Positive Ecology

BIO ON RANDY  HAYES

Randy Hayes is a hero and a visionary -- a radical messenger with the mentality of a Madison Avenue ad executive who is selling just one thing, saving the world before it is too late.  Adam Werbach, Former President  of the Sierra Club

Randy Hayes, working from the US, is a Climate Policy Officer at the World Future Council. The World Future Council, based in Hamburg, is a global forum composed of 50 respected individuals from around the world championing the rights of future generations and working to ensure that humanity acts now for a sustainable future www.worldfuturecouncil.org. Randy Hayes is also the founder of Rainforest Action Network.

Hayes, a filmmaker in the ‘80s, is a veteran of many high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns, has advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He also worked as the President to the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment (5 years) and Director of Sustainability in the office of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown (2 ½ years). He worked at the International Forum on Globalization (4 years), a think-tank on the global economy is based in San Francisco.

Hayes has a Master’s degree in Environmental Planning from San Francisco State University. 

Randy’s master’s thesis was the award-winning film The Four Corners won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award for “Best Student Documentary” in 1983. He contributed to Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible, published by San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004. Not satisfied with short term thinking, his 500 year plan spells out a vision of a sustainable society and how to get there. Randy Hayes has been described in the Wall Street Journal as “an environmental pit bull.”