Francis Battaglia
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About
Thanks for being here, and thanks especially to Paul Hawken and the great minds that have introduced us and continue to lead, inspire and educate in the most compassionate, creative and intelligent directions.
It's now January 20, 2008...and a week ago a funny thing happened.
I was fascinated with a revolutionary business model that was created by a former university economics professor in Bangladesh named Dr. Muhammad Yunus (the great Nobel Laureate as most folks here probably already appreciate), and was having trouble summarizing the vastness of a single person's vision to my housemate Carisa. So I did a very rare thing and read aloud "Grameen Bank at a glance":
http://www.grameen-info.org/bank/GBGlance.htm
The next day, I got a call to shoot an interview / meeting with Dr. Yunus at someone's home in LA.
That was pretty strange, but it kind of made sense too. I was only reading about Dr. Yunus because the founder of Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB) had explained that this Nobel award-winning visionary had challenged him to create a new model for business and humanitarian living. I was already hooked.
I am interested in ecological economics, interfaith alliances and conscious media production.
Education and life experience includes traveling internationally for tv production, making big wave surf films and witnessing 60 foot waves in the middle of the ocean. I'm extremely grateful to have met and worked with Howard Zinn, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne and so many others, including athletes, artists, designers, inventors and humble effective leaders. I received a B.A. degree from the University of Delaware in Communications - Journalism - Political Science. While in college, I played soccer, worked as a newspaper reporter and radio broadcaster. I also studied abroad in Costa Rica and completed an independent study of bias in the news media using communications research methodology. I've won awards as a writer, producer, cameraman, editor and visual effects artist (latest project news at www.nomads-cafe.com).
I heard about Wiser Earth via Green Festival SF 2007, which was amazing. I really enjoy meeting new innovative people, promoting green businesses and working together on forward-thinking projects. Proactive communications for a sustainable future resonates for me. I would like to help organizations here.
It's now January 20, 2008...and a week ago a funny thing happened.
I was fascinated with a revolutionary business model that was created by a former university economics professor in Bangladesh named Dr. Muhammad Yunus (the great Nobel Laureate as most folks here probably already appreciate), and was having trouble summarizing the vastness of a single person's vision to my housemate Carisa. So I did a very rare thing and read aloud "Grameen Bank at a glance":
http://www.grameen-info.org/bank/GBGlance.htm
The next day, I got a call to shoot an interview / meeting with Dr. Yunus at someone's home in LA.
That was pretty strange, but it kind of made sense too. I was only reading about Dr. Yunus because the founder of Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB) had explained that this Nobel award-winning visionary had challenged him to create a new model for business and humanitarian living. I was already hooked.
I am interested in ecological economics, interfaith alliances and conscious media production.
Education and life experience includes traveling internationally for tv production, making big wave surf films and witnessing 60 foot waves in the middle of the ocean. I'm extremely grateful to have met and worked with Howard Zinn, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne and so many others, including athletes, artists, designers, inventors and humble effective leaders. I received a B.A. degree from the University of Delaware in Communications - Journalism - Political Science. While in college, I played soccer, worked as a newspaper reporter and radio broadcaster. I also studied abroad in Costa Rica and completed an independent study of bias in the news media using communications research methodology. I've won awards as a writer, producer, cameraman, editor and visual effects artist (latest project news at www.nomads-cafe.com).
I heard about Wiser Earth via Green Festival SF 2007, which was amazing. I really enjoy meeting new innovative people, promoting green businesses and working together on forward-thinking projects. Proactive communications for a sustainable future resonates for me. I would like to help organizations here.
I try to help out as a member of the Los Angeles Social Forum Planning Committee when I can, although it is difficult while juggling a freelance work schedule (primarily as a visual effects compositor).
I was a founding producer for The G Living Network in 2006 and co-creator of Green Health Live in 2007. I'm currently freelancing as a visual effects artist, and developing
green business partnerships as a co-creative / producer at Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB), Luminara and Christie Communications among others. Originally
from the East Coast, my father is an English professor in NYC, and most
of my family lives at the 'Jersey shore' near Atlantic City, home of the nation's first coastal wind farm.
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Remove zburrows 11 months ago
Welcome to WiserEarth Francis, glad to have caught your attention at GreenFestival, that was a really fun weekend for us! Keep up the good fight. Zoey B
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