If it’s a sole proprietorship, who is the “we” of STACK Coordination?
STACK can call on a wide range of seasoned professionals – many of whom are on the bleeding edge of regenerative and sustainable development – to work with us on collaborative projects. Sustainability requires such a wide range of skills, that a healthy network is really the only way to cover all of the bases. Below are a few of our favorite partners:
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LOCAL
GOforChange has a big vision for a community that is life-affirming in all senses. We work with small business owners who want to find simple, practical ways to increase their profitability by going green. We are here to create a movement that helps ordinary people contribute to the sustainability of the planet in powerful, life-changing ways. We are here to teach people how to live an abundant, creative, joyful life that is GOOD for the earth. This requires big changes in how we think, feel, and act. And change begins with information.
Julie Gabrielli is the founder of GOforChange and is an award-winning architect – green is no ‘fad’ or ‘trend’ for her. She was instrumental in starting the sustainable design movement in Baltimore over ten years ago, and her expertise is as an industry-changer. Julie now works with small business owners to take their business in a green direction, starting with clear framework and vision, identifying new markets, crafting a green brand and message, developing new products, assessing and reducing their footprint, and giving back.
Take a Step realizes that change, innovation and transformation begin with small steps toward a shared vision. We are here to work with your organization to create and implement a sustainability vision and plan specifically for your organization, your stakeholders and your unique character.
Michelle Bishop, President of Take a Step, has more than 15 years experience leading projects and facilitating groups. Michelle leverages her diverse leadership experience to encourage a systems and team-based approach to sustainability. Michelle’s experience ranges from providing media training to farmers and ranchers to managing cross-functional teams for complex interactive communications projects.
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REGIONAL
7group is a collective of core expertise and thought leadership that has come together to advocate for health of place through design, construction, and operation of better buildings and communities.
John Boecker is a Principal of 7Group and never settles for the status quo. Though amassing an impressive body of work during his first 15 years of practice, John saw the vast potential of high performance buildings early on, so 14 years ago he began concentrating his practice exclusively on high performance buildings. He has designed seven LEED certified buildings and has served as a LEED and green building consultant on over 80 additional LEED certified and registered projects.
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NATIONAL
Regenesis specializes in a living systems, place-based approach to planning, design, development, and education. Their interdisciplinary teams of “expert generalists” are all committed to your success in regenerative planning, land-use and development. Founded in 1995, Regenesis brings years of experience in Permaculture design and education, integrative design and green building, organization development, and process design and management.
Bill Reed is a consultant, design process facilitator, and lecturer and is a world leader in the field of regenerative design and green building. Bill was a founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council and served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment. He has consulted on dozens of LEED projects – achieving many certifications – Certified to Platinum. He is a guest lecturer at Universities from Harvard to University of British Columbia. His objective is to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places.
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INTERNATIONAL
Strategic Sustainability Consulting
Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) began in 2005, with the express mission to deliver sustainability consulting services that can be scaled to meet the needs of smaller organizations. And that’s our vision: sustainability for every organization. Today, SSC is represented by approximately 450 sustainability professionals—across six continents—ready to contribute to our clients’ success.
Jennifer Woofter is President of the SSC Network and draws upon a decade of expertise in the fields of corporate social responsibility, ethical investing, and organizational accountability systems. She specializes in sustainability assessments and planning, and has a Masters Degree in Sustainability Leadership.
Natural Step Network TranformAgents
Hosted for Members of The Natural Step Network in the US & Canada, TransformAgents is community of strategic sustainability leaders transforming our world within the limits of nature.
Dr Karl-Henrik Robért is the founder of The Natural Step, one of Sweden’s foremost cancer scientists a martial arts black belt. In 1999, Dr. Robèrt won the Green Cross Award for International Leadership, and in 2000 he won the Blue Planet Prize, the ‘Nobel prize’ for ecological sustainability, sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation. In 2005, he was awarded The Social Responsibility Laureate Medal by the Global Center for Leadership Business Ethics, and in 2006, Dr. Robèrt was included in the publication 100 Visionaries of the 20th Century.
Over 200 students from 42 different countries have graduated in the first 5 years of the Masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability program at Blekinge Tekniska Högskola in Sweden. As part of a formidable “sustainability virus,” each MSLS alum is a change agent trained in the art and science of systems thinking and understands how to implement a simple, yet powerful approach to sustainability.
