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About MeMy contact information is here. Bio Mike Sandler holds a degree in Political Economy from the University of California at Berkeley. In the late 1990's he co-founded the SEE Green Program and SEE Green Directory, a program promoting green businesses north of San Francisco Bay. Mike has worked on several local government sustainability programs. In 2001, Mike co-founded, with Ann Hancock, the Climate Protection Campaign based in Sonoma County. He has worked with 9 North Bay cities to quantify and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. He helped the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in the creation of its new Climate Protection Program. From 2002-2006, Mike was Program Coordinator of the Community Clean Water Institute, working on water and climate issues. While there, Mike helped form the Redwood Empire Environmental Center, and sits on the Board of Town Hall Coalition, which works to protect forests and watersheds, and encourages citizen involvement in local participatory democracy. From 2004-2006, Mike was a Planning Commissioner for the City of Sebastopol. He is a charter member of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics. From late 2006 to January 2008, Mike was Southern California Outreach Director for California Interfaith Power and Light. In this position, he worked with congregations to address global warming by educating and encouraging the faith community's use of energy efficiency and renewable energy. In 2007, Mike worked alongside author Peter Barnes and the Climate Protection Campaign to promote public trust characteristics in any proposed market mechanisms in California's implementation of AB32, the Global Warming Solutions Act. His research was featured in "Climate Solutions: A Citizen's Guide" and "Carbon Capping: A Citizen's Guide." More about this work can be found here. His top 3 recommendations to California can be found here. Mike is also researching the per capita distribution of greenhouse gas emissions shares directly to California citizens, which he calls Carbon Share. He recently completed a Master's Program in Urban Planning at UCLA. He lives in San Rafael, California with his wife Regina. About me In the 21st century, the list of problems grows longer every day. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by problems such as global poverty, the disparity between rich and poor, overpopulation, and the loss of biodiversity. The omens I read about in the late 90's are unfolding in a truly troubling manner. Scientists' climate change predictions are being realized as billion dollar disasters from extreme weather events. I witness the dissonance between an economic system with an exponential growth imperative and the finite natural world. If I had to list a single problem at the top of my list, it would be climate change. The climate crisis touches so many areas, from the energy we use every day to the stability of the most remote ecosystems. I worry about the problems of the world, but I am an optimist. I believe solutions exist. I believe that ideas can change behavior and that individuals can alter the course of history. I am interested in sustainability and its practical application locally and regionally. In the 21st century we must address and hopefully reverse almost 50 years of auto-centric development. Our country is over-militarized. I am interested in systemic approaches to the challenges of water, energy, air quality, and climate change. In the early 1990's, I was troubled by the question, "Why are people in the 1st World so rich, and people in the 3rd World so poor?" After years of research and learning, I began to think the answer was in "market failure," also known as "externalities." The economic system considers human well-being an "externality," as well as global sustainability, and the life support systems of the planet. Species extinction is an externality. In fact, the entire Earth is an externality. Money, on the other hand, is not an externality. Green business values a triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic values. My career goals blend research, advocacy, and policy to promote sustainability and find solutions to climate change. More coming soon...
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