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Jeff Buderer was exposed at an early age
to the influences of hir mother's dedication to environmental
stewardship. He soon began to recognize that there was a dire
need to better balance human needs with the appropriate management
of natural resources. This has evolved into a lifelong learning
process that is focused on an interdisciplinary approach to
human development and evolution. He graduated from Southwest
Missouri State University at Springfield MO with
a degree in Political Science and a minor
in International Relations in 1998.
He then embarked on a three-year stint at Arcosanti,
a unique live/work experiment in architecture and urban
design located in the desert of Arizona 70 miles north of
Phoenix. A major theme of Arcosanti is to provide a more ecologically
and socially sustainable alternative to existing development
models. His everyday experiences as well as his exposure to
Arcosanti founder Paolo Soleri's theories
on Arcology served as a platform from which expand his imagination
in relation to innovative and forward thinking approaches
to sustainable development. At the same time
he feels his experiences at Arcosanti have been important
in getting him to see the challenges of creating organizations
to promote effective socioeconomic change in relation to organizational
development and the importance of understanding organizational
dynamics. Being a crew leader in the construction of Arcosanti
helped him to start to see the practical challenges of managing
people and resources, and organizing a project to effectively
achieve its goals.
In the Fall of 2000 he participated in a four month seminar
at the Ecosa
Institute in Prescott Arizona - a total immersion
process in ecological design - that includes several
well known eco- architects as well as a diverse group of leaders
and innovators from the emerging field of ecological design.
A major theme in his work is to promote an integrated approach
to sustainable development that is interdisciplinary. He believes
that sustainability need not stifle a sense of prosperity
and well being. In fact he believes strongly that when properly
designed, sustainable human systems can provide a sense of
pride and self-worth at the local level, protect the ecology
of the earth, while also creating jobs and economic security.
Having left Arcosanti, Jeff now is working with the oneVillage
Foundation to promote these ideas on a practical level through
the development of built environments and social networks
that authentically reflect people's needs for a prosperous
and lively existence while also respecting the finiteness
of ecological as well as human resources both here in the
US and in developing countries.
Contact:
Jeff Buderer
[email protected]
408.813.5135
102 Ballatore Court
San Jose, CA 95134
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