Associate Stories
Richard Kuhnel & Shadia Fayne Wood

The work of Gaia University Masters Graduate Richard Kuhnel was the topic of a recent article in the New York Times Magazine . After his graduation from Gaia, Kuhnel founded the Sandpoint Idaho Transition Town Initiative. Sandpoint has now become the first Transition Town project in the US to “unleash” by engaging with the broader community in creating a strategic plan towards complete self-reliance and resiliency! Find out more about the Sandpoint Transition town Initiative as well as the world-wide Transition Town movement by following this link. As we continue to strengthen our alliance, Gaia U will be offering a two-day workshop called “Training for Transition” at the Thrivability Institute in Ashland , Oregon , August 15-16, immediately preceding the Gaia U Orientation program. More information on this and other trainings can be found on our website, at gaiauniversity.org.

First year Bachelors Associate Shadia Fayne Wood has been deeply involved in some exciting initiatives around Climate Change, including participation in the last round of UN Climate Negotiations, supporting and providing leadership in the Youth for Climate Change Movement. In true multi-disciplinary form Shadia has been documenting her participation both through film (some of which you can view here and here) and through photography. She has sold several of her photos which are available through Free Range Studios and can be viewed by clicking on the titles of her various pieces below:

View Shadia's Photos:

Green Jobs Not Jails

No Coal

Erica Williams

Survival

Speaking

Conference Hall