Anastasia Laukkanen is a Program Director of the ECOCUP International Green Documentary Film Festival.

As Chief of the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), I administer a program that coordinates bird banding activities across the US and its Territories. This program supports the activities of […]

Nayyirah Shariff is a grassroots organizer based in Flint, Michigan. Nayyirah was one of the co-founders of the Flint Democracy Defense League, a grassroots group formed to confront Flint’s emergency […]

Kevin Hirten is an Investigative Producer for Al Jazeera based in Washington, DC.  He grew up in Vermont where he developed a passion for environmental journalism.  He began his investigative […]

Sharon Guynup, is currently a Public Policy Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program and the Global Sustainability and Resilience Program. She is also a journalist, author, […]

Script And General Advisor Writer and conservationist William deBuys is the author of seven highly acclaimed books, including Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California (UNM Press, 1999), which […]

  Named by NPR as one of the Top 100 composers in the world under 40, Paola Prestini is a composer and director and co-founder of VisionIntoArt, an interdisciplinary collective […]

Brandon sharpened his teeth as a filmmaker while on the road shooting concert documentaries for bands like; Pearl Jam, Sleater Kinney, Wu Tang Clan, Dispatch, Jet and Lauryn Hill. He […]

Specializing in the concept, production and marketing of films, Andrew has worked as a multimedia communications consultant for over a decade. Most recently, he served as Producer for an award-winning, […]

James Holland studied art and filmmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He has produced and directed several short films, as well as music videos for musicians including […]