Michael Karp Vitae: Miscellaneous

• Participant, along with other CEOs from NGO and Private Sector, invited by the Dalai Lama Center of Vancouver, Canada, September, 2006 for the Connecting for Change weekend conversation with his Holiness the Dalai Lama

• Plenary presenter to over 500 delegates at the United Nations Sustainability Partnership Forum in Rome, Italy (March 2004)

• Designed and served as faculty for "Taking the Stand," a two day national training workshop for public interest advocates needing a better understanding of contested regulatory proceedings. (1997, 2002 and 2004)

• Guest speaker on sustainability at Khoinania, 2003, the Crags, South Africa.

• Guest Community Lecturer for the 2002 International Bamboo Construction workshop in Vergiate, Italy.

• Conducted hundreds of workshops and training sessions throughout the nation, as well as provided strategic planning for many of them.

• Speaker at numerous national conferences; extensive media experience as a columnist and with local radio and television.

OTHER

• Initiated the National Ad Hoc Low Income Utility Advocates group. Over eighty advocates representing government, community action agencies, legal services, consultants, and environmental groups and others to promote affordable energy policy in the United States (1994-present)

• Participated at Schumacher College, Devon, England in a three week study group on sustainability focusing on the Ecology of Commerce and the Natural Step (Summer 1997)

• Co-designed and facilitated the Governor's Washington Sustainability Leadership Summit, through a contract with the Washington Department of Ecology, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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	• Participant, along with other CEOs from NGO and Private Sector, invited by the Dalai Lama Center of Vancouver, Canada, September, 2006 for the Connecting for Change weekend conversation with his Holiness the Dalai Lama • Plenary presenter to over 500 delegates at the United Nations Sustainability Partnership Forum in Rome, Italy (March 2004) • Designed and served as faculty for "Taking the Stand," a two day national training workshop for public interest advocates needing a better understanding of contested regulatory proceedings. (1997, 2002 and 2004) • Guest speaker on sustainability at Khoinania, 2003, the Crags, South Africa. • Guest Community Lecturer for the 2002 International Bamboo Construction workshop in Vergiate, Italy. • Conducted hundreds of workshops and training sessions throughout the nation, as well as provided strategic planning for many of them. • Speaker at numerous national conferences; extensive media experience as a columnist and with local radio and television. OTHER • Initiated the National Ad Hoc Low Income Utility Advocates group. Over eighty advocates representing government, community action agencies, legal services, consultants, and environmental groups and others to promote affordable energy policy in the United States (1994-present) • Participated at Schumacher College, Devon, England in a three week study group on sustainability focusing on the Ecology of Commerce and the Natural Step (Summer 1997) • Co-designed and facilitated the Governor's Washington Sustainability Leadership Summit, through a contract with the Washington Department of Ecology, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.