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Core Faculty, Center for Creative Change
Summary of Education and Relevant Experience
B.Sc., Sheffield University; M.A., California Institute of Integral Studies; D.Phil., Somerville College, Oxford University.
Originally trained as a biochemist, Davies also holds a graduate degree in cultural anthropology
and social transformation. Her interests include social change and social movements, sustainability, environmental health, social justice and public policy.
She has more than 25 years of environmental experience as a program manager, consultant and senior government adviser in Canada and internationally. She has taught at the the University of Washington, the University of Toronto and the Queen's University in Canada.
She is a speaker at local, regional and national conferences,
publishes in academic journals, newspapers and magazines and has received several awards for her work. She is listed in "Who's Who in America."
Affiliations
- Member of the Steering Committee, Curriculum for the Bioregion
- Contributing Editor, Alternatives Journal
- Peer reviewer for New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Local Environment: An International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, and Northwest Public Health
Recent Publications
Davies, K. The Power List: 10 Ways Activists Have Changed the World and How You Can Too. Alternatives Journal. 37(5) August 2011 (commissioned article) www.alternativesjournal.ca/articles/the-power-list-0
Davies, K. We All Live Downstream. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 21(1): 149-153 (2011)
Davies, K. Sustainable Minds. Alternatives Journal. 36(5) p. 10-11 Summer 2010 www.alternativesjournal.ca/articles/sustainable-minds
Davies, K. Awesome Science. Resurgence Magazine. Issue 262. September/October 2010 www.resurgence.org/magazine/article3202-awesome-science.html
Davies, K. "A Learning Society." Resurgence Magazine No. 257, p. 42-44. November/December 2009.
Davies, K. "A Learning Society." The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Skills for a Changing World. Ed. Arran Stibbe. UK: Green Books. 2009. ISBN: 978-190032260-7.
Davies, K. "A Tale of Two Toxicities." New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 18(4): 499-505, 2008.
Davies, K. "A Clean Environment Needs to Be a Universal Right." Progressive Media Project, Dec. 3, 2008.
Davies, K. "Humility Is the Forgotten Virtue." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 29, 2008.
Davies, K. "On International Day of Violence, a Lot to Learn From Gandhi." Progressive Media Project, Sept. 29, 2008.
Davies, K. "Truth or Consequences – The Real Life Version." Common Dreams News Center, published online on June 21, 2008.
Davies, K. "Teaching Creative Social Change." SuperConsciousness Magazine,
July-August, 2008.
Davies, K. "Move to Build a Better World Gets Its Start in Seattle." Seattle Post-Intelligencer Newspaper, op-ed published on June 7, 2007.
Davies, K. "Strategies for Eliminating and Reducing Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Substances: Common Approaches, Emerging Trends and Success." Journal of Environmental Health, 69(5):9-16, 2006.
Davies, K. "Economic Costs of Childhood Diseases and Disabilities Attributable to Environmental Contaminants in Washington State, USA." EcoHealth, 3:86-94, 2006.
Davies, K. "The Economic Costs of Environmental Diseases and Disabilities." Rachel's Democracy and Health News Issue 836, Jan. 5, 2006 p. 6-9. (www.rachel.org/bulletin/pdf/Rachels_Environment_Health_News_2529.pdf)
Davies, K. "How Much Do Environmental Diseases and Disabilities Cost?" Northwest Public Health, Fall/Winter WF5:1-3, 2005. (www.nwpublichealth.org/docs/nph/f2005/web_ex_davies_f2005.pdf)
Website
in 2005/6, Davies developed a website on health and environmental quality in Washington state for the Collaborative for Health and Environment Washington:
http://washington.chenw.org/RIgroup/ch_intro.html
Professional Interests
- Social change
- Sustainability
- Social movements
- Public policy
- Social justice
Contact Information
Center for Creative Change
206-268-4908
Kate Davies
206-268-4811
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