Michael Gosney

Biographical Information
"Michael Gosney is an expert on Information and Communications Technology applications for sustainable development, green technology and ecocity design. An early pioneer in new media publishing, he has produced multimedia projects in partnership with firms such as Apple Computer, Kodak, Toshiba, Peter Norton, Adobe and Microsoft.

"Gosney began researching and publishing material on environmental sustainability in the early 1980s when his Avant Books released some of the most noteworthy “green” books of the period, The Life and Adventures of John Muir, Deep Ecology, After Eden and eco-architect Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti. Gosney joined the Board of Trustees of Soleri’s Arcosanti ecocity project in Arizona in 1995, and produced the Paradox Conferences at Arcosanti in 1997,

"1999 and 2001, bringing together leaders in cyberculture and sustainable community development. In 2002, Gosney co-founded the Green Century Institute in San Francisco to research and educate the public on sustainable community solutions. GCI co-produced the Green Cities Expo during the June 2005 UNEP World Environment Day in San Francisco with Al Gore, Daryl Hannah, and the series of Earth Day Digital Be-In events since 2006 (www.be-in.com) with Paul Hawken, Ervin Laszlo, Janine Benyus and other sustainable culture and green technology leaders. Currently, in addition to his ongoing support of GCI’s Califia Bay Area ecocity project and his consulting practice, he directs the Techné Verde initiative to build a major Internet-based sustainability platform with the United Nations and other partners." "He has produced San Francisco’s Digital Be-In, an annual gathering of the socially conscious technology community, since 1988 (www.be-in.com). In parallel, Gosney began researching and publishing material on environmental sustainability in the early 1980s when his Avant Books released Deep Ecology, edited by Michael Tobias, After Eden by Michael Tobias, andArcosanti by Paolo Soleri."

Affiliations

 * Managing Director, Techne Verde
 * Advisor, We, the World

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 * Gosney began researching and publishing material on environmental sustainability in the early 1980s when his Avant Books released Deep Ecology, edited by Michael Tobias, After Eden by Michael Tobias, and Arcosanti by Paolo Soleri.