John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia. www.rainforestinfo.org.au
Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests.
In 1984 he helped initiate the US Rainforest Action Network which grew out of the first his many US roadshows.
In 1987 he co-produced a television documentary for Australian national television about the struggle for the rainforests. This has since been shown in many countries. A front page story about John's work in the Christian Science Monitor at this time referred to him as "the town crier for the global village".
He has created numerous projects protecting rainforests in Sth America, Asia and the Pacific through providing benign and sustainable development projects for their indigenous inhabitants tied to the protection of their forests. These projects have been funded by the Australian Government aid agency AusAID, The Australian Council of Churches and various foundations. Donations to Rainforest Information Centre projects are tax-deductible in Australia, US and UK.
He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting Councils of All Beings and other re-Earth ing workshops around the world for 20 years. In the US, his workshops have been hosted by Esalen, Omega, Naropa and the California Institute of Integral Studies.
With Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote "Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings" (New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 10 languages.
He is an accomplished bard, songwriter and film-maker and has produced 5 albums of environmental songs and numerous films www.rainforestinfo.org.au/video.htm
In 1995 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) by the Australian Government for services to conservation and the environment. He is a Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation and occasional Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute.
From 1984 to the present he has travelled around the world each year with roadshows raising awareness about the plight of the rainforests and raising funding for their protection.
In 2003 he spearheaded RIC's endangered species campaign http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/spp/ and made the film "On The Brink" with David Attenborough, David Suzuki, Olivia Newton-John and Jack Thompson.
In 2007 he launched the Rainforest Information Centre's climate change campaign and has offered "Climate Change, Despair & Empowerment" presentations and workshops in Australia, Canada and the US. http://www.climate.net.au/
In 2008 he is on sabattical other than fundraising and monitoring for Rainforest Information Centre's Small Grants programme http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/projects/grants.htm
JOHN SEED
RAINFOREST INFORMATION CENTRE
BOX 368 LISMORE
NSW 2480
AUSTRALIA
JOHNSEED1@OZEMAIL.COM.AU
http://rainforestinfo.org.au
61-2-66897519
