Michelle Y. Merrill, PhD
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Sustainability Education
(2448 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(1545 people) | Biomimicry
(954 people) | Evolutionary Ecology
(651 people) | Primates
(163 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(1625 people) | Biocultural Diversity
(780 people) | Business Firm and Organization Sustainability
(1630 people) | Ecological Economics
(1158 people) | Natural Capitalism
(1508 people) | Endangered Animal Species Protection
(808 people) | Communication Training
(961 people) | Training for Nonprofits
(1087 people) | Community Participation
(1963 people) | Community Training
(930 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1163 people) | Leadership Training
(1362 people) | Conservation and the Commons
(562 people) | Conservation Area Protection
(483 people) | Conservation Biology
(488 people) | Education, Government and Sustainability
(1160 people) | Environmental Education
(1912 people) | Green Schools
(1351 people) | Public and Government Education
(534 people) | Environmental Resource Center
(563 people) | Energy Efficiency and Conservation
(1440 people) | Energy Flow in Ecosystems
(552 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(757 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(2153 people) | Global Food Supply and Sustainability
(1379 people) | Logging
(173 people) | Climate Change
(2642 people) | Globalization Impacts
(1287 people) | Institutional Accountability
(635 people) | Consumption and Green Consumers
(1396 people) | Ecological Footprint
(1446 people) | Industrial Ecology
(506 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(731 people) | Natural Resource Management
(780 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(1501 people) | Sustainable Production
(1512 people) | Environmental Justice
(1263 people) | Indigenous People and Culture
(1556 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1019 people) | Demographics
(386 people) | Family Planning
(348 people) | Human Population Growth and Impacts
(855 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(1677 people) | Environmental Ethics
(1039 people) | Sustainable Living
(2081 people) | Sustainable Communities
(2321 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1067 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1197 people) | Biological Development
(400 people) | Social Development
(1138 people) | Appropriate Technology
(942 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(946 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(1240 people) | Forest Ecology and Conservation
(603 people) | Tropical Moist Forests
(233 people)
About
"How can I connect with, learn from and teach people so together we can co-create a sustainable, resilient culture?" This is the question that drives me, the question I have probably been asking myself in some form since I was a teenager, the question that illuminates my life's intention. I recently found the words to articulate this question (with help from friends) and have since noticed that answers are apparent everywhere I turn. Wiser Earth seems to be such an answer.
I've taught and lectured on evolutionary biology, social networks, anthropology, sustainability and communication for groups ranging from junior high school students to advanced university and professional audiences. I've studied animal behavior, evolutionary biology, tropical ecology, and social networks, and I'm actively involved with groups that focus on applied complexity science and the future of technology and society. I'm especially interested in experiential and team-based education. I currenlty teach Anthropology courses at a community college (Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA), and work as an ecoliteracy constultant with Emergent Systems.
My graduate research centered on the evolution of cooperation, social learning, culture and the origins of technology through the study of non-human primates. I studied bonobos at the Language Research Center and in a rainforest in Congo (Zaire) and orangutans in the Sumatran rainforests. My Ph.D. dissertation (Duke University, 2004) was on orangutan sociality and the question of orangutan cultures. I am currently researching and writing a book on culture change, ecoliteracy and sustainability.
I've taught and lectured on evolutionary biology, social networks, anthropology, sustainability and communication for groups ranging from junior high school students to advanced university and professional audiences. I've studied animal behavior, evolutionary biology, tropical ecology, and social networks, and I'm actively involved with groups that focus on applied complexity science and the future of technology and society. I'm especially interested in experiential and team-based education. I currenlty teach Anthropology courses at a community college (Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA), and work as an ecoliteracy constultant with Emergent Systems.
My graduate research centered on the evolution of cooperation, social learning, culture and the origins of technology through the study of non-human primates. I studied bonobos at the Language Research Center and in a rainforest in Congo (Zaire) and orangutans in the Sumatran rainforests. My Ph.D. dissertation (Duke University, 2004) was on orangutan sociality and the question of orangutan cultures. I am currently researching and writing a book on culture change, ecoliteracy and sustainability.
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Remove ahimsa9 5 months ago
Hi Michelle, just navigating around the site checking it out. I wasn't aware that you studied Bonobos--one of my favorite apes! Very cool. Thanks for the invite to the group.
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