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Environmental Excellence Awards:
2008 Recipients
Given to an alumnus and community member who have made outstanding contributions to the sustainability of the environment through professional or personal actions.
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Samuel Kaymen, 2008 Community Member Environmental Excellence Award Recipient
Samuel Kaymen was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1970’s he studied Bio-Dynamic Agriculture with Herbert Koepf and Peter Escher. He went on to serve as a Director on the board of the Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association. In 1971 he founded the Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA) and served as President for ten years. Samuel founded and served as Director of The Rural Education Center, an organic farming school in Wilton, NH. He served on the administrative council of The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE) program of the USDA for three years (http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=2421&res=1280). Samuel founded Stonyfield Farm in 1983 and after 17 years in the yogurt-making business, Samuel decided it was time for something new. He is presently the Vice-Chair of EARTH University Foundation, a private, non-profit, international University contributing to the sustainable development of the humid tropics through education in the agricultural sciences and natural resources. He also serves on the Boards of Sustainable Harvest International, the School for Community Economic Development at Southern NH University and the Midcoast Green Collaborative. Samuel and his wife Louise are now growing their own food, cutting their own firewood, and getting their electricity and hot water from the sun in Walpole, Maine. They are grandparents of six beautiful, lively children, who live nearby and visit Nana & Grandpa often!
David Wiley, 2008 Alumni Environmental Excellence Award Recipient
David Wiley is the Research Coordinator for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and has been investigating the marine environment for over 20 years. He received his PhD in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England with a focus on environmental decision-making and conservation biology. His dissertation, “Conservation Research under Conditions of Social Conflict and Scientific Uncertainty,” developed the theoretical aspects of a "post-normal science" approach to research and applied them to a vexing conservation problem involving the accidental entrapment in fishing gear of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Dr. Wiley’s research has ranged from studying the reproductive and foraging ecology of baleen whales, to mapping marine toxic/hazardous dumpsites. He has worked with fishermen to redesign fishing gear to reduce the risk of whale entanglement and pioneered methods to successfully rescue mass stranded whales and dolphins. Most recently, his research led to the shifting of shipping lanes into the port of Boston, MA, an international effort to reduce the risk of ship strike to endangered whales. Currently he is leading a multi-organizational study of sound and noise in the Stellwagen Bank sanctuary and a multi-organizational study using advanced multi-sensor telemetry and novel visualization software to explore the underwater behavior of endangered whales. His results have appeared in numerous scientific journals such as Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior, Fishery Bulletin, Marine Technology and Marine Mammal Science. He is the past recipient of a Switzer Environmental Leadership Award, a Gulf of Maine Visionary Award, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Human Hero award, and was a 2007 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Employee of the Year. For more information on Dave and his activities visit: http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/welcome.html.
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