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Jeff Buderer was exposed at an early
age to influences of her 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. He graduated
from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield
MO with a B.S. Political Science and a minor 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--designed to provide more ecologically
and socially sustainable alternatives to existing
development models. His everyday experiences as well
as his exposure to Arcosanti founder Paolo Soleri's
theories 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 social
change. Being a crew leader in the construction of
Arcosanti helped him to start to see the practical
challenges of managing people and resources.
In the Fall of 2000 he participated in a four month
seminar at the Ecosa Institute in Prescott AZ--a total
immersion process in ecological design that included
several well known architects as well as a diverse
group of leaders from the emerging field of ecological
design.
He began to see that what was lacking were projects
that promoted an integrated approach to sustainable
development that brought in all the disciplines relevant
to promoting economic development that maximizes a
sense of pride and self-worth at the local level while
also protecting the ecology of the earth.
Having left Arcosanti Jeff now is working with the
Green Century Institute (www.greencenturyinstitute.org)and
the oneVillage Foundation (www.onevillagefoundation.org)
to promote these ideas on a practical level through
the development of built enviornments 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 Information
Jeff Buderer
Founding Member, oneVillage
[email protected]
417.830.1029
102 Ballatore Court
San Jose, CA 95134
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