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Wade Davis

Wade Davis has been described as a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionate defender of all of life's diversity.

Wade Davis Is an Explorer-in- Residence at the National Geographic Society. He has been described as "a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life's diversity." An ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, he holds degrees in anthropology and biology, and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. Mostly through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent over three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among 15 indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations while making some 6,000 botanical collections. His work later took him to Haiti to investigate folk preparations implicated in the creation of zombies, and to Borneo where he lived among the nomadic Penan in the forests of Sarawak.

In recent years his research efforts have taken him to East Africa, Tibet, Polynesia, Mali, Equatorial West Africa, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the high Arctic of Nunuvut and Greenland. Author of twelve books, including The Serpent and the Rainbow, One River and Light at the Edge of the World, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the Lowell Thomas Medal (Explorer's Club) and the Lannan Foundation prize for literary nonfiction. In 2004 he was made an Honorary Member of the Explorer's Club.

Among his film credits is Light at the Edge of the World, an eight part series shot in Rapa Nui, Tahiti, the Marquesas, Nunuvut, Greenland, Nepal, Australia, Mongolia, Colombia and Peru. Grand Canyon Adventure, a 3-D IMAX film was released in March of 2008.

His latest book is The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, the 2009 CBC Massey Lectures.

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Ecotrust

Organization

What is reliable prosperity?

At Ecotrust, we believe that reliable prosperity is achievable for all of
the world's living beings, human or other. The term "reliable prosperity" is borrowed from the late, great Jane Jacobs, whose books include the now-classics The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), The Economy of Cities (1968), and Cities and the Wealth of Nations (1984).

In the foreword to her last book, The Nature of Economies, Jacobs argues that reliable prosperity for all is not possible without a deeper connection with the natural order. She writes, "human beings exist wholly within nature as part of the natural order in every respect." She goes on to say, "This is difficult for many ecologists and economists to accept" and cautions that "readers unwilling or unable to breach a barrier that they imagine separates humankind and its works from the rest of nature will be unable to hear what this book is saying."

At Ecotrust, we hear what Jacobs is saying. In our view, the world's cultural, political and economic systems are ultimately built on the back of the natural order, and the collapse of that order threatens everything else.

Jacobs was an influential member of Ecotrust's board prior to her death in 2006 at age 90.

Mission

Ecotrust's mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity and environmental well-being. Ecotrust is headquartered in Portland and is a unique organization; it integrates public and private purpose and for-profit and non-profit structures. Ecotrust's many innovations include co-founding the world's first environmental bank, starting the world's first ecosystem investment fund, creating a range of programs in fisheries, forestry, food, farms and children's health, and developing new scientific and information tools to improve social, economic and environmental decision-making. Ecotrust works locally in ways that promise hope abroad, and it takes inspiration from the wisdom of Native and First Nations. Over nearly 20 years, Ecotrust has converted $60 million in grants into more than $300 million in capital for local people, businesses, and organizations from Alaska to California.

Role

Ecotrust’s role is to innovate, invest and inspire. It is:

A “think tank” and a “do tank” designed to identify and test deep innovation;
A vehicle for access to capital to invest in promising innovations as proof of concept and scalability; and
A growing constellation of public, private, for-profit and nonprofit organizations designed to inspire people around the world.

We work at a bioregional scale because there is a natural competitive advantage implicit in the particular characteristics of every bioregion, and because it has global application.

Measuring Success

Ecotrust measures success by the power and practice of our ideas. We convey our ideas here and abroad through stories of practice at home.

Initiatives

Consulting
Community Ecosystem Services
Fisheries
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Native Programs
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