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Mateo A. Castillo Ceja |
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Mateo A. Castillo Ceja is the head of the Coordinating Unity of Social Participation and Transparency in the Ministry of Environment of Mexico. Previously he served as president of the Ecological State Council of Michoacan, Mexico, and, with many others, has instigated processes of social participation in the development of environmental public policies for a sustainable Mexico. He is considered a national expert in the implementation of local Agenda 21. He has been a representative of civil society in Mexico in many forums and international summits. He was awarded the Citizen Merit Prize in 2003, and in 2004 he received honorary mention in the National Prize for Ecological Merit. In 2005, he was awarded the Maximo Kalaw Award for his work in promoting the Earth Charter in Mexico. Mr. Castillo holds a Master’s degree in quality and competitiveness and is a biochemist in the area of pharmacology. |
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Jaimie P. Cloud |
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Jaimie P. Cloud is the founder and president of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education in New York City. The Cloud Institute is dedicated to the vital role of education in creating awareness, fostering commitment, and guiding actions toward a healthy, secure and sustainable future. Ms. Cloud has written several book chapters and articles, teaches extensively, and writes and facilitates the collaborative development of numerous instructional units and programs that are designed to teach across disciplines through the lens of sustainability. In addition she serves as an advisor, board or committee member to several organizations with related goals and interests. |
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Rick Clugston |
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Rick Clugston is Project Coordinator for the Earth Charter Scholarship Project at the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is also the Executive Director of Earth Charter US, and Earth Charter Coordinator for the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University. From 1991-2008, Mr. Clugston was Executive Director of the Center for Respect of Life and Environment in Washington D.C. There he directed a variety of initiatives, including the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (1997-2007); the Sustainable Universities Assessment and Evaluation Project (1996-2005); Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge (1992-1999); Earth Charter USA (1996-2006);and the Soul of Agriculture Project (1994-2001). |
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Marianella Curi |
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Marianella Curi is a social psychologist experienced in the design of policies for sustainable development and of environmental education for sustainable development. Since 2004 Curi has worked with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in the position of policy specialist on the BOLFOR II Project, and has recently been appointed director of the BOLFOR II Project. Her previous roles include: vice-minister for natural resources and environment, undersecretary for the promotion of sustainable development in the government of Bolivia, and director of the largest non-governmental environmental organization in Bolivia – the Bolivian Environmental Defence League. |
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Wakaka Hironaka |
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Wakaka Hironaka is currently serving her fourth term as a member of Japan’s House of Councilors, elected from ChibaPrefecture in July 2004. She has contributed extensively to local projects by serving as chair of the Research Committee on Economy, Industry and Employment, and as a member of the Committee on Education, Culture and Science in the House of Councilors, as well as acting vice-president of the Democratic Party of Japan. Her long standing commitment to local concerns is evident by her books, essays, translations, and critiques on education, culture, society, and women’s issues. Ms. Hironaka has also been active internationally as a member of the Earth Charter Commission, GLOBE, and GEA. |
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Charles Hopkins |
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Charles Hopkins is at York University in Toronto where he holds both a UNESCO Chair and a United Nations University Chair. The UNESCO Chair coordinates an international network of teacher education institutions working upon the reorientation of teacher education to address sustainable development. The UNU Chair focuses upon the role of ESD in community development. Mr Hopkins is an advisor to UNESCO and UNU regarding the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD). He played major roles in both the Rio and Johannesburg UN Summits on Sustainability. He was an author of Chapter 36 of Agenda 21, the Rio Earth Summit Action Plan on Education, Public Awareness and training. Previously, Mr. Hopkins was a Superintendent with the Toronto Board of Education. |
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Li Lalai |
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Lailai Li has a masters and doctorate in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States where she later worked as a research fellow at the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology. Li’s research focused on the interactions between Chinese traditional values, agricultural activities, and environmental impacts. Currently, Li is an associate director of the Stockholm Environment Institute. Li has also played an important role in the development of LEAD-China, an Institute for Environment and Development, by serving as the national director, and as a director of information resources at LEAD International. Her work in sustainability has been innovative, having developed LEAD’s information strategy to explore how information technology can be utilized for long-term enterprises, as well as researching NGO development, and alternative methods toward global sustainability. |
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