TED Community

Having smart individuals get together - combining their energy, vision and resources - to shape culture. Together we can make dreams come true. We are stronger together than we are apart, Passion, ideas, and strategic commitment will get us there. I have been selected as a TED2018 Jeffersonian host: Re-inventing countryside, after we all move to the city As the world's population moves to the cities, what happens to the land, infrastructure and people left behind? The need for affordable housing, smart communities and new ways of creating enterprise require shifting mindsets and the definition of agriculture and trade. Dinner's on us, simply come ready for purposeful conversation hosted by Janne Ryan.

Logic and analysis - clear writing. Art and music -

Universal human rights and an end to war in my lifetime. My children. Music. Nature. Reading. Painting.

Women and human rights

strengthening democracy, preserving history

Leadership, Startups, tech, cheese curds

Visually conveying the essence of a concept or endeavor through concise and brief images.

Traveling. Films. Books. International relations. Helping others.

Restoring Indigenous stewardship to bring ecosystems back into balance. The last few centuries of extractive exploitation have caused significant environmental damage in many places all over the world. It has instigated wars over control of scarcity. The diminishing returns are a flashing beacon of over-consumption from systems that have capacity to regenerate themselves if they are provided the right mix of use and stewardship. The cyclic rhythms of the Earth ecosystems in tune with the celestial events of Earth’s rotation around the sun, changing seasons of the elliptical path, and the life-giving light of the sun and the moon are natural thresholds to guide extractive use while ensuring productivity of living renewable natural resources for future generations. Respecting the life of others is a defining principle of generosity, pervasive in many Indigenous worldviews. All life forms share the same air and water of the planet. Balance is restored when the natural rhythms and cycles are honored for giving life to future generations of all living things. I’m passionate about engaging a mind’s eye to new dimensions for people in places and things not often thought about, or to conceptualize something different than might have been expected. This is the joy of teaching and learning outside of the ‘box’ and in a way that advocates growth of ideas. To see thought processes in the eyes of a learner is to know inspiration has landed. I’m passionate about sharing information on biodiversity and why it’s so important to appreciate protecting it. Food production has experienced and continues to exploit mono-culture methods to the detriment of healthy soils and is producing homogeneous sterility unable to support any plant life. Forest plantations are showing the signs of productivity decline with loss of biodiversity which leads to loss of species, including extinction. Pacific salmon (and Atlantic salmon) are disappearing before our eyes and even if all fishing were stopped, they would still be on the decline because their habitat has been destroyed through land use changes, destructive logging practices, water withdrawals, and effluent sediments and toxins. Regrets once the species are gone will not be any consolation and apologies will have no meaning. Saving old growth forests is a critical way to ensure a chance to maintain biodiversity. Designating areas for secondary forests, such as actively managed plantations, would provide more certainty in production capability. Removing the shareholder dividends from the forest makes them more valuable. Trees in the forests live above and below ground, the only living thing on the planet that produces more benefits that it consumes. They consume carbon dioxide and in return produce oxygen above ground and below ground they produce sugars in exchange for water and nutrients delivered by fungal species. The trees help modulate precipitation in a watershed, provide shade in the heat and hold a hillside in place. Forests are amazing!

Out of the box thinking. Goats! Inclusion. Language. Connection. Belonging. Neuro-affirmative education. Heutagogy.