About
Ryan Harb put together this website to highlight the ecological, social and cultural transformation projects happening in the Pioneer Valley of Western, Massachusetts and around the globe. His ultimate goal is to inspire leaders to create a better world by taking direct action. This might be through environmental restoration or whatever else inspires YOU!
Harb has been working in the sustainability field for the past 6 years and was recently named a White House Champion of Change for his work co-creating the UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative.
In 2007, he got his start in the sustainability world by interning for a green redevelopment company in Lawrence, MA. In 2009 he began transforming his college rental property into an educational sustainability residence which is now deemed the Amherst Permaculture House by students. In 2010 he wrote his graduate practicum on transforming “Grass Lawns to Permaculture Gardens for Economic and Environmental Savings” and became the first person in the nation to obtain a M.S. degree in Green Building. Later that year he became first Sustainability Manager for Dining Services at The University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently lives at Sirius Community, a sustainability education center in Shutesbury, MA, oversees UMass Permaculture, and is co-developing a new program called Permaculture in the Pioneer Valley which creates permaculture demonstration sites in public places throughout the Pioneer Valley.
Follow his Blog for daily inspiration about ecological and social restoration projects.
- Ryan Harb biography
- Ryan Harb curriculum vitae
