Sustainably Growing the Local Food Economy
Reinforcing and Developing the Web of Relationships
Locally directed spending supports a web of relationships that serves to restore the land and regenerate community. Locally directed spending by consumers more than doubles the number of food dollars circulating among businesses in our communities. A shift of 20% of our food dollars into locally directed spending would result in a nearly half billion doll ...learn more
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Created: Feb 17, 2008
Updated: Nov 02, 2009
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Michelle Y. Merrill, PhD
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(3865 people) | Global Food Supply and Sustainability
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(1924 people) | Biological Development
(671 people) | Social Development
(1962 people) | Appropriate Technology
(1547 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1762 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(2110 people) | Forest Ecology and Conservation
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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 about 1 year 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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