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Musician, Environmental Activist, Zen Student
please note: I am currently retired on disability due to physical difficulties.
previous activities…
re: activism, why i do this -
to help establish a peaceful and humane society which respects and stewards its people and the entire ecosphere…
and for my own sanity! ~ living in a world so filled with suffering, greed, hatred and delusion one simply has to do something. this is my offering.
premise: we need to get power back from corrupt politicians, misguided institutions, and immoral corporate gangsters through fighting for environmental, economic and social justice.
– we need to think and be quick as true peril pervades these times.
i believe that developing and maintaining a healthy relationship with the environment and ecosphere, respecting animals and nature, and not over-using our "resources," must be our primary concern.
developing respect for and reverence of "Mother Nature" and finding our place in the larger scheme of things... Finding balance! We have much to learn from "the old ways" as it seems that we have lost our way in the world of capitalism and exploitation. In these current times it would be good to remember that there are no jobs on a dead planet! So, I would say taking our place as part of a family rather than as overlords, and to be Stewards of the planet, would be good :)
One ecosystem of which we are a part - we depend on it for our very lives - we are not separate from Nature. We have a responsibility to help restore and maintain a balance, not only to survive as a species but for the good of all life, our brother and sister plants animals sky water earth... To walk the right path in order to be true human beings and not just a plague upon the planet.
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I. EDUCATION
II. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
III. PAST ACTIVITIES
IV. CURRENT
I. EDUCATION
Sonoma State University | School of Environmental Studies and Planning, SSU | Ali Akbar College of Music | Career Transitions | Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute
B.A. Environmental Studies and Planning: School of Environmental Studies and Planning, Sonoma State University, 1987; emphasis on Aquatic Environments & Riparian Ecology
B.A. India Studies: Sonoma State University, 1987; Music Minor
Clinical Hypnotherapist Certification: Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute, 1991
- Cirriculum -
The Humanities:
Anthroplogy | History | Mythology | World Religions | Art/Music | Psychology | Zen Buddhist Philosophy & Practice | Native American Studies | Music / World Music with emphases on Hindusani Classical, plus African and Balines Music & Dance
The Sciences:
Biology| Botany | Zoology | Chemistry | Geology | Hydrology | Ecology | Physical Environment | Biological Environment | Social Environment | Human Environment
Special Interest Studies:
Art/Photography | Aquaculture | Computer Sciences | Native Plants/Herbology | Riparian Ecology | North Indian Raga | African and Afro-Caribbean Music | Balinese Music and Dance
Special Studies in Aquaculture:
Aquaculture Studies
- "Development of Dungeness Crab Larvae" at The School of Environmental Studies and Planning, SSU, with Dr. Stanley Scher, UC Berkeley - in conjunction with Bodega Marine Labratory [UC Davis])
- "Endangered Species - California Freshwater Shrimp" (Syncaris Pacifica) Special Project with Dr. Stanley Scher, UC Berkeley, at The School of Environmental Studies and Planning, SSU, with participation of Bodega Marine Labratory [UC Davis])
Special Studies in Music at SSU and Ali Akbar College of Music: Hindustani Classical Music
Certified in Computer Operation, Database Development & Programming, and Business Applications [Career Transitions]
Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute: Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Alchemical Hypnotherapist
II. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Experience in Sports/Events Photography, Graphic Design, Fund-raising, Inventory Control, Consulting, Sales, Customer Service, Media Relations & Fulfillment; Public Relations and Event Production
Photographer, Sonoma Index-Tribune
Freelance Photographer, from Commercial Aerial Photography to Weddings and Portraits
County of Sonoma Water Agency - Flood Channel Maintenance & Riparian Restoration/ Native Tree Nursery Project
Staff Musician, Lotus Sutra Retreat Center
Fundraiser for a Nursing Home Reform Advocacy group
Warehouse Manager, Inventory Controller [Business Systems Unlimited; Copyline Corp.]
Warehouse Manager & Service Dispatcher [Affordable Business Equipment]
Independent Computer Consultant/Teacher and Graphic Designer - Custom Programming, Database Development, Computer Training, PR & Graphics
Hypnotherapist, Independent Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist/Alchemical Hypnotherapist
Creative Director/Webmaster/Publisher, Photographer, Graphic Designer; Production and Sales Associate / Production Manager - [Summers-McCann, Inc. Public Relations c.1993-2009]
~ Napa Valley Mustard Festival, Sonoma Salute to the Arts, various clients in the wine and hospitality industries
III. PAST ACTIVITIES
Founded and Chaired the Save Our Sonoma Valley Creeks Committee
Spearheaded Creekbank Restoration Projects
Worked with the California Department of Fish and Game to harvest Steelhead fry from drying pools in intermitent streams
Served as Elected Board Member, Sonoma Valley Environmental Council
Served as Advisor, Friends of The River General Guidelines [Riparian Corridor Protection & Restoration]
Contributor, County of Sonoma General Plan [emphasis on Riparian Corridor Protection & Restoration]
Coducted Educational Creekwalks for Children [through various programs]
Maintained Native Tree Nursery for Riparian Corridor Restoration, and conducted plantings
Coordinated "Fryer Creek: Model Riparian Restoration Project:" (Sonoma, CA - in conjunction with Save Our Streams of America; Roland Hauck, "Mr. Creek," Founder and President of Save Our Streams of America; Friends of the River; Sonoma Valley School District; Sonoma County Water Agency; City of Sonoma
Internet Activism: Publishing online "newswires" since approximately 1997
[focusing on environmental and human rights issues; emphasis on ancient forests protection and anti-nuclear action]
Websites -
• Rob's Place [extinct]
"Robert Cherwink's electronic monument to spirit, truth, peace, justice, and freedom" - Russell "Ace" Hoffman's Friends of the STOP CASSINI web site
• /RENEGADE/ [extinct]
acknowledged as "webmaster" in Karl Grossman's "The Wrong Stuff" (see Ace Hoffman's Excerpts from THE WRONG STUFF by Karl Grossman, etc.
Some would remember me from that period as:
*STRIDER* Sector Air Raid Warden at /RENEGADE/
/RENEGADE/ news_service: http://fornits.com/renegade/
DEDICATED TO SPIRIT, TRUTH, PEACE, JUSTICE, AND FREEDOM
"WHEN SPIDERS UNITE, THEY CAN TIE DOWN A LION" -- Ethiopian Proverb
IV. CURRENT
I am currently retired on disability due to physical difficulties.
see whats up, what it is, whats more, and what next - –
• art & photography •
• meditation •
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Ango participants following the closing ceremony on August 27, Sonoma Mountain Zen Center - Mountain Wind - Fourth Quarter, 2011
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• whats more: (Master of the Shakuhachi) & about Zen
• whats more - tag: zen and buddhism
• what it is: Sonoma Mountain Zen Center Mandala Bazaar 2011 - slideshow
• what next - tag: zen and buddhism
• activism •
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