Christopher Juniper

Mr. Juniper has been an innovator in economic development practices and policies for eighteen years as a consultant, as Policy and Business Development Manager for the Portland Development Commission (Oregon), and as Executive Director of the SouthWestern Colorado Economic Development District (Durango). He served as Rocky Mountain Institute’s first Natural Capitalism Practice Director, and has developed tools for organizations to use Natural Capitalism including a complete Field Guide, EMS integration tool and Life-Cycle Analysis tool. His academic training at The Colorado College (B.A. Economics) and advanced studies at Colorado State University focused on environmental economics and land-use planning.

His experience includes three years as college-level economics instructor (currently a contract professor for Colorado College for Sustainable Economics courses), board and leadership positions for several non-profits and three successful business start-ups. He is a national speaker and author of articles on sustainable business strategies and environmental economics. He is currently focused on refinement and implementation of his new whole-system model for Sustainable Economic Development Planning, while serving Natural Capitalism, Inc. as Chief Knowledge Officer. He is also a founding board member of the Vermont-based Sustainability Leadership Institute.

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