About Speaker

After 15 years as a Television Producer and Cameraman for CBS News, RAI, and ZDF, John began to study ecology in the mid 1990s. John founded the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP). He also helped to create the China Environment and Sustainable Development Reference and Research Center (CESDRRC) and the China HIV/AIDS Information Center (CHAIN). Over the years, he has produced, directed, written, and presented numerous films. Currently, he is the Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation and the Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (NIOO/KNAW).