President
CurrentSustainable Futures, L3C (SF) is a social benefit corporation that exclusively focuses on assisting nonprofits and progressive companies with innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. Examples of SF projects that incorporate breakthrough biodiversity, climate resiliency, and alternative energy strategies include:*. Authored multiple published articles on climate-related infrastructure resiliency, downloadable from the Climate Policy Insights Newsletter, on Substack;*. An editor on the American Planning Association committee to revise the APA Energy Policy;* Establishing Living Geothermal based on a SF submitted patent using deep-rooted native plants to increase geothermal system energy efficiencies and manage water resources;* Proposing the Living Land Bank in the 2016 MacArthur Foundation 100&change "big idea" grant. The proposal details the creation and verification of an Internet/ data marketplace to reconnect fragmented ecosystems to reestablish functional services- water quality, drainage and pollination, as well as species protection; * Working with a major energy developer to expand multi-megawatt scale zero carbon power generation technology;* Assessing the viability of soil carbon credits for an Indiana native plant nursery and restoration firm;* Working with four nonprofits to found Chicago Living Corridors to support local habitat activity in the Chicago Wilderness area, see ChicagoLivingCorridors.org.
