KATHERINE DAVIES, D



KATHERINE DAVIES, M.A., D.Phil.

Senior Fellow, the Whidbey Institute

Professor Emerita, Antioch University

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KATHERINE DAVIES

EDUCATION/TRAINING

2020-2021 Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program

Sati Center for Buddhist Studies,

Redwood City, CA

2019-2020 Community Dharma Leader Program

Spirit Rock Meditation Center, California (program closed because of COVID19)

2017-2019 Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program

Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California Berkeley

2002 M.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation

California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, CA

1981 D.Phil. in Biochemistry, Somerville College, Oxford University (U.K.). Scholarship awarded by the Medical Research Council

1978 B.Sc. (Sp.Hons.) in Biochemistry, Sheffield University (U.K.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021- Mentor, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program

2019-2020 Content Developer, EcoSattva Training

One Earth Sangha

2019-2020 Consultant, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program

• Responsible for developing core competencies for mindfulness meditation teachers

2018-to date Mentor, Power of Awareness, an international online course on

mindfulness meditation, taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach

2018-to date Teacher, the Whidbey Island Insight Meditation Group

2017-to date Senior Fellow, the Whidbey Institute

2017 Professor Emerita, Antioch University

KATHERINE DAVIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont’d)

2015 Invited Visiting Teacher for the MA in Culture and Spirituality at the Sophia Center at Holy Names University, CA March 2015

2012-2016 Co-Lead, Cascadia Climate Collaborative

2011-2020 Clinical Associate Professor

School of Public Health, University of Washington

• Taught courses on systems thinking, organizational change and reflective practice at the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

2011-12 Facilitator, Environmental Studies Program,

Gonzaga University

• Facilitated the redesign of an environmental studies major

2010-11 Director of Sustainability,

Antioch University Seattle (AUS)

• Chair of the President’s Task Force on Sustainability

• Lead author on the AUS Climate Action Plan

2010 Invited Visiting Teacher for a course at Schumacher College in Devon,

U.K. on “Creativity and Social Innovation” September 2010

2009 Visiting Invited Teacher for a course at Schumacher College in

Devon, U.K. on “Roots of Learning: Strategies for Creative Social Change”

February 2009

2007-10 Director, Center for Creative Change, Antioch University Seattle

• Overall responsibility for masters degrees in Environment & Community, Management, Organizational Psychology, Strategic Communication, and Whole Systems Design, and seven related graduate certificates, with approximately 130 students

• Management of 8 fulltime faculty, approximately 5 associate, visiting and adjunct faculty, 3 administrative staff, graduate assistants and work study students

• Responsible for a budget of approximately $1.2 million, strategic and operational planning, outcomes assessment, faculty review, etc.

• Represented the Center for Creative Change on external and internal university committees

KATHERINE DAVIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont’d)

2003 - 2016 Core Faculty, Center for Creative Change/Graduate Programs in Leadership and Change, Antioch University Seattle

• Graduate-level teaching in social change, research methods, sustainability, environmental science, environmental policy, environmental health, sustainable communities, etc.

• Thesis advisor and/or academic advisor for up to 28 students

• Admissions interviews and student assessments

• University governance committees

• Mentor faculty for Antioch University Ph.D. in Leadership and Change

2002 Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Studies,

Queens University, Kingston, Ontario

• Taught courses on environmental policy and justice

02. Special Advisor, Health/Environment & Knowledge Translation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

• Prepared a ‘National Research Agenda on the Environmental Influences on Health’ for Canada

• Organized a National Forum to Identify Research Priorities for the Environmental Influences on Health with over 200 participants

• Represented the Canadian Institutes of Health internationally and nationally on health and environmental issues

1990-2002 President, Ecosystems Consulting Inc.

Provided policy research and analytical services on environmental health and justice, toxic chemicals, community engagement, environmental assessment and monitoring, and sustainable development

Clients included international agencies, Canadian federal, provincial and local government departments/agencies, the private sector and non-governmental organizations

1989 Environment/Health Advisor (Special Assignment),

Environment Canada

KATHERINE DAVIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont’d)

1985-90 Lecturer and Member of the School of Graduate Studies, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto

• Taught courses in the Institute for Environmental Studies

1985-90 Manager, Environmental Protection Office, City of Toronto

Established Toronto’s Environmental Protection Office, the first local government environmental office in Canada

Responsible for strategic planning and leadership, support for environmental justice and community groups, government agencies and the private sector, day-to-day management, and the budget

Management of 14 staff (9 professionals + 5 administrative)

Represented the City of Toronto provincially, federally and internationally

1983-85 Research Consultant, Department of Public Health, City of Toronto

6. Development and analysis of environmental health policy the City of Toronto.

GRANTS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2020 Nominated for and received a “Community Salute” from the Roots of Wellness , a program of Healing Circles Langley housed at the Soundview Center.

2019 My second book, Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times, was awarded the Grand Prize of the international Nautilus Book Awards, as well as a Gold Award in its category of Personal Growth & Self-Help.

2014 Featured in a book Call to Conscience: Quaker Experiences in Facing the Challenge of Climate Change. Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland p. 6/7 (September 2014).

2014 My first book, The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement, was selected as one of the Top 10 books on sustainability by Booklist, the reviews arm of the American Library Association.

2013 Antioch University Seattle Faculty Scholarship Award

KATHERINE DAVIES

GRANTS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS (cont’d)

2011 Invited Judge for Sustainable Seattle’s Sustainable Community Outstanding Leadership Awards.

2007 - to date Listed in “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who of American Women”

2006 Grant from the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation to research and write a

book on “Making Change: Ideas, Values and Strategies for Building the New Social Movement”

2006 Nominated for the Horace Mann faculty award

2005 Recognition award from the NW Asian Weekly and the

Women of Color Empowered Committee

2005 Grant from the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation to study the economic

costs of environmentally-related diseases and disabilities in Washington state and to develop a website of the information sources collected in 2005

2005 Antioch University Seattle President’s Award for Community Service

Academic Dean’s Award for Excellence, Antioch University Seattle

2004 “Service Above Self Award” from the Rotary Club of Seattle

2004 Grant from the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation to collect and summarize information on health and environmental quality in Washington state

1991 Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council Award

1988 Great Lakes United Award

1988 Ontario Public Health Association Award

KATHERINE DAVIES

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS

2016-2019 Representative of Whidbey Island Friends Meeting (Quakers) to the Greening Congregations Collaborative of Whidbey Island

2011-2014 Member, Board of Directors, Sustainable Path Foundation

2010-2019 Peer reviewer for New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and

Occupational Health Policy

2009 - 2019 Peer reviewer for Local Environment: An International Journal of Justice

and Sustainability

2008 - 2010 Member, Board of Directors, Washington Toxics Coalition

2008-2009 Chair, Advisory Board of Directors,

Institute for Children’s Environmental Health

2007-2008 Member, Advisory Committee

Environmental Public Health Tracking Network

Washington State Department of Health

2006 Member, Health Working Group

Partnership for Puget Sound

2005 Member, Host Team, Imagine Cascadia

2005-2009 Member, Advisory Board of Directors,

Institute for Children’s Environmental Health

2004-2018 Member, Steering Committee

Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative

2004-2010 Member, Steering Committee, Collaborative on Health and the

Environment - Washington and

Facilitator of the Working Group on Research & Information

KATHERINE DAVIES

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS (cont’d)

2004-2010 Member, American Public Health Association and

Washington State Public Health Association

2004-2010 Member, Northwest Association of Environmental Professionals

2004-2018 Peer reviewer for Northwest Public Health (journal)

2004-2007 Board of Directors, Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation

1996-2002 Member, Canadian National Committee for the Scientific

Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) under the

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

1996-1998 Board of Directors, Canadian Global Change Program,

Royal Society of Canada

1994-1996 Associate Editor, Ecosystem Health and Medicine (journal)

1990-2000 Associate, Institute for Research on Environment and Economy

University of Ottawa

1990-1994 Member, Ontario Environmental Assessment Board

(an order-in-council appointment)

1988-1990 Member and Canadian Chair of the Health Committee,

International Joint Commission Science Advisory Board

1987-1991 Member and Chair of the Health Committee,

Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council

1986-1988 Member, Ontario Pesticides Advisory Committee

(an order-in-council appointment)

1986 - to date Contributing Editor, Alternatives Journal

1987. Board of Directors, Canadian Environmental Law Association

1985-1988 Board of Directors, Great Lakes United

KATHERINE DAVIES

PUBLICATIONS

This list does not include the numerous reports, papers and other documents prepared and published by Ecosystems Consulting Inc. from 1990-2002. By contractual agreement, these documents are copyright of the company’s clients.

Davies, K. 1981. Transcriptional Studies in Physarum polycephalum, D.Phil. Thesis. Oxford University, U.K.

Davies, K. 1982. Possible Environmental Health and Justice Consequences of Uranium Mining in County Donegal, Ireland. Political Ecology Research Group, Oxford, U.K.

Medical Officer of Health. 1984. Toronto's Drinking Water: A Chemical Assessment. Toronto Department of Public Health, Toronto. Prepared by K. Davies and J. Campbell.

Medical Officer of Health. 1985. The Right-to-Know: A Discussion Paper. Toronto Department of Public Health, Toronto. Prepared by K. Davies.

Davies, K. August 1985. Does Caulking Control Cockroaches? Pest Control Technology p. 38.

Davies, K. December 1985. A Survey of Cockroach Complaints Made to Canadian Health Departments 1978-1984. Environmental Health Review p. 4-5.

Davies, K. 1986. A Survey of Residents' Attitudes to Cockroaches and Cockroach Control in Multiple Unit Dwellings. Journal of Environmental Health 49 (2) : 85-88.

Davies, K. 1986. Human Exposure Routes to Selected Persistent Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes Basin: A Case Study. Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Large Lakes. Held on at Mackinac Island, Michigan, May 1986.

Davies, K. 1986. Great Lakes Drinking Water: Risky Refreshment? Alternatives 13 (3): 33-35.

Davies, K. Summer 1987. Historical Associations Between Women and Nature. Women and Environments p. 4-6.

Medical Officer of Health. 1987. Environmental Health Effects of Waste Incineration in the City of Toronto. Toronto Department of Public Health. Prepared by K. Davies.

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PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Davies, K. 1988. Concentrations and Dietary Intake of Organochlorines Including PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs in Fresh Food Composites Grown in Ontario, Canada. Chemosphere 17 (2): 263-276.

Davies, K. January 1988. Managing Toronto's Environment. Municipal World p. 10-12.

Davies, K. Spring 1988. What is Ecofeminism? Women and Environments p. 4-6.

Davies, K. 1989. Use of Drinking Water Objectives to Assess the Hazard Potential of Chemicals in Great Lakes Drinking Water. In: University of Toronto Monograph on Information Needs for Risk Management in Canada (eds. C. D. Fowle and A. P. Grima).

Davies, K. April 1989. The Municipal Role in Environmental Protection. Policy Options p. 10-12.

Davies, K. 1990. Human Exposure Pathways to Selected Organochlorines and PCBs in Toronto and Southern Ontario. Advances in Environmental Science and Technology 23: 275-282 (ed. J. Nriargu).

Davies K. 1991. Health and Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 82 : 19-21.

Fischer, K., Davies, K. and Lewis, M. 1994. The Environmental Assessment of Policies and Programs: The Federal Experience in Canada. Proceedings of the International Association for Impact Assessment Annual Conference. Quebec City.

Stieb, D., and Davies, K. 1995. Health and Development in the Hudson Bay/James Bay Region. Arctic Medical Research 54:170-183.

Myres, A.W. and Davies, K. 2000. Our Children, Our Health: Towards a Federal Agenda on Children’s Environmental Health. Environmental Health Review Winter 2000:104-113

Davies, K. 2001. Transformative Learning and the Development of Ecological Worldviews. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Transformative Learning, Toronto, Ontario.

Davies, K. 2002. Renewing Our Relationship with the Earth: A Guide. What You and Your Church Can Do. Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. Second edition published in 2005.

KATHERINE DAVIES

PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Davies, K. 2002. Knowing Your Place. Alternatives 28(3): 39

Davies, K. 2004. Health and Environmental Contaminants in Washington State: How Complete is Our Information? Collaborative for Health and Environment WA. Seattle, WA.

Davies, K. 2005. Economic Costs of Diseases and Disabilities Attributable to Environmental Contaminants in Washington State. Collaborative for Health and Environment WA. Seattle, WA.

Davies, K. 2005. How Much Do Environmental Diseases and Disabilities Cost? Northwest Public Health Fall/Winter WF5:1-3

Davies, K. 2006. The Economic Costs of Environmental Diseases and Disabilities. Rachel’s Democracy and Health News Issue 836. Jan 5, 2006.

Davies, K. 2006. Economic Costs of Childhood Diseases and Disabilities Attributable to Environmental Contaminants in Washington State, USA. EcoHealth 3:86-94

Davies, K. 2006. Strategies for Eliminating and Reducing Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Substances: Common Approaches, Emerging Trends and Success. Journal of Environmental Health. 69(5):9-16

Davies, K. 2007. A Response to Paul Hawken’s ‘To Remake the World’. Rachel’s Democracy and Health News #909 May 31, 2007).

Davies, K. 2007. Move to Build a Better World Gets Its Start in Seattle. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Newspaper op-ed article published on June 7, 2007.

Davies, K. Satyagraha. A letter published in Resurgence Magazine. Vol. 247 March/April 2008

Davies, K. Truth or Consequences. Common Dreams News Center, published on line on June 21 2008

KATHERINE DAVIES

PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Davies K., Teaching Creative Social Change. SuperConsciousness Magazine July/August 2008.

Davies, K. Honoring Gandhi and the International Day of Non-Violence. Editorial. Progressive Media Project Sept 30, 2008. Distributed on the McLatchey newswire and published in several newspapers including the Modesto Bee, the St. Thomas Daily News, The Advocate, and the Frederick Post.

Davies, K. Humility is the Forgotten Virtue. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Newspaper op-ed article published on October 30, 2008.

Davies, K. A Clean Environment needs to be a Universal Right. Progressive Media Project December 2008. Distributed on the McLatchey newswire and published in many regional newspapers including the South Bend Tribune, the Merced Sun, the Modesto Bee, The Monitor, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, The Derrick, the Franklin News Herald, the Las Vegas Review Journal, and the Shreveport Times.

Davies, K. A Tale of Two Toxicities: Review of Toxic Exposures by Phil Brown. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 18(4): 499-505 (2008)

Davies, K. A Tale of Two Toxicities: A Day in the Life of Polly Klorinate and Al Kyle. Rachel’s Democracy and Health News. Issue 992 January 1, 2009. Re-printed with permission in Chemical Sensitivity Connection, the newsletter of the Chemical Sensitivities Disorders Association, in January, 2009

Davies, K. Book Review of Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement. Alternatives Journal 35(3): 5 2009.

Davies, K. A Learning Society. Final chapter in a book called The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Tools for Change, edited by Arran Stibbe et al. Devon, UK, Green Books, published in September 2009.

Davies, K. A Learning Society. Resurgence Magazine. No. 257 p. 42-44 Nov/Dec 2009

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PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Davies, K. Awesome Science. Resurgence Magazine. Issue 262. September/October 2010

Davies, K. Sustainable Minds. Alternatives Journal. 36(5) 10-11 Summer 2010. Published in Resurgence magazine, this essay was adapted with permission, from the concluding chapter, “A Learning Society,” in The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy, Arran Stibbe, ed., Chelsea Green, 2009. This article was translated and re-printed in a Brazilian environmental magazine “Com Ciência Ambiental Magazine” in 2011.

Davies, K. We All Live Downstream. Book Review of the second edition of Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 21(1): 149-153 (2011)

Davies, K. Toxic Whoodunit. Book Review of the second edition of Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber. Alternatives Journal 37(3) April 2011

Davies, K. The Power List: Ten Ways Activists Have Changed the World and How You Can Too Alternatives Journal 37(5) September 2011 (commissioned article)

Davies, K. A Hopeful Vision, letter published in Resurgence Magazine March/April 2012 p. 48

Davies, K. How Reflective Practice Can Enhance Learning for Sustainability. Ch. 18 in A. Wals and P.B. Corcoran Learning for Sustainability in Times of Accelerating Change. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen University Press (June 2012)

Davies, K. The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Hardback and e-book (March, 2013.)

Eaton, M., Davies, K., Gillespie, M., Harding, K. and Daloz Parks, S. Living the Questions: Integrating Contemplative and Reflective Practices into Sustainability Education. In P.F. Barlett and G.W. Chase (eds.) Reimagining Higher Education: Stories and Strategies for Sustainability. Boston, MA: MIT Press (2013)

Davies, K. Health and the Environment. Commissioned article in Achieving Sustainability, an encyclopedia (ed. Debra Rowe) Macmillan/Cengage Reference USA (March 2014)

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PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Davies, K. The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Paperback (April, 2015).

Davies, K. Hope in the Age of Climate Consequences. Tikkun Magazine. Spring 2015 (April 16, 2015). Reprinted by Truthout, May 30, 2015.

Davies, K. People and Pollution: The Consequences of Ecocide on Human Health and Well-Being. In: Ecolibrium Now (ed. Andrea Gear) Ecolibrium Now Book Team (October 2015).

Davies, K. 50 Years of Resurgence. Letter published in Resurgence magazine 298 (September/October 2016): 68.

Eaton, M., Davies, K., Williams, S., and MacGregor, J. Why Sustainability Education Needs Pedagogies of Reflection and Contemplation. Commissioned book chapter in Contemplative Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Education: Theory and Practice. (Jean MacGregor, Marie Eaton and Holly Hughes eds.). Routledge Press. (November 2016.

Davies, K. Nurturing Students’ Resilience and Agency. Commissioned book chapter in Contemplative Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Education: Theory and Practice (Jean MacGregor, Marie Eaton and Holly Hughes eds.). Routledge Press (November 2016).

Davies, K. Ten Reasons for Hope in Troubled Times. New Society Publishers Blog. April 30, 2018.

Davies, K. Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times. New Society Publishers (May 2018).

Davies, K. Where There’s Life. Resurgence & Ecologist 308: 38-40 May/June 2018.

Davies, K. 10 Reasons for Hope. Conscious Connection: Cultural Creative Magazine. July 8, 2018.

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PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Davies, K. Are You Hopeful About the Future? Positively Positive. July 15, 2018.

Davies, K. 6 Habits of Hope. Daily Good: News that Inspires. July 21, 2018.

Davies, K. A Quaker Perspective on Hope. Friends Journal. September 2018 p. 18-20.

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS (2006 - to date)

This does not include regular mindfulness meditation teaching sessions for the Whidbey Island Insight Meditation Group, starting in 2018.

Keynote presenter on “Polarities and Paradox: Holding Tensions Creatively” at Imagine Cascadia 2, held at Town Hall, Seattle on January 19, 2006

Radio show on Radio Empowerment. Interviewed for a one hour live show on KKNW (Feb 9, 2006)

What is the Economic Cost of Environmental Diseases and Disabilities: Washington State Case Study. A talk at the Toxics in Puget Sound Forum, held in Town Hall, Seattle, April 2006

Radio show Mind Over Matters on KEXP. Interviewed about applying ecological economics to Puget Sound (February 9, 2006)

How Much Do Childhood Environmental Diseases and Disabilities Cost in Washington State? A lecture at Bellevue Community College on April 17, 2006

Economic Costs of Environmental Diseases and Disabilities. A presentation at the First National Conference on the Precautionary Principle. Baltimore, MD, June 2006.

Health, Environment and the Economy: A Relationship Exists. Long program speaker at the Rotary Club of Seattle, June 21, 2006

Economics and the Precautionary Principle. A lecture at the Seattle Precaution Academy, June 2006.

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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS (cont’d)

Engaging Students in Issues of Health and Justice. Workshop speaker at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Phoenix, AZ, October 2006.

Economic Costs of Environmental Diseases and Disabilities. A lecture at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Washington, October 2006.

How Much Do Environmental Diseases and Disabilities Cost? A presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Boston, MA, November 2006

Testified at the Washington State Legislature at the Senate Committee on Health and the Environment on “Green Chemistry” January, 2007.

The Economic Costs of Environmental Diseases and Disabilities in Washington State. A presentation at the West Coast Chemicals Policy Workshop held in Portland, OR in February, 2007

Engaging Students in Bioregional Toxics/Health Issues. Building Bioregional Literacy. A workshop held at Pacific Lutheran University in March, 2007.

Health Costs of Pollution: Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure? A keynote lecture at the Healthy Environment Forum Lecture Series, organized by the Oregon Environmental Council, held on April 12, 2007

Making Change: Thinking and Strategizing Together for Positive Social Change. A one-day workshop held at Antioch University Seattle on April 21, 2007

Applying Ecological Economics to Puget Sound: Health, Environment and Economy. Keynote speaker at the Environmental Health Lecture Series, organized by the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation and the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health, held at Town Hall, Seattle on February 13, 2008

Moderator of a panel session on “Toxics in our Homes” at the first Seattle Green Festival. Held at the Seattle Convention Center, April 12, 2008

Creating Community Change: Skills for Activists. Keynote presenter at the annual conference of the Northwest Toxic Communities Coalition, held in Seattle, October 11-12, 2008

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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS (cont’d)

Essential Skills for Social Change Agents. Presentation at the Seattle Bioneers Conference, Seattle Convention Center, held on October 17-19, 2008

Costs of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Washington State. Presentation at the Washington State Psychological Association 2009 Spring Convention, held in Seattle March 14, 2009

Healthy Humans, Healthy Environments, Healthy Economy. Opening Lecture at the Whidbey Institute’s 2009 Lyceum “What’s It Worth? Environmental Economics and Puget Sound” held on Whidbey Island, March 31, 2009.

Sustainability is Environmental Quality. Keynote presentation at the University of Washington Bothell Symposium on What is Sustainability? Held on May 22, 2009.

Moderator of a panel session on National Policies on Children’s Environmental Health, at a regional conference on Children’s Environmental Health, held in Tukwilla, WA October 1-2, 2009.

“Progressive Education in Contemporary Times” University Convocation panelist at Antioch University Seattle. October 13, 2009

Speaker at “Go for Green” a conference on sustainability in business, held in Seattle on April 22 2010

Moderated the first event in the Environmental Health Seminar Series in 2010, called “Seeking Sustainable Systems: A Conversation on the Green Economy”, held at Town Hall on May 11 2010

Workshop speaker and facilitator at “Sustainability and Contemplative Practice in Higher Education”, held at the Whidbey Institute November 5-7, 2010

Invited Speaker at Bellevue College on “People and Pollution: How an Emerging Social Movement is Transforming the Way Americans Think About the Environment. April 20, 2011

Why Sustainability Education Needs Pedagogies of Reflection and Contemplation. Panel presenter at the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education Conference at the Whidbey Institute, July 1-3 2011

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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS (cont’d)

Invited speaker for Who Has The Right? Expanding the Rights of Individuals, Communities and Nature as a Key Strategy for Sustainability. 2011 Seminar Series, Sustainable Path Foundation. Town Hall, Seattle Oct 4, 2011. Filmed and made into a video by Pirate Radio and posted on the National Radio Project.

Facilitator for a Workshop on Sustainability across the Curriculum. Organized by the Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative, November 11, 2011 at the University of Puget Sound.

Keynote Speaker at Friends and Families Day at Friends School Saffron Walden, UK on May 19, 2012.

More than 30 speaking events and radio interviews related to the publication of my book, The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement, from April – October, 2013

Speaker at Justice Begins with Seeds: 2013 International Conference, held in Seattle, WA August 2-3, 2013 and sponsored by the Biosafety Alliance. Presentation on pesticides, health and social activism.

Organizer and speaker at the second annual conference of the Cascadia Climate Collaborative on Moral Power for Climate Action: Cultivating a Committed Core. April 11-12, 2014 at the Whidbey Institute, WA

Featured Speaker at: Ways of Living for the Long Haul in a Changing World: Three Whidbey Authors. An evening event at the Whidbey Institute, May 8, 2014

Keynote Speaker at: The Forum for Moral Voices on Climate. A national teleconference call on fostering emotional, psychological and spiritual resilience in climate activists of faith. May 21, 2014

Invited Speaker at the Antioch University Seattle Faculty Scholarship Seminar Series. The Way I Write: Advocacy and Writing. June 5, 2014.

Speaker at the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability at Seattle University’s conference on Just Sustainability: Hope for the Commons August 7-9, 2014. Presentation on Nurturing Hope in Times of Ecological Crisis.

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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS (cont’d)

Speaker at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) annual conference in Portland, OR October 26-29, 2014. Presentation on Reflection and Contemplation in the Sustainability Classroom.

Invited keynote speaker at a conference to launch Willamette University’s (Salem, OR) new program on environmental health October 25, 2014.

Guest lecturer on ‘Hope and a Sustainable Future for All’ at Cornish College for the Arts on December 1, 2014.

Workshop speaker at the third annual conference of the Cascadia Climate Collaborative on Our Shard Future: The Heart of the Climate Movement. Whidbey Institute, April 17-18, 2015.

Guest lecturer on ‘Action on Climate Change is a Moral Imperative’ at UW Tacoma. May 18, 2015.

Keynote speaker at: The Forum for Moral Voices on Climate. A national teleconference call on fostering emotional, psychological and spiritual resilience in climate activists of faith. June 10, 2015.

Invited keynote speaker at Whidbey Island’s Earth and Oceans annual event. Topic: Pandora’s Gift: Hope in an Era of Ecological Crisis. April 23 2016.

Invited speaker at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island. Topic: Hope. January 15, 2017.

Co-organizer and facilitator of a series of four group conversations on Faith, Spirituality and Climate Change, held at the Whidbey Institute in March/April 2017.

Invited guest speaker to the 2017 graduating MPA class at the Evergreen State College, Olympia WA. May 18, 2017. Topic: Hope.

Invited guest lecturer at the Evergreen State College. Class on Sustainability and Change in Religion and Culture. May 23, 2017. Topic: Hope

Started teaching mindfulness meditation courses and workshops. June 2017.

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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS (cont’d)

Invited teacher for the University Congregational United Church of Christ all ages summer school July 9-15, 2017 at Seabeck, WA. Topic: Hope.

Invited speaker for the WA Department of Commerce, Housing Assistance Unit. Staff Retreat. October 16, 2017. Topic: Hope.

Invited teacher for the First Presbyterian Congregation in Cottage Grove, OR. A three-day ecumenical workshop on hope, November 3-5, 2017.

Invited teacher for a one-day workshop for the Montessori Education Institute of the Pacific Northwest. Finding Hope in Troubled Times: A Workshop for Educators and Parents. February 3, 2018.

Invited speaker on a webinar for the United Church of Christ’s Council for Climate Justice. Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times. March 7, 2018

More than 40 workshops, presentations and radio interviews related to my second book, Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times, from May-November 2018.

Workshop at Body IQ in Haines, AK May 10-12, 2019. Topic Mindfulness Meditation.

Workshop at Mount Logan Lodge, Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Canada. May 17-20, 2019. Topic: Mindfulness Meditation.

Guest Lecturer at a class for graduate social work students on mindfulness meditation at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. September 2019. Topic: Self-care

Guest Lecturer and teaching support for a course on mindfulness meditation for graduate social work students at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. March – June 2020.

Online Workshop at Pendle Hill, PA, a Quaker retreat and conference center. June 25-July 30, 2020. Topic: The Spirit of Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times.

Workshop at Body IQ in Haines, AK. October 2-4, 2020 Topic: Using Mindfulness Meditation to Winterize Your Mind

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