Women's Earth Alliance
Women United for a Thriving Planet
Women's Earth Alliance enhances the leadership of women as environmental stewards. We are a global network of women and men who support the activists, mothers, entrepreneurs, educators and stewards who have taken a stand for the long-term health of our communities and who have made this pivotal endeavor their life’s work. Women's Earth Alliance works in ...learn more
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Created: Sep 14, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
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Michelle Y. Merrill, PhD
DrPongo
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Sustainability Education
(4208 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(2705 people) | Biomimicry
(1617 people) | Evolutionary Ecology
(1105 people) | Primates
(284 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(3181 people) | Biocultural Diversity
(1751 people) | Business Firm and Organization Sustainability
(3027 people) | Ecological Economics
(2351 people) | Natural Capitalism
(2463 people) | Endangered Animal Species Protection
(1622 people) | Communication Training
(1735 people) | Training for Nonprofits
(2009 people) | Community Participation
(3637 people) | Community Training
(1723 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1939 people) | Leadership Training
(2497 people) | Conservation and the Commons
(890 people) | Conservation Area Protection
(834 people) | Conservation Biology
(875 people) | Education, Government and Sustainability
(2057 people) | Environmental Education
(3386 people) | Green Schools
(2369 people) | Public and Government Education
(944 people) | Environmental Resource Center
(935 people) | Energy Efficiency and Conservation
(2440 people) | Energy Flow in Ecosystems
(869 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(1204 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(3890 people) | Global Food Supply and Sustainability
(2445 people) | Logging
(297 people) | Climate Change
(4730 people) | Globalization Impacts
(2072 people) | Institutional Accountability
(973 people) | Consumption and Green Consumers
(2200 people) | Ecological Footprint
(2224 people) | Industrial Ecology
(781 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(1169 people) | Natural Resource Management
(1319 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(2590 people) | Sustainable Production
(2468 people) | Environmental Justice
(1981 people) | Indigenous Peoples and Cultures
(2794 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1681 people) | Demographics
(641 people) | Family Planning
(624 people) | Human Population Growth and Impacts
(1439 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2712 people) | Environmental Ethics
(1652 people) | Sustainable Living
(3476 people) | Sustainable Communities
(4075 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1697 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1929 people) | Biological Development
(672 people) | Social Development
(1977 people) | Appropriate Technology
(1551 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1770 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(2125 people) | Forest Ecology and Conservation
(1042 people) | Tropical Moist Forests
(463 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 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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