Zenobia Barlow
Zenobia Barlow is the executive director and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, a Berkeley, California-based nonprofit that supports and advances education for sustainable living.
She has led the center's grant making, educational and publishing programs since its inception.
One of the nation's pioneers in creating models of schooling for sustainability, she has designed strategies for applying ecological and indigenous understanding in K-12 education, including the Food Systems Project, Rethinking School Lunch, and Smart by Nature.
She co-edited "Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World" (Sierra Club Books, 2005) and "Ecoliteracy: Mapping the Terrain." In 2009, Zenobia was named a Fellow to the Post Carbon Institute and served on an international team of experts that advised the Bhutan government on integrating Gross National Happiness principles into education.
Prior to joining the center, she was editor of an international publishing company, a university program director and executive director of the Elmwood Institute, an ecological think tank. She travels widely as a documentary photographer.