Michelle Y. Merrill, PhD
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Sustainability Education
(4202 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(2702 people) | Biomimicry
(1614 people) | Evolutionary Ecology
(1103 people) | Primates
(284 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(3176 people) | Biocultural Diversity
(1744 people) | Business Firm and Organization Sustainability
(3024 people) | Ecological Economics
(2346 people) | Natural Capitalism
(2461 people) | Endangered Animal Species Protection
(1611 people) | Communication Training
(1733 people) | Training for Nonprofits
(2006 people) | Community Participation
(3628 people) | Community Training
(1716 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1937 people) | Leadership Training
(2492 people) | Conservation and the Commons
(889 people) | Conservation Area Protection
(834 people) | Conservation Biology
(875 people) | Education, Government and Sustainability
(2053 people) | Environmental Education
(3381 people) | Green Schools
(2365 people) | Public and Government Education
(942 people) | Environmental Resource Center
(934 people) | Energy Efficiency and Conservation
(2436 people) | Energy Flow in Ecosystems
(869 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(1203 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(3886 people) | Global Food Supply and Sustainability
(2438 people) | Logging
(297 people) | Climate Change
(4722 people) | Globalization Impacts
(2072 people) | Institutional Accountability
(972 people) | Consumption and Green Consumers
(2200 people) | Ecological Footprint
(2223 people) | Industrial Ecology
(781 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(1168 people) | Natural Resource Management
(1319 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(2588 people) | Sustainable Production
(2466 people) | Environmental Justice
(1977 people) | Indigenous Peoples and Cultures
(2789 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1678 people) | Demographics
(640 people) | Family Planning
(624 people) | Human Population Growth and Impacts
(1438 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2710 people) | Environmental Ethics
(1650 people) | Sustainable Living
(3470 people) | Sustainable Communities
(4067 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1695 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1926 people) | Biological Development
(672 people) | Social Development
(1975 people) | Appropriate Technology
(1550 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1770 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(2119 people) | Forest Ecology and Conservation
(1041 people) | Tropical Moist Forests
(462 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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