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Rainforest Carbon Remove Society is a not-for-profit society committed to the preservation, management and creative business management of rain forests in Belize Based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, the founders of Rainforest Carbon Remove Society have witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of global warming on the precious forests in BC. Ravaged by the pine beetle, much of our forests stand dead, unable to participate in the natural cycles that promote clean water and air production.

Carbon Remove is involved in several projects in Belize and hopes, through public support and funding, to further advance our vision of sustainable rainforest management, eco-sensitive business development and preservation to save the rain forests

The Board of Directors

Ron Dewhurst, President and Director

Warm greetings from Ron Dewhurst. My career in technology and business development spans 30 years, from co-designing an internationally recognized residential development to co-founding a highly successful “Next Generation” telecommunications company.

I've written for numerous trade magazines and have been a guest speaker at industry conferences to present my innovative business activities. Currently I am involved in numerous ecological business initiatives in Belize. Founding Rainforest Carbon Remove Society was inspired by a spiritual and ecological vision that is so critically needed for our future generations.

Carrie Dewhurst,  Treasurer and Director

Artist, business entrepreneur, mother and recent grandmother, Carrie is the spiritual mentor and creative spirit behind Rainforest Carbon Remove Society. Concerned about her children and their children, she devotes her time to fighting rainforest insects and traversing remote rivers in search of untouched regions and pristine beauty. An admirer of the stillness of life and simplicity, Carrie feels everyone needs a little quiet time in the rainforest to shed their false attachments to things of little or no spiritual value.

The Advisory Board

Joel Glanzberg  Permaculture and Regenerative Design

Joel has broad experience in environmental design and ecological restoration projects, particularly in the arid regions of the southwest US and Latin America. He has also worked extensively in the field of regenerative agriculture, including recent agricultural restoration projects in Maryland, Hubbell Trading Post and at the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania. He has worked as a consultant to the City of Santa Fe on watershed restoration, where he has helped to design and implement programs for restoration as well as public education and engagement. Current work includes collaboration with internationally known environmental artists Helen and Newton Harrison on restoring the Santa Fe River watershed and with pueblo basket weavers on the Pojoaque River.

An active author and educator in the fields of permaculture and ecological restoration, he is skilled in cross-cultural communication and teaching. Joel has taught throughout the U.S., and South America, and worked with a number of Native American tribes and communities. . His research has focused on the integration of traditional agricultural/agro-forestry techniques and species from dryland areas world-wide.

Joel is co-founder and director of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute. Flowering Tree’s half-acre demonstration site at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, has caught world attention for its low cost, family scale permanent agricultural systems. Groups from across the United States, Botswana, the Philippines, Equador and Canada have attended classes and toured Flowering Tree.

 

Patrick Field  Wildlife Management and Species at Risk Consulting

Patrick is no stranger to Belize as he helped design and build the Belize Zoo The zoo was designed to have endangered animals in natural habitats and has seen support from British Royalty and actor Harrison Ford.  Today it hosts countless visitors locally and internationally to help people understand the important of bio-diversity and wildlife conservation. Pat has built zoos and has spearheaded wildlife conservation projects worldwide from Africa to Canada.

Today Pat is currently a consultant contractor for the Nature Conservancy of Canada as their South Selkirks Project Manager managing their Darkwoods project, the single largest conservation project in Canadian history.

In his spare time Pat is an accomplished sculptor and artist.

Mike Winrow, Government Relations

Mike is working with the Society establishing relations with the Government of Belize. Mike has thirty years of construction and development experience now centering on green and sustainability. Mike passion for Belize began as an avid scuba diver some 15 years ago when he discovered the jewel.

An inveterate traveler, Mike has journeyed all over North America and the Caribbean as Executive Producer and co-host of the “Power Boat Television Show” (which aired on TSN in the 90’s), along with participation in the #1 Boating magazine in Canada, “Today’s Boating”.

Worldwide business pursuits have taken Mike to far-flung places like Dubai in the Middle East. Closer to home, he owned a successful recording studio and television production company earning a Gold Record for songwriting. Friends, family, business colleagues and clients typify him as hard working, honest and exceptionally creative.

Jennifer Halloran   Executive Director

Although new to the industry, Jen has received an honours degree in Environmental Studies with a focus on sustainable development and incentives from Wilfrid Laurier University. During her university experience Jen was the sustainability director for the environmental organization known as the Laurier Ecohawks. Her position entailed creating and starting up the first composting program for the university residences along with setting up the “eco take-out” container program; this consisted of replacing standard containers which are thrown away after a single use with reusable take out containers that can be washed and re-used through the schools program. During one of her summers, Jen travelled to Indonesia to volunteer for Operation Wallacea which is an organization that has volunteers work with scientists to research the biodiversity within protected hotspot locations.

Jen joins Rainforest Carbon Remove Society to drive both economic and social initiatives to help rainforest countries to ensure bio-diverse ecological forests are saved from impact of non-supportive social and economic systems. On the side Jen enjoys her time with horses which stemmed from her competitive side in the jumper ring of the equestrian circuit and her experience with horse rehabilitation.