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Selected Blog Posts

• Beef Sustainability Series HomePage – Where’s the (Sustainable) Beef? A Scientist’s Journey Advancing Beef Supply Chain Sustainability to Incentivize Conservation & Climate Change Solutions – Medium.
• Increasing Demand for Credibly Regenerative (or at least More Sustainable) Beef: Key Barriers & Possible Solutions. Medium, November 19, 2018
• What’s Really “Sustainable” in the Confusing World of Beef, Part VI: Key Barriers to Increasing the U.S. Supply of Credibly More Sustainable Beef. Medium, November 13, 2018
• A Green Marketing “Wild West”: Greenwashing in the Beef Sector – Triple Pundit, December 14, 2017
• What’s Really ‘Green’? A Look at Beef Cattle Grazing Operations – Triple Pundit, January 29, 2018
• What’s Really ‘Green’? A Look at Beef Finishing on Feedlots – Triple Pundit, March 15, 2018
• Musicians Inspiring Fans to Act on Climate Change Solutions – Yale Climate Connections, October 15, 2009
• Four Quick Questions to Help Mattress Makers Go Green. Triple Pundit. Aug. 4, 2011.
• What’s really ‘green’?  A Look at Mattresses, Part III – Certifications. Triple Pundit. June 3, 2011.
• What’s really ‘green’?  A Look at Mattresses, Part II. Triple Pundit. March 25, 2011.
• What’s really ‘green’ in the confusing world of mattresses?  Part I. Triple Pundit. March 22, 2011.
• Climate Camp Afterthoughts, Part I 
• Climate Camp Afterthoughts, Part II

Selected Press Coverage & Media Interviews

• Radio Interview: Episode 205 Jonathan Gelbard and the Grasslands Alliance.What Doesn’t Kill You. Heritage Radio Network. November 21, 2016
• Radio Interview: Episode 113: Sustainable Standards for Cattle Production.What Doesn’t Kill You. Heritage Radio Network. June 3, 2014.
• Documentary Film Interview about the benefits of urban forests and watershed protections. Dig It: featuring members of Pearl Jam, Timberland’s CEO and more. (highlight featuring one of my contributions starting at 1:30)
• Radio Interview: Green Apple Festival, the importance of ‘going green’ to our environment, economy, and quality of life. Beyond Organic Radio with Jerry Kay. April, 2007.
• Lau, E. 2003. Weeds at home on our roadsides. Sacramento Bee, May 4, 2003.
• Melley, B. 2003. Studies find roads are pathways for invasive species. Associated Press and San Francisco Chronicle. June 2003.

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Emcee – Camp Deep End Nature, Family & Music Festival. Weave stories of Nature and place into the program of this redwood forest event. Camp Navarro, CA. 2016-present.
• Panelist – “Ecosystem Services on Rangelands – The Next Non-Food Market?” Presentation focused on “Ecosystem Markets – Opportunities for Ranchers: Market Overview, Key Barriers to Change, and Ideas of Solutions”. EcoFarm Conference. Monterey, CA. January, 2023.
• Panelist – “Soil Health is Planetary Wealth: Ecological & Economic Benefits of Healthy & Productive Soils”. RegenFriends Conference advancing regenerative economy solutions. San Francisco, CA. February, 2020.
• Moderator & Panel Organizer – “Getting the Bull Out of Regenerative Grazing & Beef: Strategies for Leveraging the Sustainable Beef Spotlight to Incentivize Credibly Well-Managed Ranching”, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR. March, 2019.
• Poster – “The Grasslands Alliance Certification Standard: A Comprehensive, Science-Based Standard for Incentivizing Credibly Sustainable Ranching & Beef Production”. Natural Capital Symposium. Stanford University. March, 2018.
• Moderator & Panel Organizer –“Certification Standards Have been an Effective Mechanism for Building Conservation Partnerships in Other Commodities; Can That Success be Replicated in the U.S. Beef Sector to Better Incentivize Grassland Conservation?” America’s Grasslands Conference. Ft. Collins, CO. September, 2015.
• Moderator – “Sustainable Livestock Innovations and Impacts”. Berkeley Food Institute, NRDC and Organic Valley. May 2014
• “Conservation Biologists As Drivers of Business Innovation: Our Essential Role Supporting the Sustainability Revolution.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. August, 2012
• Plenary Speaker –“How to Make Your Science Stick – Communicating Science to Motivate Change”. Presented at the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Jackson, WY. February, 2012

In the News

• Quote: Beef Feedlots Grapple With Never-Ending Waste. Harvest Public Media. December 11, 2012.