MSRB Faculty

Understanding Ecology and Global Eco-Crisis
Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen is a longtime grassroots environmental activist, and author most recently of Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution. His other works include Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests,  The Culture of Make Believe, A Language Older Than Words, Listening to the Land, and Railroads and Clearcuts. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Audubon, The Ecologist, The Sun, Adbusters, and many other magazines.

Financial Independence
Agroecology - Ecosystems - Energy

Ethical Business - Ethical Business Communications - Natural Capital 
Tom Eggert
Tom Eggert teaches classes that are jointly offered through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the School of Business. For the past 8 years he has taught Environmental Strategy and Sustainability and for the last three years has taught Ethics Values and Sustainability. He has also responded to student demand for more information in the sustainability area with a class called Sustainability and the Corporate Response. He has written and spoken extensively on sustainability and on business and government's role in promoting sustainability.

He has a Law Degree from George Washington University in Washington DC, a Master's degree in Public Administration from the LaFollette Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an undergraduate degree in Environmental Problems and Policies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in Montana and, before that, as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines.

Advisor: Eastern Europe
Marcin Fabjanski
Marcin Fabjanski is an award-winning journalist, a children's fiction writer, and a philosopher. He studied philosophy at the University of York (UK) and at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, where he was also a lecturer. He wrote his Phd thesis on buddhism and Arthur Schopenhauer.

Marcin worked in NY reporting for Polish press and was awarded both Polish and American journalist awards for his feature stories. He has traveled extensively in Asia, including India, Nepal, Thailand and Burma. His academic interests include: ethics in contemporary world, buddhism, comparative philosophy, metaphysics, and child psychology.

Advisor: East Asia
Michael Bengwayan
Michael Bengwayan is a Public Service Fellow of the New York based Echoing Green Foundation which supports social change leaders worldwide. He has experience in agricultural research, community based forest management, and permaculture.

Michael holds Master's degrees both in Development Studies and in Rural Development. He holds a PhD in Environmental Science from University College Dublin, Ireland, and is a European Union Fellow. He also holds a Diploma in Advanced Journalism from Kalmar University, Sweden, and is a Fellow of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

A writer, environmentalist and eco-agriculturist, he is the author of "The Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Asia" and "Dam the Rivers, Damn the People." He writes for Gemini News Service, Environmental News Service, Earth Times, and Asia Observer. Michael is a Filipino.

Water Management
Megan Marcotte
Megan has long been interested in ecology, especially marine ecology, and has gained valuable experience in the cleaning of wastewater so it can be safely returned to the ecosystem. She has previously taught at California State University, volunteered as a Scientific Aide at Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, and worked as an Instructor for the Shark Camp at Long Beach Maritime Foundation. Megan earned her Master of Science degree in Biology in the USA. She is currently a PhD Candidate in biology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. As a biologist, Megan has experienced first hand the need for humans to learn how to protect the environment.

Senior Advisor: Africa
Oneas Mufandaedza
Oneas Mufandaedza is a professional agriculturalist and educationist. He firmly believes in the sacredness of nature, education, and training as basic elements in sustainable living. He holds a Ph D in Crop and Animal Science from North Carolina State University.

Oneas taught at Africa University and Zimbabwe Open University, and Mutare Polytechnical College. He founded AgriCom and EnviroPlan Services (Private) Limited, a consultancy specializing in small-scale farming and business management, and two private colleges in Zimbabwe. In 2002 he founded Eastern Region Education and Training Trust (ERETT), a non-profit organization devoted to self-help development projects in developing countries.

In USA, Oneas developed and taught courses in sustainable agriculture at Central Carolina Community College. He completed an internship program at Peacework Organic Farm in New York, and collaborates with North Carolina State University in a biosolids research project.

Oneas is an International Labor Organization (ILO) certified Small Business Management Trainer.

Advisor: Russia
Oleg Khlopov
A native of Moscow, Oleg graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in 1990 and worked as an English teacher. While working as an interpreter for KomiArcticOil, he studied Political Science. After completing a post-graduate degree in sociology at the Moscow State University he worked as an economical analyst for Izvestia, a national newspaper.

Oleg joined the Moscow State University as a senior researcher, chair of Sociology of International Relations, in 1996 and has since been responsible for courses and workshops for Russian and foreign students. Oleg has also been working as the head of information department for Public Relations Company since 1999.

List of some publications by Oleg Khlopov (Herald of the Moscow University)

1. OPEC Policy, US Energy Strategy: Interests and Main Tasks for Russia
2. Caspian Basin: Transnational Cooperation (Perspectives and Problems)
3. International Relations at the End of XX Century: a New Role of Individuals
4. Global Tendency of Post Bipolar World

Advisor: Latin America
Tania Briceno-Orduz
Tania Briceno-Orduz has been working to guide economic activity in a way that respects collective visions of wellbeing and the ecological cycles that sustain life. She has been specializing in sustainable consumption, the media and consumer behavior, and the use of participatory methods to implement sustainability initiatives. She has conducted extensive research on the application of these issues to the design and implementation of environmental policy and programs and has worked with a number of related organizations and projects of global and local scope. Currently, she is publishing an article on these subjects in the UNEP newsletter of Sustainable Consumption and at the upcoming International Conference of Ecological Economics in July 2004. She holds a Masters degree in Ecological Economics from The University of Leeds and a BA in Economics and International Development Studies from McGill University.