeley next fall.

Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., is director of nutrition education at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine though good nutrition. Ms. Levin researches and writes about the connection between plant-based diets and a reduced risk of chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Ms. Levin received her Master of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. There, she focused on clinical counseling for a variety of nutrition-related issues. After receivi ...

David Levine is the cofounder and executive director of the American Sustainable Business Council, a growing coalition of business networks committed to public policies that promote a vibrant, just, and sustainable economy. Its organizational members represent over 50,000 businesses and social enterprises, and more than 150,000 entrepreneurs, owners, executives, investors, and business professionals.David Levine is the cofounder and executive director of the American Sustainable Business Council, a growing coalition of business networks committed to public policies that promote a vibrant, just ...

As a member of the SRI Wealth Management Group, a full service wealth advisory group that specializes in Socially Responsible Investing, Joshua works with individual investors, small businesses and nonprofits to provide highly customized financial and investment solutions. Joshua prides himself in establishing a consultative relationship with his clients to preserve their wealth, create a comprehensive financial plan and develop a properly diversified portfolio. He then strives to empower his clients to make investment decisions that are in line with their personal ethics, without sacrificing ...

Joe Levine is Principal in the NYC firm of Bone/Levine Architects, which upgrades urban infrastructure and consults to the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design. He is the co-founder and Director of NYH2O and board member of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, two grass roots nonprofit organizations dedicated to educating the public about the danger of unconventional natural gas extraction and creating a better path to a sustainable future.

Founded and developed Doctor Delivery in 2002 which is the third party delivery service for over 100 restaurants in the Washington DC region. Levine founded Hybrid Pedals, www.pedego.com. His company Hybrid Pedals and www.exbikerides.com also controls the distribution rights to several other e-bikes including www.velomi.com, Thrustbikes.com and several other reputable e-bike manufacturers though several sister companies for the metro area and all GSA- DOD nationally and internationally along with all Restaurant Delivery Vehicles. He is the master licensee of www.ticketsocket.com for the Washin ...

Alison Rose Levy broke the fracking story on Huffington and provided ongoing coverage. The host of ConnecttheDots on the Progressive Radio Network, Alison also covers food safety, toxic chemicals, organics, and integrative health, to connect wellbeing, social policy, and activism for health and the environment. Join her on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ConnectingtheDotsforHealth Alison Rose Levy is a much-published writer with 20+ years experience creating communications for major media, focusing on integrative health, lifestyle, yoga, psychology, and spiritual transformation in such publicat ...

Davidson Lewis is the CEO and founder of Ecologic Designs, Inc., an award winning ecomanufacturer that is dedicated to the design and manufacture of sustainable products that reduce the impact of discarded materials by transforming the waste into unique, stylish and durable products. Davidson grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with a passion for work and play within the surf, bike and outdoor recreation culture. Through his work in bike, surf and outfitter shops, Davidson became seriously concerned about the waste associated with the adventure sports he loves because of the negative impacts ...

Mitch Lewis is enjoying his third year with Wingspan and continues to branch out beyond his collegiate background in musical theatre and now enjoys teaching a broad range of classes from Eco-Art to Knitting. He is also the Co-Creator of the YouTube Channel: The Kloons.

A long-time advocate for “doing the right thing,” Lewis Perkins is a champion for sustainability – personally and professionally. Prior to joining the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, Lewis consulted to companies both big and small on creating programs and awareness for environmental and social initiatives. Perkins led the "green" charge as director of sustainable strategies for The Mohawk Group, a leading carpet manufacturer and commercial division of Mohawk Industries. He continues draw on this passion and experience to help advance the Institute’s mission of scaling C ...

Jason is currently attending his sophomore year of high school at Saratoga High. He is constantly motivated to do his part of reducing carbon emissions and saving energy. Sparked by an economics teacher at his high school, he now strives to help others save energy and recycle as well as educating other students and younger kids about going green. Raised in the Bay Area, he is naturally influenced by business, technology and a variety of different ethnicity and languages. Along with being a strong advocate for both reusing and energy efficiency, he also co-founded iReTron.com, a website that he ...

Lichtenstein is the Vice President of Sustainable West Seattle, an organization committed to creatinga West Seattle community of empowered citizens who actively lead us toward greater selfreliance, local democracy, social justice, and existence in harmony with life on earth.

Brooklyn native Mike Lieberman is the creator of UrbanOrganicGardener.com. Lieberman is a hip hop loving, glam rock bump'n, raw food eating, urban gardener.Through his site, UrbanOrganicGardener.com and through social media, Mike Lieberman inspires and empowers people to start growing their own food and reconnect with their food source. Lieberman believes that growing just one herb or vegetable will make a difference. It will help to cut back the intensive resources that go into the production and transport of food to our plates. It will also help us to re-establish our connection with food t ...

Anthony Lilore has earned a BFA in Fashion Design -PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, BA in Psychology and Art History –VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY. He has worked in a design and technical capacity for BILL BLASS, PERRY ELLIS and “Club Monaco” and the upper echelon of the Cosmetic and Spa Industries. With wife, Celeste, he co-founded RESTORE™CLOTHING to blend their vision of social and environmental responsibility with a commitment to producing mindful, timeless, versatile active lifestyle collections in NYC. Lilore is a founding board member of SAVE THE GARMENT CENTER and lecturer/teacher of design ...

Dr. Patty Limerick is the Faculty Director and Chair of the board of the Center of the American West at CU, where she is also a Professor of History. Limerick has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between academics and the general public and to demonstrating the benefits of applying historical perspective to contemporary dilemmas and conflicts.Limerick has received a number of awards and honors recognizing the impact of her scholarship and her commitment to teaching, including the MacArthur Fellowship and the Hazel Barnes Prize, CU's highest award for teaching and research. She has serv ...

Lisa has been a community organizer in Prince George's County for the past 5 years. She has done organizing around environmental and social justice issues primarily with Progressive Cheverly, a local, grassroots advocacy and education organization. This organizing led her to her two current positions: Founder and President of Green reVisions, LLC, a small green business in Prince George's County and the CoDirector of the Prince George's Green Power Coalition. Green reVisions, LLC assists municipalities, businesses and organizations with sustainability efforts. In 2008, Lisa, along with Sen ...

Lindsay Smith is the Sustainable Programs Manager for the Colorado Convention Center.

Anthony Lindsey, a C3 Leader, is involved in the Environmental Leadership program since 2009. His leadership has been evident through his extensive participation in the Low-Cost Weatherization Program. Anthony isC3′s “go-to” weatherization volunteer. In addition to organizing and facilitating three weatherization workshops, Anthony has lead several community speaking engagements through theC3 Speakers Bureau. In 2010, Anthony spoke about weatherization at four community events: Family Eco Night at Pulaski Academy, 7500 S. Clyde Block Club Weatherization Workshop, Bethlehem Star Energy ...

Chris Lindstrom is one of the founders of Berkshares, a local currency in the Berkshires, and has organized a number of prominent conferences on transforming the money system, including The Economics of Peace in Sonoma, California, that featured Vandana Shiva, David Korten and James K. Galbraith.

Lineage Dance is a contemporary dance company dedicated to raising support and awareness to nonprofits as well as to making the arts accessible to all. Founded in 1999, Lineage has performed for hundreds of nonprofits across the country. In 2010 the company opened the Lineage Performing Arts Center in Old Pasadena as a community hub dedicated to supporting community awareness through the arts.

Joe Linton is an artist, authorand activist living in Koreatown. He has been a longtime advocate for the revitalization and restoration of the Los Angeles River, serving in various capacities as volunteer, board and staff for the Friends of the Los Angeles River. He’s done additional river advocacy through work for The City Project, Urban Semillas, Occidental College’s Urban and Environmental Policy Institute and while serving as a Council Deputy to Los Angeles City Councilmember Ed Reyes. He’s lead hundreds of walks and tours of the river and its tributaries, and has advocated for park ...

Thomas is an attorney and executive director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

Julia Liou is the Director of Program Planning and Development for Asian Health Services (AHS), a community health center in Oakland Chinatown that provides health care services and client advocacy to the underserved Asian population in Alameda County. At AHS, she oversees program planning and grants, as well as coordinates various community projects. As its co-founder, Julia also manages the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, a statewide effort to address the health and safety issues nail salon workers face in their work environment. In addition, Julia has managed the Revive China ...

Pamela Lippe is a principal of e4, inc. and an innovative professional with 15 years as a green building consultant and over 35 years in environment and communication. She was the consultant to The Durst Organization on the first “green” skyscraper built in the US and continues to work on most Durst projects including the new 2.2 million sf Bank of America Tower at 1 Bryant Park, which recently achieved LEED Platinum. Her work helps ensure that environmental quality and building performance are achieved in a timely and cost-effective manner and she has extensive experience with large pro ...

Gary Liss, Mayor of Loomis, CA, is a leading advocate of Zero Waste in the United States. He has helped draft more Zero Waste Plans for communities than anyone else in America, including: Palo Alto, Oakland, Burbank, and Del Norte County, CA; Austin, TX; Telluride, CO; and Nelson, BC. He is now working on Zero Waste Plans for the City of Los Angeles, the City of Alameda, CA and Arkadelphia, AR. He was recently invited to be a technical resource person for the Clinton Climate Initiative to assist on major urban projects. He has drafted Global Principles for Zero Waste Communities, documented ...

Eric Liu is the author of Guiding Lights: How to Mentor and Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month. He is also the author of The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary Matters of Race, and he edited the Norton anthology Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation. Eric served as a speechwriter for President Clinton in the first term and as White House deputy domestic policy adviser in the second. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. He's also ...

LivingstonStark is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer and speaker.LivingstonStark has been teaching internationally and working professionally in the land management, regenerative design and permaculture development field for 25 years and has extensive experience in all phases of ecologically sound design and construction as well as the use of natural nontoxic building materials. LivingstonStark specializes in site planning and the design of resourcerich landscapes integrating, rainwater collection, edible and medicinal planting, spring development, pond ...

Christina is the DC Green Festivals intern and is pursuing a B.A. of International Affairs sat the George Washington University. She became involved in the fair trade movement in 2004 and is now serving as MidAtlantic Regional Coordinator for United Students for Fair Trade. Christina has also been active on trade justice issues and was a member of the national steering committee for the Student Trade Justice Campaign from 20062007.

Susan Lloyd has kept and wintered Top Bar Hives in DC and in Maine for 3 years, and specializes in the use of integrated pest management and organic techniques and equipment. She has devised an innovative tool for helping TBH hives winter locally that she will share with us.

Chef Lloyd has over 30 years of cooking experience. He graduated from The Great Chicago Food Depository Culinary Arts Program. Cooking vegan foods and creating out of this world fruit smoothies and healthy drinks are his forte. He has created vegan cream pies, cakes, cookies, and patties that meat lovers are not ashamed to say, "seconds please!"

FrankLocantoredirects the Better Paper Project (www.BetterPaper.org) for Green America, and assists magazine publishers’ efforts to create and implement environmentally responsible paper use practice that help the magazines’ brand while protecting the environment. Better Paper uses a cooperative approach that combines direct publisher assistance with positive promotions through the Aveda Environmental Awards for Magazines, and bookstore promotions at Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, Amazon.com, and airport and independent bookstores.Locantoreand the Better Paper Project demonstrate t ...

Jill K. Locantore, AICP, is a Planning Communications Specialist at the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), a regional planning agency. DRCOG works to protect and enhance the quality of life in the Denver region by fostering collaboration among more than 50 county and municipal governments. Ms. Locantores work focuses on raising awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing the Denver region as it plans for the future, and providing stakeholders meaningful opportunities to participate in the regional planning process. Previously, she worked as a transportation planner for th ...

Peter Locke is a Cofounder and Managing Director of TerraLocke Sustainability Consultants, a business consulting company that integrates sustainability concepts into an organization's strategy and operations.In addition to his work on various business, nonprofit, and public sector sustainability focused projects, Locke is also involved in public policy and green school's efforts in the Chicagoland area.He chairs the Chicago Sustainability Business Alliance's (CSBA) Public Policy Committee and is the Public Policy Liaison for the CSBA to the City of Chicago. As liaison he participates on three ...

How do we keep working for change in these difficult times, and overcome our political demoralization and frustration? Loeb has spent thirtyfive years researching and writing about citizen responsibility and empowermentasking what makes some people choose lives of social commitment, while others abstain. With over a hundred thousand copies in print, Loeb's Soul of a Citizen has become a classic handbook for budding activists, veteran organizers, and anyone who wants to make their voices heard and actions count. It's inspired thousands of citizens as an antidote to powerlessness and despair. El ...

Janet has worked at the cafe for two years. Over this time, she overcame a past of gang involvement and has gained skills in the kitchen and in the mini-farms. She is a talented young woman and loving mother to her daughter.

Maurice is working with several cocoa cooperatives in the Ivory Coast to help them become Fair Trade certified. He is also very involved in farmers’ education against child labor and slavery in the plantation. Maurice worked in investment banking for 16 years.

John Lombard is the author of Saving Puget Sound and is a senior policy analyst at AMEC Earth and Environmental and at the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation.

Long, executive director and cofounder of Sustainable Connections, has experience starting and growing several organizations that support missiondriven, small and mediumsized business.

Alec Loorz, founder of Kids vs Global Warming, is one of the leading young voices on the issue of climate change, calling the "ruling generation" to consider the needs of his and future generations in their actions.Kids vs Global Warming is focused on empowering young leaders to influence the transition to a sustainable and just society through leadership programs such as the iMatter Council of Youth and a global campaign called the iMatter March - a youth march spanning over 40 countries and 160 cities worldwide. Now, 17 years old and entering his senior year of high school in Ventura CA, Al ...

Lopez serves as deputy chief of staff in the office of King County Executive Ron Sims and leads the climate change action team, a task force empowered to create and implement global climate change policies.

Born and raised in Denver's Westside, Denver City Councilman Paul D. L

Ervin Lopez serves on the Board of Directors of Chicago Fair Trade, an advocacy organization that works to increase support for fair trade in the Chicago metro area through education, advocacy and targeted consumer campaigns. He's a graduate of DePaul University, SNL class of 2009 and obtained a BA focused on International Business. He also serves on the Chicagoland Chapter Committee with DePaul Alumni Association. Ervin frequently travels to Guatemala as a volunteer to teach English to children and adults with an NGO called Los Patojos. He's a passionate supporter of the Fair Trade movement.

Jane Lorand is the cofounder of the GreenMBA program at Dominican University of California, and teaches the Critical Thinking/Systemic Thinking for Redesign of Businesses. She also teaches Diffusion of Innovation. As a successful entrepreneur, Jane brings a background in tax law, elementary teaching, the energy sector and she has raised five children. Pioneering new ways of business built on more effective perception and thinking strategies is her passion, and she works around the world with companies and educational efforts.

Lough is president of the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association, and has been a leader in local efforts to popularize electric vehicles for nearly three decades.

As an architect and urbanist, Jonathan Louie has been involved in complex building projects, research, and fanatical urban proposals for some of the foremost architectural and urban thinkers in practice today. He is a co-founder of Rethink LA, an urban think tank and creative communications collaboration focused on product-oriented tools for educating the general public about a future sustainable Los Angeles. As a designer, his experience includes playing strategic roles on conceptual design teams for major mixed-use projects in Los Angeles and around the world, including Mexico, Hong Kong, T ...

Loveland is the interim executive director of DC Greenworks and hasexperience in asset and property management, marketing, andinternational education.