Culture of Peace Initiative

Rustylives in a cohousing community in Cotati, California with his wife, Julia, and son, Dagan.  After graduating from PCC (http://www.ciis.edu/pcc/), he spent a year working as the administrative coordinator for the Green MBA program (now at the Dominican University in San Rafael).  Rusty was also the Site Management Coordinator for the 2nd annual Sustainable Enterprise Conference (http://www.sec2007.com/) held in Sonoma County.  Currently, he works at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (http://www.noetic.org/) as a Member Services Specialist.  IONS was founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and is located on a beautiful 200-acre campus just south of Petaluma, California.  It is a nonprofit research, education, and membership organization whose mission is to explore the frontiers of consciousness to advance individual, social, and global transformation. The Institute explores phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor.  The primary program areas include integral health and healing, extended human capacities, and emerging worldviews.  IONS publishes a quarterly magazine, Shift, offers workshops at the 120-person retreat center, hosts a multi-day conference every two years, and features an online audio/video archive of numerous leading consciousness scientists and spiritual leaders (http://www.shiftinaction.com/).