day on climate change in the his- tory of the United States. The coolest thing about it is that it is run entirely by teens, tweens and 20- somethings. In 2007, we had 6,000 young people show up from all 50 states and 300 Congressional Dis- tricts and it was the first time young people testified to the gov- ernment on climate change. These were not paid lobbyists, but young citizens merely fighting for their democratic rights - passion- ate for change. This past year (2009) we expected double the amount of young people. There was green tours, workshops, speakers, music, rallies, and most importantly - lobby days to talk with our Representatives and elected officials.

What are you working on in the future?

Interactive sustainability educa- tional programs; I launched a cur- riculum called ECOFASHION 101 (www.ecofashion101.com) back in 2005, which was met with some success, but I’m prepared to start expanding on the idea and pro- grams. The United Nations Environ- mental

Programme (UNEP)

recently called to obtain the cur- riculum for possible use in devel- oping nations, which I hope happens.

Going to college was a dream for me and I really feel strongly about educating young people and my peers. I speak at a lot of schools

and asked professors why they weren’t teaching students about sustainability and many replied, “Well, it’s not in the text books yet.” I was like, “WHAT!?! If we have to wait for this stuff to be in the text books, we’re going to get nowhere. We’ve got to start now.”

Also, just hopped on board a few months ago as Acting Editor for the avant-garde environmental magazine, ABOVE. (www.above- magazine.com). Right now it’s available throughout Europe (not launched in the states yet).

What are your five year goals?

Flow like water. Empower more people, keep the conversation moving forward, build more rela- tionships, and grow our business … All that really helps open up the doors to more opportunities and ideas. My life is very organic that

way (no pun intended).

Aside from that, I have a couple of very cool projects in the pipeline that will take a couple years to de- velop, so I’m sure life will evolve rapidly, so I won’t even begin to guess what my next five years are going to look like.

Is there anything you would change in your life?

No. Never. But maybe I’m just too young to think I made any “mis- takes.”

Was this your dream?

If this is the impossible, then yes.

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What would you be doing if not in your current career?

I would be working on large-scale ecosystem-based restoration and management programs. I love being in the complexity of issues that intersect with environment, politics, culture and economy. I’m comfortable in the unknown. I often joke that if I wanted a defin- itive answer, I’d be a mathemati- cian. Two plus two equals four and that’s it. But when you get into the science and social side of issues, well that’s a whole other ballpark. There’s always more questions than there are answers - and best practices change all the time.

Tell me something about you no one else knows?

I’ll tell you something not many people know: I’ve been raising in- sects since I was a young girl. I’m fascinated by them! One of my majors in school was Entomology - the study of insects - and I raise ex- otic arthropods at home. I have Madagascar hissing cockroaches, giant black African millipedes, desert millipedes, Hercules bee- tles, blue death-feigning beetles, red-back darkling beetles, com- mon darkling beetles and assassin bugs. They’re great pets to have, especially if you’re not home much. They don’t need thatmuch attention. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80