Marilyn
Hoskins
Founding Team
About
What does it mean?
~ JOINING together.
~ BELONGING to the human race.
~ WELCOMING our differences.
~ RESPECTING our earth and mending it's scares.
~ CREATING a bright future for our children.
IT MEANS when we JOIN TOGETHER that we can build a VIBRANT VERDANT
WORLD that works for EVERYONE.
AND - WE WILL BUILD THAT WORLD TOGETHER.
Fun Fact
Is a cultural anthropologist. She has taught, done research and supported rural groups in the US, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Living in Asia she joined UNESCO in research and training future teachers to design programs addressing local concerns. She wrote a book on life in a quarter in Saigon. She also wrote for USAID studies on the differential impacts of projects on men and women.
Living in Africa she joined an African research group and was able to help artisan groups and villagers design future projects.
She joined the forestry department of FAO of the United Nations as their first social scientist. She coordinated the Forest, Trees and People Program changing, it from top down to collaboration with local national groups.
