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Telephone: (413) 549-8118
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Six different people post on the EarthAction blog...
Lois Jewel Barber is Co-creator and
Executive Director of EarthAction, which is celebrating its 16th
Anniversary. In 1986, she founded, and continues to serve as the President
Emerita, of 2020 Vision, a US peace and environment organization based
in Washington, DC. She served as Creative Director of the World Future
Council Initiative that laid the foundation for the creation of the
World Future Council, a global forum to protect the rights of future
generations. Lois received a BA degree from Indiana University and an
MA degree from the University of British Columbia. She lectures widely
and has received many awards including the “Giraffe Award” for “Sticking
One’s Neck Out for the Common Good”, the “Woman of Distinction
Award” from the National Women’s Education Association, and was
one of 16 global citizens featured in the book, Planet Champions—Adventures
in Saving the World. Lois is also an artist, using her talents to
celebrate the wonder and beauty of the natural world. Kosmos published a piece, written by Lois, all about her life. You can read it here.
Rebekah Olstad, better known as Becca, is in her first year at Hampshire College.
She's from the Boulder, CO area and loves the Rocky mountains. She's
interested in lots of things- literature, writing, theatre,
environmental studies/activism, outdoor
education, speaking Spanish/Latin American affairs, watercolors,
video/film, vegetarianism/health issues, and... well, lots more. She
tries to spend lots of time outdoors. She much enjoys the time she
gets to spend with EarthAction doing positive things for our world.
Meghan
Maloney is a first year student at Hampshire College, where she hopes to
concentrate in human
rights, international development, and environmental justice. Meghan
studied in Costa Rica
during her junior year of high school. While there she developed her
love for Central America and working with social justice issues. Since
then she has spent time in El Salvador working with NGO's on human
rights and environmental issues. While at Hampshire College, she would
like to study abroad and spend
her summers doing work in developing countries. After graduating from
college,
Meghan hopes to live in Central America and work in human rights.
Her bio in Spanish: Meghan Maloney está en su primer año en Hampshire College, donde quiere concentrarse en los derechos humanos, el desarrollo internacional, y la justicia medio ambiental. Meghan estudió en Costa Rica durante su tercer año de la escuela secundaria. Mientras que estaba allí ella desarrollo su pasión por América Central y el trabajo de la justicia social. Desde entonces ha pasado tiempo en El Salvador trabajando con ONG's en los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente. Mientras que está en Hampshire College quiere estudiar afuera del país y pasar sus veranos trabajando en paises en desarrollo. Después de graduarse, Meghan espera vivir en América Central y trabajar con los derechos humanos. 
Ananda Valenzuela is a first year student at Hampshire College, where she studies social entrepreneurship. Oddly enough, she was born in Boulder, Colorado, where Becca grew up - but she spent her formative years in Puerto Rico. She also spent her junior year of high school abroad in Japan, where she cultivated her love of immersing herself in other cultures. Ananda devotes her time to improving the Hampshire educational system, strengthening student governance, studying business concepts and organizational structures, and EarthAction, where she unofficially fills the role of webmaster, among other things.
Greer is currently a first year at Hampshire College. She is majoring
in Pre-med, with a special interest in
Public Health. Outside of
college, she lives with her parents in her childhood home in Oahu,
Hawaii. She has a passion for the environment that was strengthened by
living on the islands along with going on an EarthWatch Expedition over
the past summer to Churchill, Manitoba Canada, where she studied water
quality and the ecology of the Tundra Wetlands. She likes to be
outdoors, doing all kinds of aerobic activities, especially biking and
swimming (and shopping). She enjoys doing research as well, which makes
her a perfect candidate in assisting with researching grants for
EarthAction.
Viviane Castros Salinas
Latin American Coordinator
viviane@earthaction.org
