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Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder and Executive Director, Desert Advocacy Media Network

  • Education

    • Merritt College

      1988 - 1989
      AS Landscape Horticulture

    • State University of New York College at Buffalo

      1976 - 1976
      None

    • SUNYAB

      1974 - 1975
      None Biology, Anthropology

  • Experience

    • Ecology Center

      Feb 1991 - Oct 1997
      Editor

      Edited Terrain, Northern California based environmental magazine

    • Freelance Writer

      Jan 1992 - now
      Self

      Writing with a focus on environmental preservation, natural history, and renewable energy -- especially as they pertain to the California deserts

    • KPFA 94.1 FM

      Jan 1996 - Jan 1998
      Terra Verde, Producer and Host

      Terra Verde is KPFA's weekly environmental talk show, produced by a small collective of rotating hosts. I co-founded the show, formerly called "Terra Infirma," with its initial crew in 1996.

    • Earth Island Institute

      Jan 1998 - Jun 1999
      Editor

      Worked under the supervision of former Earth Island Journal editor. Returned at request of senior management to replace former editor in 2002.

    • Contra Costa Times

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

      Garden columnist and feature writer Wrote regular garden column and other random assignments

      • Freelance Writer

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

      • Freelance Writer

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

    • Verde Media

      Feb 2000 - Jun 2000
      Assignment Manager

      Verde was a short-lived environmental news and lifestyle dot-com, which launched its site on Earth Day 2000 and failed that June, a victim of the NASDAQ crash and VC nervousness.In our short time in business we built the largest environmental journalism and reporting staff in the world.

    • Faultline Magazine

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2004
      Publisher/Editor

      Wrote and edited daily news and feature stories about the California environment

    • Earth Island Institute

      Apr 2002 - Feb 2007
      Publications Director

      Responsible for all publications of Earth Island Institute's central network. Edited award-winning Earth Island Journal.

    • UCSF

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Production Manager, Synapse

      Page layout, printer liaisoning, editorial backup

    • Earthjustice

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2009
      Freelance press and communications contractor

    • Desert Protective Council

      Jun 2009 - Dec 2011
      Communications Consultant

      A contract position editing the DPC's newsletter El Paisano, posting items to DesertBlog at http://desertblog.org, and maintaining the Twitter feed @DesertBlog, in addition to sundry other online communications tasks.

    • Mojave National Preserve Conservancy

      Dec 2009 - Jul 2011
      Member, Board of Directors

    • Solar Done Right

      May 2010 - Oct 2012
      Co-founder

      Solar Done Right is a coalition of public land activists, solar power and electrical engineering experts, biologists and others who view with concern the rush to develop our few remaining wildlands for industrial solar energy.We have come together to urge government, utilities, the mainstream environmental movement and the public to abandon this destructive path, and to work toward generating the power we need in the built environment.

    • KCETLink

      Apr 2011 - Jul 2017

      I wrote and edited a few pieces in an average day for KCET.org. My work there won me third place in the LA Press Club Awards for advocacy journalism for 2012, after becoming a finalist in 2011. I write a few pieces in an average day for KCET.org. My work there won me third place in the LA Press Club Awards for advocacy journalism for 2012, after becoming a finalist in 2011. I host the site's California renewable energy blog ReWire, and write about desert environmental and political issues and natural history, among other things. My recent pieces can be found at http://www.kcet.org/user/profile/cclarke/feed/posts

      • Environment Editor

        Aug 2014 - Jul 2017

      • Freelance Writer

        Apr 2011 - Aug 2014

    • National Parks Conservation Association

      Jul 2017 - Jan 2024

      • Associate Director, California Desert Program

        Nov 2019 - Jan 2024

      • California Desert Program Manager

        Jul 2017 - Nov 2019

    • Mojave Chapter, California Native Plant Society

      Sept 2017 - now
      Program Chair

    • Mojave National Preserve Conservancy

      Sept 2019 - now
      President Of The Board Of Directors

    • Inland Empire League of Environmental Justice Voters

      Nov 2020 - now
      President

    • Amargosa Conservancy

      Aug 2021 - now
      Board Member

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Psychological Safety: Clear Blocks to Innovation, Collaboration, and Risk-Taking

      LinkedIn
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Chris Clarke
      Third Place, 2012 Los Angeles Press Club Awards, Advocacy Journalism Los Angeles Press Club Jun 2013

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Programs Chair, Mojave Chapter

      Issued by California Native Plant Society on Jul 2018
      California Native Plant SocietyAssociated with Chris Clarke

    • Board Member

      Issued by Mojave National Preserve Conservancy on Dec 2009
      Mojave National Preserve ConservancyAssociated with Chris Clarke