In our Hands: Handbook for Intergenerational Actions to Solve the Climate Crisis - Softcover

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Wilford Welch has been exploring the driving forces impacting our world for over five decades as a U.S. diplomat in Asia; as an economic development and business consultant in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S.; as the publisher of a world affairs magazine that appeared in 26 countries in six language editions; and as the leader of educational trips to numerous countries and cultures. Wilford developed future planning scenarios for a number of multinational corporations, including Citibank and Toyota. He was the leader of a research team in 1992 that developed The Wealth of Nations Index using 63 variables to measure each nation’s economic, information technology, and social well-being. In 2008 he was the author of a book entitled The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World. Wilford has also been deeply involved in outdoor and environmental education, including being chair of the board of the NatureBridge Golden Gate campus and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). In 1994 Wilford led the support team on Mount Everest of NOLS instructors, which removed 5,000 pounds of trash off the high camps and introduced the notion of “Leave No Trace” to Everest mountaineering. Over the past decades, Wilford has created and led several large conferences exploring the issues addressed in this book, including two Quest for Global Healing gatherings in Bali, Indonesia, in 2004 and 2007 for over 1,000 participants from forty countries, and the Beyond Sustainability conference that took place at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii in 2010. Wilford has a BA from Yale, a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, and a PMD degree from the Harvard Business School. He lives in Sausalito, California. Visit him at www.WilfordWelch.com and www.InOurHands.Earth.