Michelle Y. Merrill, PhD
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Sustainability Education
(2749 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(1764 people) | Biomimicry
(1117 people) | Evolutionary Ecology
(762 people) | Primates
(201 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(1835 people) | Biocultural Diversity
(945 people) | Business Firm and Organization Sustainability
(1847 people) | Ecological Economics
(1353 people) | Natural Capitalism
(1684 people) | Endangered Animal Species Protection
(937 people) | Communication Training
(1098 people) | Training for Nonprofits
(1248 people) | Community Participation
(2225 people) | Community Training
(1087 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1319 people) | Leadership Training
(1589 people) | Conservation and the Commons
(639 people) | Conservation Area Protection
(544 people) | Conservation Biology
(552 people) | Education, Government and Sustainability
(1298 people) | Environmental Education
(2157 people) | Green Schools
(1569 people) | Public and Government Education
(622 people) | Environmental Resource Center
(656 people) | Energy Efficiency and Conservation
(1628 people) | Energy Flow in Ecosystems
(660 people) | Energy Security and Sustainability
(871 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(2478 people) | Global Food Supply and Sustainability
(1597 people) | Logging
(212 people) | Climate Change
(2961 people) | Globalization Impacts
(1447 people) | Institutional Accountability
(725 people) | Consumption and Green Consumers
(1576 people) | Ecological Footprint
(1654 people) | Industrial Ecology
(590 people) | Life Cycle Assessment
(844 people) | Natural Resource Management
(914 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(1753 people) | Sustainable Production
(1739 people) | Environmental Justice
(1437 people) | Indigenous People and Culture
(1792 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1166 people) | Demographics
(463 people) | Family Planning
(432 people) | Human Population Growth and Impacts
(998 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(1918 people) | Environmental Ethics
(1201 people) | Sustainable Living
(2394 people) | Sustainable Communities
(2654 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1232 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1362 people) | Biological Development
(476 people) | Social Development
(1308 people) | Appropriate Technology
(1084 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1075 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(1420 people) | Forest Ecology and Conservation
(709 people) | Tropical Moist Forests
(313 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 7 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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