ALBERT BATES, Author, Global Ecovillage Network

Albert Bates is author of 20 books on history, science and the environment including Climate in Crisis: The Greenhouse Effect and What You Can Do (1990) with foreword by Al Gore; The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change (2009) with foreword by Vandana Shiva; The Paris Agreement: the Best Chance We Have to Save the One Planet We've Got (2015) with foreword by Rex Weyler; and, with Kathleen Draper, Burn: Igniting a New Carbon Drawdown Economy to End the Climate Crisis (2018). International Projects on Six Continents Mr. Bates holds diplomas in political science, law and permaculture and certifications in emergency medicine, horse mastership, regrarian design, and forest management. He is founder (1974) and president of Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology, a non-profit scientific research, development and demonstration organization with projects on six continents. Commercial Climate Stabilization and Investment Rescues As Chief Permaculture Officer (2015) for eCO2, a design services company, Mr. Bates focuses on commercial climate stabilization using off-the-shelf hardware and methodologies that let nature do the work. As an Emergency Planetary Technician, he facilitates metabiological entanglement and stranded investment rescues. He was co-recipient of the first Right Livelihood Award (1980) for Plenty, an organization he founded to help preserve indigenous cultures. Mr. Bates also serves on the boards of the Cloudburst Foundation and NOAH Regen and is an Ambassador for Ecosystem Restoration Camps and the Global Ecovillage Network.