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with James Stark and Christopher Kuntzsch
Each one of us has the opportunity to play a unique and powerful role in this Great Turning of our time as we all hold the seeds of leadership and service within us. Ecology of Leadership (EOL) programs support you in germinating those seeds of possibility and in embarking on the journey towards creating a personal, community, and global garden that reflects your deepest knowing.
If you want to enliven your visions, gifts, and passions, compost old patterns, and develop powerfully effective tools, routines, and skills for your life and service path, the Ecology of Leadership may be a great fit for you.
Through experiential, community-based leadership development journeys, EOL blends inquiry and skill development, self-awareness, and nature connection with principles of systems thinking and Permaculture. http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/leadership
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 James Stark is currently the co-director of the Regenerative Design Institute, which operates an educational facility supporting over 150 people each month in developing skills and practices in regenerative living, nature awareness and leadership. He also co-directs the Ecology of Leadership program and is a senior trainer in the 3 year full-time Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness training program designed to prepare young global community leaders for the "Great Turning" of our era.
James also co-founded the following Marin community organizations:
• West Marin Growers Group (WMGG), which was created to ensure food security in Marin County. WMGG grew into the 5013c, Marin Organic, which introduced the Marin Organic Food Label and hosts the West Marin Farmers Market.
• Waste Free Now, which is committed to West Marin becoming waste free and hosts the innovative annual Recycle Circus including a "Stuff Exchange" for people to redistribute community resources.
• KWMR "Watershed Radio", which is a licensed 501c3 community radio station in the tenth year of providing a voice for West Marin residences and heard around the world live through web casting.
• CLAM - Community Land Trust Association of Marin, an affordable ecological housing land trust (5013c) created to provide affordable housing in the face of increasing gentrification.
James served two consecutive board terms on the West Marin Chamber of Commerce, the Permaculture Credit Union and the Centre for Responsible Tourism.
He served on steering committees for West Marin's county supervisor dealing with waste and affordable housing issues and also served on the Built Environment Working Committee charged with updating the county-wide plan of Marin County.
James is currently establishing RDI as California regional center for Gaia University that has centers in Europe and South and North America- a movement to localize higher education.
He has presented at conferences around the world and will be the opening keynote speaker at the annual conference of naturopathic physicians in Washington this summer.
James holds a M.A. in Environomental Studies from York University in Canada and a M.A. Program in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and presently working on his doctorate.
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 Christopher Kuntzsch is Co-Director of The Ecology of Leadership Program, which he developed with James Stark. He is a leadership coach, facilitator and organizational consultant committed to guiding clients beyond "sustainability" into ways of living their lives and conducting business that are vision-driven, regenerative, effective and unique to them. He developed his coaching practice during 4 years of mentoring and collaboration with nationally recognized home building consultant and executive coach, Steve Dudley, with whom he specialized in leadership development for all levels of management. Together, they provided workshops and coaching services to companies such as residential green builder, Christopherson Homes.
Aside from his coaching and facilitation experience, Christopher's work integrates his background as naturalist, wildlife biologist, and course instructor for organizations such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Pacific Crest Outward Bound School. He has taught bird language and survival skills at UC Santa Cruz and continues to serve as biological consultant on select conservation projects.
Christopher holds undergraduate degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz, a certificate in Radical Counseling from the San Francisco-based Interchange Program, and is a certified Permaculture Designer. He attended Wilderness Awareness School's Residential Program and has been a student of Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School.
Currently, Christopher is collaborating with James Stark to launch The Institute for Regenerative Leadership, which will provide a landscape for the expansion of the Ecology of Leadership curriculum.
Alongside his professional endeavors, Christopher can be spotted roaming with the coyotes and bobcats outside of his home on the edge of Santa Cruz, playing his mandolin at the local barn dance, and surfing one of his favorite point breaks.
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